'The mark and color' is the title of the exhibition Manuel Barnuevo (Murcia, 1947) teaches in the living Almudí Columns Palace from today until July 15, 2015.
The tables shown in this case are, in the words of his colleague Juan Bautista Sanz, "a battle won to color and lyrical expression of a unique mood."
There fabrics of different sizes;
and any use of waste, which becomes memorable this memorable occasion to contemplate the work of Manuel Barnuevo.
They reveal the memories of his repeated trips to Europe with joy tremendous vividness best abstract expressionism in the style of Barnuevo, the result of over 40 years of work.
"There's concept and criteria, soul and purity of these generously painted surfaces, sensitive playing hide to give another coarser, less sublime appearance, but the painter does not deceive us with their tricks; there are no such before a felt reality" said Sanz in the exhibition catalog.
The works are of tenderness, subtlety, lyricism, measured with the weapon of nostalgia.
As for the material, the painter's heir as Joaquin Garcia Murcia, "Joaquin" for his generous, vibrant color.
Barnuevo, which could be a great illustrator, I hereby waives be possessed by the color cornered him.
Images appear and disappear, intentionally erased, in the compositions of Manolo Barnuevo, where color, despite the importance is not the only protagonist, thick brush strokes suggest signs or ideographic scripts;
Silhouetted figures or outlined serve calligraphic counterpoint to the broad fields of color.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia