Art & Photography Exhibition in Loja
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 5:35 PM
Art & Photography Exhibition
Con Otros Ojos
An Outsider’s View of Spain
July 29 to August 14 2009,
CIC El Posito,
Loja.
Do you wonder how others see you? What do others think of your country and way of life?
Con Otros Ojos is the inspiration of an ambitious summer art and photography exhibition taking place in Loja .The event brings together eight diverse artists living and working in Andalucia all with various approaches and styles - the range includes artists working in mixed media, oils, acrylics and watercolours to surreal oils reflecting incongruous relationships/observations of everyday Spanish life.
The photographic element of the exhibition is a form of photo-journalism capturing the spirit and diversity of life in Spain today.
Some of the artists have made their home in the cities others have escaped to the campo and this and more is reflected in their work and their views of the Spain that we have all came to be part of. In this respect we believe the exhibition to be one of the most diverse and thus exciting events that has happened in this area, drawing on a mix of many veteran exhibitors with varying backgrounds in graphic design, illustration, jewellery making, theatre design, community arts and teaching of art in international schools and new artists who have never shown their work in public.
This occasion unites them by asking for a response to the simple idea of how an outsider views the country they have chosen to live and work in.
The exhibition is the first cultural event of the new Association of English Speakers in Loja. More information on the association and how to join will be available at the exhibition.
Artists’ Inspiration
A selection of the thinking and inspiration behind some of the work in this exhibition.
“España holds my heart, a country of breathtaking contrasts, colours and textures. Over many years of winter travel from the Pyrenees to the Sierra de Gredos, the Picos de Europa to the Sierra Nevada, I have been inspired by the landscape.
Using my camper van as a studio and working in a small format with mixed media, I have portrayed in these images my enjoyment of, and special feelings for, España.”
Eileen Heywood
“In this work I take a light-hearted look at the costumes and habits of the Spanish people as they seemed to me when I first arrived in Spain as a foreigner 13 years ago when my knowledge was mainly gleaned from guide books and language learning texts.
In this work I combine my passion for paper - which began with my work as a graphic designer in London and which I now express as an artist through the medium of collage - with the theme of childhood that began previously with my interpretation of the traditional story of the Handless Maiden.
I combine the technique of cutting out shapes in paper - principally using paper that is easy to obtain in any corner stationery shop in Spain - with both manual and digital collage techniques - to create a version for adults of the paper dolls of my childhood.”
Cherry Jeffs
Workshop programme
We are also offering a complementary programme of activities helping you to interact more with the work, about the Association and its cultural remit.
- Fri 31 31Jul –9pm-10.30pm Live music from Salt of the Earth, a blues rock band.
- Sat 1 Aug & Sat 8 Aug-12midday -1pm Art workshops for children.
- Wed 5 Aug & Wed 12 Aug at 9pm Meet the artists and feedback sessions.
- Thu 6 Aug- 8.30pm-9.30pm Art workshop
By providing a wider programme of events we aim to broaden the interest to as wide a demographic as possible. For example we are organising family friendly workshops, giving parents a chance to explore the work while the children take part in interactive workshops. We are arranging artists’ talkback sessions again to encourage an open dialogue about the work and the inspiration behind it. We hope to ensure that the exhibition attracts as many diverse visitor groups as possible. All events will be in Spanish and English to reflect the integrated nature of the Association. Sign up forms/more information re age suitability for kids workshops will be available at the exhibition.
Notes
Background info, cvs, further statements available on the exhibitors.
Further images available on request.
Finalised workshop programme to follow.
Further information on the Association of English Speakers in Loja available.
Opening times
Tue to Fri 8pm-10.30pm,Sat 11am-2pm.Closed Sat evening,Sunday & Mondays
For more information contact Margaret-Anne O’Donnell 648 604 300 or email maod@fsmail.net