Expressive versatility in art, on six sides of its base polygon For a few years, Spain https://www.spain.info/en/ has implemented a real strategic plan for the promotion of cultural activities and creative industries, providing for interventions related to the development of professional skills. The influence of the creative approach has ancient and widespread traditions throughout the Spanish territory, but what we …
Read More »BECOME A POPULAR SPANISH ILLUSTRATOR – The creative verve of Raul Arias, between Reader’s Digest and Jack London
An image worker rather than an artist By condensing them in his mind, he translates concepts and is able to synthesize them. He likes to draw achievable things, even do murals with street artists. At his creative debut, Raul Arias http://www.raularias.com/ was not only an audiovisual animator, but he also collaborated with publishers and advertising agencies. After these experiences, he …
Read More »THE POETICS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC CHANGEOVER – Chema Madoz and the hidden face of things
Photographing the conflicting opposition between real and virtual From his point of view, objects have the same character as words: it is by creatively blending them together that he constructs his visual meanings. Born in Madrid in 1958, Chema Madoz https://www.famousphotographers.net/chema-madoz is a Spanish photographer well known for his poetic and surrealist black and white photographs. He studied Art History …
Read More »LIVING AND MAKING FASHION, FROM TRADITION TO INNOVATION – An experience in Paris, his own label and the first fashion show at Pasarela Cibeles
The excellence of Roberto Verino, between Paris and his family tailoring His Urban Nomadism collection is design for a life without barriers where you can create proposals that meet the needs of today. He is a timeless Spanish designer, but what he creates is functional and elegant. A brand born in 1982, which has become synonymous with quality, has made …
Read More »A LINK BETWEEN ITALIAN AND SPANISH POETRY – Slowly but not too much, together with Inma J. Ferrero
If poetry makes us aware of what surrounds us Because of her ability to grasp everything in detail, this poet cultivates a great passion for haiku. Inma J. Ferrero was born in Madrid in 1977. Poet, literary critic and founder of the cultural magazine Proverso, she is a member, among other things, of Novelados, Red writers and Yo soy poeta, …
Read More »CONTEMPORARY SPANISH EXPRESSIONISM AND SURREALISM – The Spanish artist Jose Manuel Merello
If you paint influenced by Picasso, Miro and Matisse Inspired by the masterpieces housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid, he embodied many women in his paintings. His romantic female art nudes are made of acrylic. As you have certainly noticed, in what he paints Picasso exerts great influence. Abstract and surrealist painting for José Manuel Merello https://amberfullerdesigns.weebly.com/blog/jose-manuel-merello plays an …
Read More »MADRID, ALMOST A LITERARY CHARACTER – The constant, mysterious and inexplicable force of Madrid’s creativity
The Madrid of creativity, where nobody goes to bed before killing the night Madrid https://www.liabeny.es/it/ is a city full of history where you will find famous places, such as Paseo del Prado, the Plaza de la Puerta del Sol or the Plaza Mayor (with really interesting buildings), the Royal Palace and the Basilica of San Francisco, Palacios de Cibeles and …
Read More »THE MANY FACES OF A SPANISH WHO DID NOT BECOME A WRITER – Eduardo Arroyo and his neo-figurative art
When a word is an image and a painting is a word Thanks to its collection of over 8,600 paintings, the Prado National Museum in Madrid https://www.museodelprado.es/en can help to leave an indelible mark on your travel memories. Imagining it in this way, you will need to associate in your mind a special itinerary of at least ten masterpieces. Starting …
Read More »FICTIONAL SCENES AND REALITY-BASED LENS – Cristina de Middel: Blending documentary and conceptual photographic practices
Disenchanted with photojournalism shaping of public opinions A few years ago, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en hosted a large photographic retrospective of Luigi Ghirri https://archivioluigighirri.com/, an Italian photographer who through two hundred images recounted a vanished Italy, that of the seventies of the twentieth century. Spanish photograph Alberto GarcÃa-Alix https://www.albertogarciaalix.com/en/obras/self-portrait/ is instead a condensed images that tell tragic …
Read More »BETWEEN HANDS-MADE DETAILS AND AVANT-GARDE DESIGN – Ana Locking, fusion of artisanship and attention to detail
A 2008 Madrid based womenswear, menswear and accessories brand In Madrid, the Museo del Traje https://www.esmadrid.com/en/tourist-information/museo-del-traje?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F preserves important pieces of the XVI century, including a women’s jacket, while its 18th century collection offers significant examples of men’s clothes, such as vests and jackets. Finally, we advise you not to miss the clothing collection of the most important stylists of the …
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