Portraits, expressions, painting and sculpture.

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Many times I see works of art in the streets, squares and parks of the city, beautiful works of art especially in the form of sculptures and in large sizes, but I rarely know who the artist is. A few days ago I discovered one of them.

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Sometimes I think that, just as the city expands as I walk through it, the number of artists grows exponentially as I visit exhibitions. I love art, but I don't know the thousands of artists in the world, and I love discovering them.

Many of the free exhibitions I can find in galleries or public spaces specially dedicated to them, I see small samples or few works by one artist, however, when, a few days ago, I visited the city's chamber of commerce, where there are often exhibitions, I discovered that several rooms in the same place were dedicated to a single artist.

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The exhibition was so large and so rich in quality that it encompassed many works, very varied and all worthy of appreciation. On this visit, and as the exhibition will be on display for two months, I focused only on the portraits and faces, not only in painting but also in sculpture. There were also some works that differed from the rest in terms of materials, but they all belonged to the same author and artist Elena Laverón.

The surprise for me was to find an artist with such excellence in the different art forms, both sculpture and painting. The portraits are one better than the other and the expressions of the faces are significant especially in the paintings.

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In the case of the portraits or busts in sculptures of course they have a different style, but I was very pleased to see each of them. I noticed that she is an artist, because she is still alive and over 80 years old, who has explored various techniques and materials for her works, as well as I notice the dedication and love for art.

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The sculptures remind me of other artists who have a similar style in terms of the format of the face, elongated with emphasis on the nose, giving the heads a very particular style. All of them are made in bronze, which I loved, a material that practically stands the test of time.

I love admiring them from different angles because one can see the details of their execution and the perfection with which they are made.

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As for the faces or portraits made in paintings, these are works done in oil on paper as well as on canvas and burlap, where you can see a lot of colour, expressions, different profiles and the painting on different materials gives them a different finish, which is noticeable to the naked eye. I like the fact that the artist has explored so many materials and adapted them to her own style.

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I was also able to see two sketches, especially the one of the woman. They are equally beautiful as preliminary steps to a painting, or that can remain simply drawings.

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I liked this work very much, called ‘The Last Supper’ where everything is made of pieces of cloth and the realisation of the faces with cloth was wonderful. It is not an easy thing to do and yet the result is stunning.

As I said at the beginning, there are many works by this artist in the city, in different parts of it and surely in the rest of the exhibition that I will visit soon I will be able to see more of her wonders and recognise many of these works that she has made in giant size to exhibit them in the city. I think it is an honour for the people of Malaga to have her works in the streets, parks and gardens.

Thank you very much for joining me today, I wish you a very good Sunday. See you soon.
Amonet.

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All photographs are my own.