Liberated painting, when art expresses itself without ties 📷 Málaga - Spain

In the mind and in the heart we are always free, but when that freedom can be expressed outwardly it reaches its fullness and for artists it is a way of communicating things.

A few days ago I started to see posters in the streets of the city, especially the more central streets, announcing that there was a new art exhibition at the Museo Carmen Thyssen. It is one of those museums where one is practically guaranteed, or at least I am, that I will see works that I personally like, even if not all of them are, but I will certainly find them interesting.

In this case the name of the exhibition says it all, ‘Liberated Painting’, where more than thirty paintings by more than 20 different artists are on display. Paintings that correspond to a time of liberation of the possibility of expressing oneself. A time when democracy arrived and there was no censorship or ties to be able to demonstrate art with different techniques.

The paintings correspond to the time of the 80s when each artist was able to give free rein to his or her way of expressing things, free rein to forms, techniques, colours. Above all, what I liked most and what caught my attention is the explosion of colours, very bright, very vivid, with combinations that are pleasing to the eye.

The exhibition will be on display until 14 September this year and it is really worthwhile. As soon as I entered the museum, after passing through the scanner where they check what you carry in your bag, I saw signs leading to this exhibition and two smaller, temporary ones.

At first glance it would seem that everything is similar, but in reality each artist has had a difference with the others, a heterogeneous and colourful exhibition, as I mentioned before. Figurative painting from those years when freedom was re-emerging and a new modern style was emerging. It gave way, as some of the posters in the place mention, to a stage of contemporary Spanish art where art and especially painting acquired new explorations and each artist offered varied and renewed alternatives, original and with a lot of imagination.

I believe that when an artist can express himself in this way it is a real pleasure for the soul to paint and this task has neither time nor space, one immerses oneself in the paintings and the burst of colour and nothing else exists. At least that's what happens to me.

The paintings were all very large, on canvas and also of various formats, there was freedom and not something structured. In this way we can see works by artists who, although they had been around for years, it was in the 1980s that their expression intensified.

Some of the artists we can find in the great hall are: Gordillo, Arroyo, Franco, Alcolea, Pérez Villalta, Cobo, Quejido and Molero among others such as García Sevilla, Barceló, Patiño, Lamas, Gadea and Ugalde.

Although they were all different, the core of their work was the fact of expressing painting in a new way, giving it, of course, a personal touch. A more positive painting made with joy and this is shown in so much colour. A great figurative style made known by these artists and many more all over Spain, many of them coming from the community of Andalusia.

As the exhibition is called, you can see works that do not follow patterns, where there is freedom, not imposed forms, rebellious paintings where the painters expressed themselves for the pleasure of what they were doing.

Of course if any work catches your attention or you like it more you can let me know in the comments or if any of them impressed you. Many of them are strong but real and show what the artist had inside him. There were no rules.

This work was one of my favourites because of the colours, the textures and the eyes, which belong to Miguel Barceló.

It was noticeable as I walked around the room, which was divided into three sectors, that the shapes, the colours, the style changed from one painter to another, but all the works had something attractive about them.

For example, this is a work on which people stopped a lot, to look at its details. And it is the work chosen to make the posters that are all over the city announcing the exhibition.

I was very surprised by the number of people who came to the museum that day, although on Sundays from four o'clock in the afternoon it is free and there are always people waiting to get in, on this occasion there were more than usual. And this exhibition really was refreshing, free and worth admiring in every detail.

Of course, as is the museum's custom in its shop, there are always items relating to the art exhibitions visited and they are all beautiful, from books to decorations. It was a wonderful tour, where I was able to appreciate the free art, the art of liberation of a new and renewed era in modernity.

Thank you very much for joining me today. I send you my best regards. See you soon.
Amonet.