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Convergentes exhibition

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On September 16, 2023 to January 2024, Color3arte® inaugurates a new art gallery in Oviedo, Asturias, with the exhibition "Convergentes".

For me it is a pleasure to participate in this event organized by Coloe3arte®. They accompanied me on my journey to Madrid in 2017 with some impressive impressions—if you'll pardon the pun. The photos were exhibited at Redwall Photogallery, a photographic art gallery on Goya Street, which unfortunately, despite the success of selling a few works, failed to establish itself in the market.

The inauguration of this new gallery in Oviedo commemorates the eighth anniversary of Color3arte®. It is a reflection of his commitment to creativity and art. Their secret: they love what they do, they combine technique, good taste and unbeatable personal attention — it sounds cloying, but it's true; I consider Juan and Yolanda as brothers in a job that we are passionate about.

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"Convergentes", an artistic mosaic of collaborations

The inaugural exhibition, "Convergents", is an unprecedented exhibition that brings together the works of more than forty artists with whom Color3arte® has had the honor of collaborating. This exhibition ranges from painting and photography to illustration in various formats such as fan art or comic art, highlighting the virtuosity of each creator and the innovative printing techniques of Color3arte®. It is a tribute to the diversity and plurality of graphic art where the conceptual and the commercial converge in an enriching meeting point.

Exhibition Details

The inauguration will be on Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. at Calle Manuel Fernández Avello, 15, Bajo, Oviedo, Asturias. The exhibition will be open to the public from September 16 to January 15, offering an extended opportunity to immerse yourself in this artistic universe.

The Gallery

The new gallery has been meticulously designed to offer a unique viewing experience. Visitors will be able to appreciate the interaction between colors, paper textures, sizes and styles allowing a deep immersion in each work. In other words, we are going to enjoy photography—and other printed arts—from the outside and from the inside.

With an eight-year history in the world of artistic printing, Color3arte® has been more than a printing studio, a catalyst for creativity and an unconditional ally of artists. The opening of this gallery is a testament to its mission to bring the public closer to the fascinating world of art and a thank you to the art community for its continued support and trust.

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New exhibition in Galería MA Arte Contemporáneo

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This time it is a full-fledged virtual exhibition. I mean that anyone with a website can organize (onanist) an exhibition of their work, but due to this silent war that we have to suffer (I'm talking about COVID-19), Marisa Aldeguer, the gallerist, has managed to maintain Live the artistic news with the CON-FIN-ART exhibition.

Of course I congratulated Marisa, who, far from being wrinkled, has organized and published a very important exhibition. She responded with great enthusiasm, thanking me for my entertainment, shortly before opening the exhibition, at 8 p.m. on April 17.

A spectacular day for me in which, in addition to exhibiting two of my photographs, they offered me a room to myself in Pueblo Español to organize a new exhibition, when the bullpen doors open in September.

Also, this same day, April 17, they asked me to provide seven photographs to illustrate a Wine Tasting with an audience in the capital, Madrid. In addition, they offered me the possibility of entering a website (which I have not yet revealed) to sell my artistic production. And also again, by chance, April 17 is my birthday.

Visit the MA Arte Contemporáneo exhibition, CON-FIN-ARTE and enjoy.

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It is one of the immense glasses that was shattered, not yet collapsing to the ground, in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Medellín (Colombia). I have always thought that it is the effect of a bullet that arrived there following the designs of whim, a bullet that longed for art (perhaps).
For a photographer, finding these gifts from the Cosmos and not taking advantage of them is making a mockery of luck. So I shot several photos.
And now, three years later, enjoying my virulent confinement, feeling my luck pressed, it occurred to me to compress some pieces with the continuous and exaggerated movement of their contours. Escape is transformed into beauty, it becomes a natural ingredient that expresses the disastrous and highlights the decomposition of a reality that is sustained without the intention of continuing towards chaos.
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We will always have a little grass left, below. Like when you are confined and you can go to the window to check that the sky is still blue, above.
And the land where the grass grows pressed into bricks.
And the boards, now dry and inert, that once belonged to a tree.
Sometimes only vital remains remain. But we will always have the sky above our heads.
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Reproducing the art of Alice Morse

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When a painter calls you to reproduce her work, you enter fully into the realm of perfections.

The photo must look perfect in its texture, of course, but the colors must also look exact. Furthermore, Alice Morse's work is sometimes only white, with molds and cracks that draw themselves with the shadows that are produced.

Therefore, when you light them to photograph them, you cannot make these cracks appear larger or smaller than they are. You know, if you give it a harsh light, the crack or molding becomes severe. If you fall short, the molding disappears.

 

I stopped to see the autonomy of the cracks and the moldings in an environment of intense, natural light. Then I copied just the right light and distributed it evenly on the surface.

The background in which the works are presented is also important. I've never liked gray. However, gray was the color most friendly to Alice Morse's work.

The sculptures represented another challenge. White sculptures. Again the volume of his pieces was determined by the light. If I missed the light or came up short, I annoyed her. She needed to sincerely show the natural shapes created by the artist.

The reproduction must not only be exact, it must also be faithful to the artist's intentions. That is, you do not dedicate yourself to playing with its pieces to create your photographic work, but you must strive to copy what you see: its volume, its colors, its cracks, its moldings and, above all, what the painter has wanted to show.

 

First Prize Port Adriano Photography contest

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You spend your life photographing, almost always because they pay you for it, other times because you also enjoy it. On most occasions, it's true, you have a good time.

And you keep your beautiful photos aside, those that you fall in love with. You save them and see them and only you. In its ideal size, large, splendid. You post them on Instagram and... Well, people see them so small that they can barely breathe, but at least you share them.

I don't know if you present yourself to the awards. I stopped doing it when one of them charged me more than $50 in exchange for participating with a series of photos and in exchange for a professional critique.

The truth is that these people are well organized. To make money at the expense of our vanity. You have to be careful with those. The criticism was given to me by a person with no experience, with a lot of empty words focused on that fashion of conceptual art where aesthetics, work, the felt message, you know, emotions do not fit.

Yes, now you think I'm angry like a little kid who doesn't like the ice cream they bought him. Believe me, it's not like that. I have given photography conferences at universities, workshops at schools, in cultural centers, I have edited photography books, and I have exhibited my work in art galleries on seven occasions. I know what I'm talking about.

I entered the Port Adriano Photography Contest 2018-19 because it gave me a good vibe. Under the theme "I enjoy, you enjoy", I found a series of photos that could win. Mnadé three. And I got it with this one below.

"Felicidad". Primer Premio Concurso Internacional Port Adriano 2019. ©xiscofuster

"Felicidad". ©xisco fuster

Now, when I show the photo on my phone, thanks to the excuse of having won the award, I love to see that the first expression of whoever looks at this photo is a smile.

La Fotografía es mi Pasión

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In 2018 I started a blog where I share my interests and much of what I have learned in my career as a photographer. Now, in 2023 we have more than 209.000 users.

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You will find more than 100 articles where I explain my method in a different way. Not imposing my criteria, but exposing them so that you can do the same, so that you can start a photographic career without getting carried away by the established canons.

Just a moment ago I was reading on Instagram one of those phrases that we like to read: "The obedient follows his destiny, the brave creates his own."

If you like la Fotografía es mi Pasión, you can subscribe and I will give you a digital book. I had a great time writing it, creating it. Once subscribed, you will receive an email a month with the latest posts.

In addition, I have other books that are also for sale, all about Photography, mine and on paper by other great photographers.

 

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