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The Roman Theater Museum of Cartagena inaugurates on Thursday, June 27 at 8 pm, the exhibition 'Roma Salis' by Lola Montero.

It is an exhibition project of plastic research around the world of salt and its relationship with the history of man.

Not in vain the salt was an element of great value in Antiquity and one of the resources that repeatedly emphasize the Roman writers on Carthago Nova, because they mention that in its surroundings, besides mineral, there were nearby salt works and this allowed them to expand the trade in salt and salted fish.

The artist uses as a source of study and inspiration the open spaces of the salt pans, and shows with her brushes the subtle trace of man in the landscape, drawing the simple channel that leads the water to the ponds or the humble pump house that guarantees the water supply necessary for its exploitation.

In the exhibition Roma Salis, Lola Montero, with its fabrics and papers, brings us this saline coastal landscape with all its color palette, so the varied range of blues, ocher or whitish, intermingles with the vertical architectures and their shadows, creating a harmonious symphony between the natural landscape and the landscape built by man.

The exhibition is inaugurated in the Roman Theater Museum of Cartagena, with a work that introduces us fully into this eternal journey of salt and establishes a beautiful dialogue between the ancient world and contemporary works.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lola Montero has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Seville, with more than 20 years of professional experience, she has enjoyed different scholarships and painting prizes, she has made multiple exhibitions, being the last ones: in the Benot Gallery of Cádiz, 2014, Gallery Bevel of Cartagena 2015, A Poniente in Puerto de Santa María 2016, "The doors of paradise" in Bodegas Argüeso, 2018 and in the Museum of Alcalá de Guadaíra 2019. The artist has dedicated two graphic works to Cartagena: "Piedra Viva", with serigraphs of the Roman Theater in 2008 and its folder "Cartagena, modernism and modernity" in 2010.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena