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| Javier Lorente will be in charge of showing his creative process live on October 24 and 25 in the Plaza de San Sebastián | The Cartagena City Council, through the Department of Culture, joins one more year to celebrate the International Artist's Day and, this time, it does so with a new activity that will show the process of creating an artistic work.The initiative 'A painter on the street' will feature the renowned Cartagena artist Javier Lorente, who will work live on the weekend of October 24 and 25 in the Plaza de San Sebastián, from 10:00 a.m.

to 2:00 p.m.

and from 3:30 p.m.

to 7:00 p.m., both on Saturday and Sunday.The Councilor for the Culture area, David Martínez Noguera, recalled that “it was on October 25 when Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born, a genius and universal artist, and that is why this day was chosen to promote creativity and, at the same time , increase the visibility of artists, both locally and globally, recognizing their great work and impact on our society.Thus, the mayor explained, "Javier Lorente will paint from nature in front of the emblematic modernist monument of the Gran Hotel and next to the monument to the processionist, undoubtedly an emblematic and busy enclave of the port city."For his part, the Cartagena artist Javier Lorente, is proud to have been born in “ground zero in Cartagena.

Inside the monastery of San Ginés de la Jara, next to the Victoria Cave, as well as having spent all my life in Pozo Estrecho ”.This Galilean has left his mark for posterity in the wall paintings of the Parish Church of San Fulgencio (17th century), and is a renowned painter, photographer, poster artist, teacher of painting, cultural activist and defender of heritage.

At present, he is part of the Organizing Committee of the events of the Bicentennial of the death of Isidoro Máiquez.To ensure that all social distancing health measures are guaranteed, both the artist and his work will be surrounded by a fence, which will include reminder posters with the rules established by the health authorities.This activity is part of the projects selected by the City Council to reactivate the artistic sector, severely punished by the coronavirus crisis.

In fact, David Martínez Noguera has made reference to the difficult situation in which these cultural professions find themselves "who are dedicated to showing us the world with new eyes, to creating other worlds and making us better and more sensitive to everything beautiful".The pandemic in which we are immersed is being especially damaging for plastic and visual artists, who have not been able to carry out their work around painting, photography of cultural events, artistic workshops or exhibitions for months and “that is why the The City Council has wanted to support them by making possible theatrical, musical or artistic initiatives, like this one ”, the mayor had an impact.In total, the Department of Culture has supported more than 40 artistic projects since the beginning of the health crisis.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena