Vacant Beach is the first solo exhibition in the field of photography of Francisco Solana, having trained as a photographer selected participated in the Biennial of the End of the World in Ushuaia (Argentina) and Zurich (Switzerland).
Both of the hand of the IVAM, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno.
The exhibition opens Thursday, May 23, at 20 am in the temporary exhibition hall of the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Cartagena (ARQUA), with the presence of the Councillor for Culture of the City of Cartagena, Rosario Montero, and the museum's director, Xavier Nieto.
Solana's photographic work has to be seen from the artistic perspective rather than from the brand.
Vacant Beach is the eye of a painter at the border between the area remains dry and wet in different situations.
Creating a visual commitment frames from compositional chromatic situations picked up by the sensor, while the retina.
It is therefore a series of 26 large-format photographs, 100 x 120 cm, seeking simply to show visitors the look SOLANA reflected in vacant beaches in visual spaces that are occupied.
Vacancy is a commitment to be busy, either mentally or visually.
We are offered the opportunity to hold his gaze, now that will not be repeated, moments that will remain in our memory.
The exhibit will be free until next June 30 in the museum's regular hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 20:00 hours and Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 15:00 hours
As a painter, his most famous, Solana, has won several awards, including the X Prize for Painting at the University of Murcia in 2009 and has had numerous solo exhibitions.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena