The National Museum of Underwater Archaeology Cartagena has a new temporary exhibition Vacant Beach, the painter Francisco Solana. The exhibition, which opened on Thursday May 23 by the Councillor for Culture, Maria del Rosario Montero, and Museum Director Xavier Nieto, along with the author of this exhibition, Francisco sunshine, will remain open until June 30.
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.
This show is the look 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. It offers 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