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Until August 31 will be open to the public |
The Sea of Art continues its program within the Festival with exposure A cage to live the artist Carmen Calvo.
The Molina Palace houses this show since this Tuesday, July 15, born as child abuse complaint.
In a November 1997 story about a girl who had been locked in a cage for two weeks to conceive the idea of this exhibition emerged, as recounted by the author herself this morning: I wanted to convey my impression and emotions that had awakened in me this event still, unfortunately, continues.
Thirty works, most designed pencil, make up this sample in which children appear broken toys or faceless, some with a touch of color, red in most of the compositions, and other characterized in black and white.
A large white box is the centerpiece of this exhibition representing what was once the cage for this little girl.
With peepholes that are in all the walls, visitors will discover inside a space that became a parallel world to this little during his confinement.
With torn toys and dolls sounds close to the spectator to this event and the reporting of the artist.
Carmen Calvo, one of the most important conceptual artists from the Spanish scene, returns to the Festival to participate in this exhibition after designing your poster La Mar de Músicas, highlighted the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero at the inauguration on Tuesday .
The ceremony was also attended by the deputy director of the Festival, José Luis Cegarra, who encouraged Cartagena to visit this exhibition is a golden opportunity to see the art.
Until August 31, the exhibition will be open at the Palacio Molina.
THE AUTHOR
Carmen Calvo was born in 1950 in Valencia.
He studied advertising before joining the School of Arts and Crafts and the School of Fine Arts of San Carlos, both in Valencia.
After developing his career in Madrid and Paris, returns to his native Valencia where he developed his artistic and creative activity since 1992.
The originality and quality of his work were recognized quickly so that, in 1997, was chosen to represent Spain in the Venice Biennale, a fact that served to boost his career internationally.
In 2003, the Reina Sofia Museum in the Palacio de Velázquez, gave him an exhibition of his work.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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