Joaquín Lalanne | La Fragilidad del Escenario
Opening
October 10, 2019
7pm
October 10
– November 8, 2019
“From all the painters I respect, I find their common ability to create a universe containing a degree of veracity that can be accepted as an alternative, and where it also exists a poetic dimension”.
Fernando Botero
In the plastic universe of Joaquín Lalanne we can see reflected his admiration for Botero, with whom he shares the fixation to create a universe enclosing an alternative and credible reality. And like the Colombian artist he faces such conviction with the “deep longing to do things right, always better”.
Lalanne paints imaginary universes in which he combines iconographic elements such as cardboard paper, deep and unattainable seas and skies, figures that share space with the Pink Panther, a chamber orchestra, a soloist or a philosopher, who are part of the Uruguayan artist’s palette of characters, including himself and his partner. They all cast this imaginary landscape often framed with curtains holding his canvases, turning his works into fragile scenarios.
We are in front of a 21st century Renaissance artist. Cultivated, irreverent; and, above all, an artist whose imaginary expedition remains faithful to the old role models. In order to capture and express striking metaphors, a pictorial spell is not enough. Previously one has to perfect the technique, the color, the drawing, the composition, the light, the proportion…
Lalanne has been able to develop his talent with tenacity. The paint brush does not come with a built-in software that captures in simple strokes the tangle of leaves of an olive tree or the shadows with complex light degradations. Nor is there an App that frames and stretches the canvas on the frame or varnishes it with obsessive care.
Only in this way can an artist approach with humility and perseverance the rich and creative source of art. His dialogue with Pop Art, with the Greco-Roman antiquity archive, with the history of European painting, and his Latin American references have contributed to shaping his unmistakable personality.
Alfredo Abian
Joaquín Lalanne | La Fragilidad del Escenario
Inauguración
10 de octubre de 2019
19h
10 de octubre
– 8 de noviembre, 2019
“En todos los pintores que respeto, encuentro la capacidad de crear un universo que encierra una cierta veracidad que se pueda aceptar como alternativa, y (donde) también existe la posibilidad poética”.
Fernando Botero