INAUGURACIÓN DE CRISTÓBAL ORTEGA EN LA SALA DE EXPOSICIONES EL PORTÓN, ALHAURÍN DE LA TORRE – MÁLAGA – 17 SEPTEMBER 2021

The artist Cristóbal Ortega will open the exhibition Poemas de Piel this Friday, September 17, at 8:00 p.m., at the “El Portón” exhibition hall in Alhaurín de la Torre (Málaga). The show brings together a series of works created between 2012 and the present day and has been made possible thanks to the collaboration between the City Council of Alhaurín de la Torre and the Miguel Marcos Gallery.

In these works, the canvas ceases to be merely a support and becomes an inherent part of the artwork. The process is based on the use of unprimed canvases, with the particularity that much of the pigment—in this case oil paint—is applied to the reverse side, allowing it to seep through the fabric and impregnate it like a form of sweating. The result is that painting and support become an inseparable whole.

The exhibition can be visited until November 20, 2021, from Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (closed Monday afternoons).