Galería Marlborough, Barcelona, is hosting an exhibition that investigates the use of blue in art.This exhibition comes to present the two main ways in which blue color has had protagonism: as representation in the landscape, mainly from the sky or water — actually the representation of the sky and the sea to this color but really, if one observe them, most of the times one could make use of other colors; like white, gray, black or even the range of reds, to represent them. Among the first, one would find artists like John Davies (Cheshire, 1946), Xavier Escribà (Paris, 1969), Hugo Fontela (Grade, 1986), Juan Correa (Zamora, 1959), Juan Genovés (Valencia, 1930) or Sergio Sanz (Santander, 1964) who through the use of blue color evoke the landscape of the sky and the sea. In this sense, it is worth highlighting the work “L’Ebrei La Loire” (2017) by Xavier Escribà, who presents his most ambitious work so far. Artists such as Manolo Valdés (Valencia, 1942) or Lucio Muñoz (Madrid, 1929-1998), on the other hand, choose color from a more symbolic point of view, especially the latter who in his work “Risdela de Mo,” mixes red and blue, colors that in the Chinese tradition are linked to ying and yang; male and female.Marlborough was founded in London in 1946 by Frank Lloyd and Harry Fisher. David Somerset, current Duke of Beaufort, and a third member of the firm was associated with Marlborough in 1948. In the 1950s, the Marlborough Gallery acquired considerable prestige due to its relevant exhibitions. Marlborough is engaged in two types of activities: acquisition and sale of antique painting, painting and sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries and the representation of a large group of contemporary artists from Europe, the United States, South America and Asia.The exhibition is on view through January 5, 2018, at Galería Marlborough, Enric Granados 68, Barcelona, 08008, Spain.For details, visit: http://www.galeriamarlborough.com/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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