The Alvarez Artist Frugoni

It was after many years of travel to the Uruguayan painter Sergio? Alvarez Frugoni came to settle in Mallorca in 1997. He traveled between South America, Brazil, Uruguay and Switzerland during the nineties and finally chose the Balearic Islands, particularly the people of Alara, as their place of work.

It was not accidental choice though. The basic element of light in Mallorca has long been described as extraordinary artists and this, along with other portions of inspiration, he persuaded the artist to make their home on the island.

A number of features of life in Mallorca have won the South American artist, including lifestyle, cultural and intellectual diversity and the island's proximity to other major artistic capitals. Alvarez believes this Mediterranean island maintains a real environment, is a bubble in a hurricane Europe, resulting in positive energy alive and fresh

His work

The artist works primarily with acrylics on canvas, but has also painted frescos and sculptures made. When Alvarez creates, gets itself, producing work that is rich, soulful and intense. Represents the meandering nature of his life, the chaos of his thoughts, the depth of his soul, and the size of their fantasies.

Its color is related to psychological and explosives makes, uses the contrasts, play with it, it Dominga. In his hands, the color is soft and suddenly violent, searing and cozy, dark and cold so quickly. Is present, invasive, simultaneously quiet and cheeky. These colors come with subtle forms. They are an innovation for travel - time travel in space, in the spirit, and symbols. Travelling in abstraction and reality, in the infinitely small and infinitely large.

These are life forms that remind us who we truly are, sophisticated creations full of dreams and experiences, tortured by our fears, influenced by our emotions and our feelings. Sometimes empty, at other times full, marked by the past, absorbed by this and anxious about the future.

Some of the figures in the artist's work are obvious, attract the eye immediately, as if to make contact. These are followed by some less obvious, sometimes small, fragile, hidden, or even the canvas so broad that they can not contain them. They are never made by accident, and living in a fantasy world, these creatures speak with each of us. Animals, men, women, clothed or naked, objects of our lives - boats, pianos. These creatures have different faces, toward mature our vision, opening new channels of thought, never indifferent.

His story

Taracuarembò Born in Uruguay, in 1947, Alvarez began his career in 1961 when he began studying at art school in Montevideo. Later he moved to teach at the school of Our Lady of the Garden, Florida, Uruguay.

From 1973 to 1974, he lived between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, and it was during this time that Alavez began to devote his life to painting. The decision, however, was influenced in part by an invitation from Mark Gallery in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was asked to live, work and exposed. In 1979 he established his art group "Workshop 69", and organized exhibitions with four young artists dedicated to a style called "critical figurative."

After this experience,? Alvarez was left with a feeling of conflict over the commercial aspect of art.

Following this experience, Alvarez With A conflicting WAS left feeling About the mercantile aspect of art. This unease Still Remains today, and DURING the late '70s the artist Forced it to retire to the Caribbean coast have isolated WHERE Himself in a wild and authentic environment.

As a result, the work I produced by the impregnated Became contrasting cultures of the Caribbean paradise and the Southern Cone, Henco Creating a Dialogue Between life and art in a series of paintings Entitled 'conversing with Paradise'.

In 1982, Alvarez Began to Southern series of travels outside America to Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Thanks to historical search for new locations while living in Barcelona and Then in Switzerland, the artist's fame Began to rise in Europe, culminating in Being Awarded the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence Scandicci prize in 1983. Then I Showed His work in collective exhibitions and staff Numerous in cities from Paris to Tokyo.The painter's work is in private collections present in South America, the United States and Europe, as well as in contemporary art museums Such as the Scandicci in Florence, Francisco Navaez in Venezuela, art foundations in Aterrana, Lichtenstein, And Also Some important in Swiss banks.

Sergio Alvarez Frugoni's paintings are on show at His studio in Alaró and I Can Be contact on: 971 879 265, or email: sergioalvarezfrugoni@hotmail.com.

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