Malagrafica, museos de Malaga

I was invited by Malagrafica ( Patrizia Torres, Luis Ruiz et Javier Rico of Urban sketchers Malaga) to do a workshop in their city - Malaga - last April/May. Three other sketchers were invited  Stefano Faravelli, Jorg Asselborn and Juan Maria Josa.

Before travelling I discover that the city is full of museums and art centers and immediately I thought about holding my workshop in one of them.  For me sketching in galleries and museums is a very good way on taking notes on artists whose work I want to check but also to register the behaviour of onlookers. The workshop was based in quick sketches trying to get the volume and size of the works in relation to the onlookers. Quick notes with references to the artist or to the work.

 

Stefano Faravelli  (check this link for his sketches of Madagascar) also proposed a workshop in the museum of Malaga and we were supposed to do compositions using the different scripts and alphabets of the collections.

More artistes from the DAK'ART 2014

Abdulaye Konate at the Galerie Manege

The parade by the artists from Benin

Solly Cissé at the Hotel de Ville

school children visiting the Village de la Biennale

Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch and Gemma Rodrigues talking at the installation of Candice Breitz

Mamdy Seydy at Toucouleur, sculptures

Espace Medina with Moussa Traoré et Jesus Ahedo

Justine Gaga, installation and Jesus Ahedo from Gallery Kalao in Bilbao

visiting Dakar and the Biennale - DAK'ART 2014

discussions artists and curators

Village de Joe Ouakan- Issa Samba

Opening of the International exhibition at the Musée Theodore Monod

In the gardens of the Musée Theodore Monod

Galerie National - Moustapha Dibé

left - Sylvain Sankalé,  critique d'art. right- installation of the work of the artistes of Benin. Le bois sacrée.

visiting Guggenhein and D.Crepe in Bilbao

Pablo Picasso

Jeff Koons,  puppy

Richard Serra,  The matter of time.

Alex Katz, Smiles

Cristina Lucas, video

Cristina Lucas and Urs Fisher

Don Crepe, Bilbao

After almost 8 hours spent in the Guggenheim I delighted myself with the delicious crepes made by my brother. D.Crepe is in the other side of the river with views to the Guggenheim, you pick one of the bridges and the only difficulty thing is to choose your sauces.

Matys and the African masks

 Thanks to Matis I went to france on a short holiday.
He had visited the African exhibition at the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux and he was so impressed he phoned his oncle in Mauritania to tell him about it and asking if he could go over to see it.

Great exhibition made mostly of collector pieces.

vernissage

 Sidi Yahyia, Mauritanian painter exhibits at the Moroccan Cultural Center in Nouakchott

museums and galleries

Long time no post but I've been moving around as I don't come so often to Europe. As you will see lots of time spent in Museums and Art Galleries not much time to sketch the cities!!

Monday I'll be flying back home to Mauritania its been to long.

J.C.J. Vanderheyden , Culturgest, curator Miguel Wandschneider, Lisbon

Josep Niebla, Galeria Palacio Galveias, Curator Antoni Alvarez de Arana, Lisbon

Heimo Zobernig, fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, curator Jürgen Bock, Lisbon

Altermodern, Tate Britain, curator Nicolas Bourriard, London

National Portrait Gallery, London

Roni Horn aka Roni Horn, Tate Modern, London

Tate Modern, permanent collection, London