Felipe Catalan’s art exposition

We went to see this exposition at Centro Cultural Virla.

The technique Catalan uses is aquarelles. The paintings are very original, full of colours and shapes. I think he starts with stains of aquarelles and then he gives them definite shape.

We can see that faces are a recurring figure. Musical instruments also appear frequently, like cellos, trumpets and accordions.

In these paintings colours are used with total freedom, without forcing any combinations. Yellow is put together with either orange or violet. Even though, colours have harmony, respect an equilibrium.

The artist also plays with the intensity of colour to give shape to the stains and define shapes.

For example, in this work he uses a monochromic of red to paint the background, and he highlights the figures of the two persons in the centre by putting them in a white square.

In this painting Catalan incorporates animals and continues drawing faces.

I think this work is very interesting because it includes components of different cultures. I can distinguish a “gaucho”, an Egyptian pharaoh, a European baby princess, a mother of “plaza de mayo”, an African woman and man and a lot of other characters.

None of these paintings had a title that’s why we can’t exactly know what the artist wanted to express with each one. I think that the title is very important, but in this case you can leave your imagination fly and think whatever.

Another observation is that these paintings were little. Their size was no bigger than 10cm x 20cm.


Beyond everything, the images are wonderful. Analyse and enjoy them!!