La Grande Motte hosted International Artist Jorge Colomina for his major summer exhibition. The exhibition was held from July 7 to September 5 at the Espace Michèle Goalard at the Port Authority of La Grande Motte.
Stéphan Rossignol, Mayor of La Grande Motte discovered the artist Jorge Colomina three years ago in Montpellier during an exhibition. The mayor was very interested in his work and wanted to organize an exhibition the year after, but due to a health crisis, the exhibition was postponed.
As a result, the exhibition lasts longer, 2 months during the tourist season to the delight of summer visitors, Grand-Mottoises and Grand-Mottois.
Jorge Colomina was born Alcoy in Spain in 1953. Young, he was already passionate about painting and drawing. The artist comes to settle in Paris and learns on his own. He admires his masters such as Picasso, Miro, Cézanne, Matisse… and works tirelessly. The artist comes to settle in the south of France and devotes himself exclusively to his art. Jorge Colomina is a well-known artist, listed at Drouot and sold by Maître Arnaud Cornette de Saint-Cyr and at Maison Rossini.
With more than 5000 works sold worldwide, Jorge Colomina is part of the restricted circle of contemporary artists living off their Art. Jorge Colomina has moved to Nîmes.
Jorge Colomina will paint childhood memories in Spain, Bullfighting, Gypsies, Flamenco, Tango and many other reminiscences. Women have and always will be his models. He draws, paints their curves, their softness. The artist plunges and also plunges us into the cozy comfort, in the reassuring arms of the Woman or the Mother.
One could interpret the use of dense, enveloping colors as a bridge connecting the woman in her protective role, reassuring by its roundness with the harsh reality expressed by cold or hyper-colored colors.
For this exhibition of “Singular Fantasies”, Jorge Colomina’s paintings always represent the Woman, the Face. These works keep an imprint of his native country. The colors are vivid, his line is powerful, precise, which makes his painting sensitive, alive. His style could be qualified as “Abstract Figurative”.
The colors used give the impression that the painting is alive, that the characters will come out of the painting, making it a living work as if it were still being created, you can feel the movement. Passion and energy are found in all of the creations of artist Jorge Colomina.
Fantasies Singular, the painting is unique, (words collected by the artist). Jorge Colomina’s works always represent the Woman and the face. The artist uses different materials that he incorporates into his paintings such as linen, fabric, sponge, cardboard …
Jorge Colomina creates with a master glassmaker his sculptures in blown glass, each sculpture is unique, worked and thought out individually. The glass is transparent or colored, with a dimension of 40 cm, each sculpture is worked in an artisan oven; Its shaping is tailor-made, the master glassmaker follows the instructions of the artist who is present each time, it is a work of two artists combining their creativity and common know-how. As a result, production is limited.
The exhibition of 55 paintings, blown glass sculptures and drawings on Arches Vellum was a great success, with nearly 2,000 visitors. According to the artist, good sales were made, attendance matched the tribute paid by the city of La Grande Motte to the artist Jorge Colomina.
Vellum d’Arches is made using an ancestral and artisanal technique and is made from 100% cotton. This vellum is as thick as a canvas. His drawings are all worked in mixed media.
Visitors were able to appreciate the seaside resort with this superb exhibition by Jorge Colomina. Jorge Colomina is represented in galleries and at contemporary art trade fairs. He is also an artist committed to causes such as cardiac surgery sponsorship, child liver disease and many others …
The artist will be present at the International Contemporary Art Fair Art Montpellier from November 10 to 14.
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