Interview Blackie Swart Blackie Swart (Oxford, United Kingdom) is an artist who works in different media using materials such as concrete, Corten steel and found objects. He has participated in Monographic IV with the piece “Untitled V”, a sensitive and contained work that makes us reflect on loss, both physical and emotional. What better way […]
Interview Marina Rodrigues. Monographic IV
Interview Marina Rodrigues Marina Rodrigues (São Paulo, 1988) is an artist who examines the urban landscape from a geometric perspective. Her pieces are known for combining different materials in an aesthetic way, always seeking visual balance. In Monographic IV she has participated with the piece “Fabrica Tangerina”, where construction and deconstruction come together to materialise […]
Interview Ines Schaikowski. Monographic IV
Interview Inés Schaikowski Ines Schaikowski (Brandenburg, 1981) participated in Monographic IV with her latest project Hybride Heimat. An investigation of socio-cultural, natural and urban spaces as places in which she questions their characteristics and functioning. What better way to understand how she develops her artistic practice than to have her explain it to us herself? […]
Interview Harley Fry, The Pluto Program. Monographic IV
Interview Harley Fry Harley Fry (Australia) is a sculptor who explores the relationship between the natural and industrial environment with an innovative craft technique demonstrating a mastery of materials. He is the director of The Pluto Program (TPP) which was created to create environmentally friendly landscape products using his own cement called Bloom. What better […]
Interview Marlies Hoevers. Monographic IV
Interview Marlies Hoevers Marlies Hoevers (Netherlands, 1979), an artist who participated in Monographic IV with the piece “QUIETUDE, nº 8”, combines her work as an artist with interior decoration, hence her strong fascination with materials and the emotional effects they have on people. In his latest works he begins to experiment with concrete and textile, […]
MONOGRAPHIC IV. 12 ARTISTIC PIECES MADE IN CEMENT / CONCRETE
EXPRESSAN HORMIGÓN MONOGRAPHIC IV. Compilation of 12 Artistic Pieces in cement/concrete After the great reception of MONOGRAPHIC III comes the fourth edition, joining the commitment to continue innovating and improving in each Arte Hormigón compilation. In this MONOGRAPHIC IV we have selected 12 international artistic projects that will take us through different conceptions of what […]
Brutalism, the concrete of memory. Open call Monographic IV.
Brutalism, a movement that flourished between the 1950s and 1970s, has examples all over the world. It was based on the use of large exposed concrete structures that arouse love and hate in equal measure. Although many people feel and understand the essence of the Brutalist movement, others attribute a negative connotation to it, even […]
6th Anniversary of EXPRESSAN. New season!
In this first blog post after the summer I want you to blow out the candles with me. We are celebrating the sixth birthday at EXPRESSAN! Every September the platform celebrates its birthday at the same time as we open the season. This is the moment when, in a way, I also take the opportunity […]
ART POOLS III. 10 Projects with the swimming pool as a protagonist
EXPRESSANPool21 ART SWIMMING POOLS III. 10 PROJECTS WITH THE SWIMMING POOL AS THE MAIN PROTAGONIST Last June we opened the call for entries for the third edition of Arte Piscinas. Perhaps motivated by one of the principles of EXPRESSAN, the non-frontiers between disciplines, one of the objectives of this edition was to reach a greater […]