Henar´s Blog

I wasn´t going to write a post about this particular matter, but after all the fuss created by Miquel Barcelo´s work for the Human Rights Council Conference Room Ceiling, I think I should express my opinion too. For those of you not familiar with the matter, there´s been a huge fuss because our government and the United Nations have paid a huge amount of money to this man (who´s one of my favourite artists) so that he would decorate the ceiling of this conference room.

Of course, we all believe that they should have spent this money feeding the poor, or something concerning "Human Rights", but I don´t want to discuss that any more (it makes me so mad!)... we all agree on that.

But what also makes me mad is the artistic part of the problem: the ceiling is a horrible piece of art, a joke... How can someone spend nine months creating something so "empty", so simple-minded. Barcelo is a very spiritual person/artist, and his work always captures that.
And two weeks after finishing it, some parts are falling off... great job!!!!!


Photos by Agustí Torres.

Some of my paintings using the technique of blobs of drawing ink. The ink makes beautiful shapes on the canvas, doesn´t it?

I recommend trying a technique, used by artists such as Joan Miró, that consists of making blobs of drawing ink and allowing them to run down the paper. Try using different coloured inks, and several different kinds of paper (some more absorbent than others).
This is an interesting way to begin a painting...the ink makes beautiful shapes on the paper!