The Games of Instants by Jordi Alcaraz, at the Van der Voort

The artist from Calella is exhibiting for the third time on Eivissa

Until the end of April, the walls of the Van der Voort Gallery on Eivissa will be full of works by the artist from Calella, Jordi Alcaraz. Born in 1963, he studied art and etching at the Escola d'Arts i Oficis Massana in Barcelona. This will be his third exhibition in this Ibizan gallery. The first time that he showed his work on Eivissa was in 1994 and the last time in 1999.

After nearly three years, he returns to the island to show his work that passes all limits of art and sculpture. For his work he uses very varied materials and ways of working, water, moving painting, glass, iron, mirrors and sound... in a game that wishes to convert his exhibitions in a mixture of illusion and tricks. For those who hope that a photo can capture the essence of his work, he says that "the text can be approached more to his work than photographs can". His pieces intend to be a superposition of instants... and the camera can only capture one of these.

In this article in the section Art de Terra you can find a commentary on his exhibition in 1999 at the Fúcares gallery, in Madrid. In this article from the newspaper Avui and on the web by the Texas A&M University with a copy of an article from La Vanguardia, you will find information and commentaries about his last exhibition last year in the Joan Prats galery in Barcelona. On the web of the gallery you will also find a complete biography of the artist from Calella.

Galeria Van der Voort
Opening times
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5.30 to 8.30 p.m..
Tel: 971300649
E-mail: vandervoortibiza@hotmail.com

Pere Marí
coordinador@eivissaweb.com

Photos ceded by the Van der Voort gallery

Date of publication: 16/03/2002

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