Art
from Argentina has been amazing visitors to the cute art gallery of “Can
Tixedó”, in Forada - or “Buscastell”, as this splendid and genuine area
near Sant Antoni is known by the locals.
Juan
Colomar, the young businessman and gallery director, has presented a new
exhibition, very refreshing, with a lot of movement and colour, happy
and pleasant to see, full of novelty, talent and artistic creativity.
The
exhibition was the latest collection of sculptures and paintings done by
the Argentinean artist and art-professor Pablo Garcia Albizuri.
Pablo Garcia Albizuri was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961.
Since he was very young, Pablo felt the call of the arts and soon he
discovered his own capability and creative potential. He says it was
relatively easy for him because he always had the support and the
encouragement of his family to develop and continue with his studies of
Fine Arts. Later, he studied Architecture and Urbanism in the University
of Buenos Aires for over eight years, completing his high studies with
courses of Modern Dance and Social Psychology.
After finishing his university studies, Pablo worked for several years
in different artistic and professional projects in Buenos Aires, but his
hunger for opening new ways and adventure took him to work for almost
two years as a history professor in a remote school on the Argentinean
border.
But
the call of the Art was too strong. This, together with the dull and
grey future that a young talented man can see and feel in such chaotic
societies, with enormous economical and social problems, where the
everyday material living takes most of the energy, with no time or
interest for the Arts, as most of the South-American societies are at
present, in which a sensitive artist seems to be completely out of
place, and living by selling his art-works is a real “Mission
Impossible”.
Those were the two reasons, the discovering and the study of the roots
of the Fine Arts, and the look for a brighter future, where he could
find a public to show and buy his creative works, so he could live off
his Art, that helped Pablo to take the decision to leave his family and
his country and travel to Europe.
So,
in 1990, Pablo arrived in Firenze, Italy, where he lived for a time,
visiting the museums and studying the classic master-painters.
Then, in 1991, after visiting Switzerland and France, Pablo finally
landed on Eivissa.
His
arrival on the Island was a revelation to him. He was enchanted,
hypnotised and trapped by the clear bright light and its beauty from the
very beginning.
Then, when he stepped down by the narrow streets of Eivissa’s harbour,
with its cosmopolitan and colourful crowds, people from all races and
religions living together with deep respect, peace and enjoyable,
creative harmony, he knew that his trip had ended. He was determined to
make this Island his new homeland and took the challenge of starting a
new life, living off his Art and forming part of this tolerant and
creative society.
Pablo has been living here since then, living off his art-works, sharing
his time with his other job as art-professor. He loves working with
adults and young children in summer courses organised by Sant Antoni’s
Town Hall, where his works are shown in popular exhibitions.
“I
feel really good living in Eivissa, especially when the summer is over
and the people are more relaxed. Now, I feel invaded as an inhabitant of
the Island. July and August is like a necessary and inevitable
punishment, but we have to learn to live with it. It is better to think
that soon it will be over and look ahead for the relaxing winter”, Pablo
confessed to a local journalist in an interview given to celebrate his
new exhibition in “Can Pou”, Eivissa, earlier this summer.
Pablo is an artist, painter and sculptor, also an art-professor, who is
opening his own way through hard and very valuable work. He is gaining
his own space and respect in our difficult world of the Arts with his
creative Art-works that are being more and more appreciated by
art-lovers and appreciated by the Art Galleries.
These works allowed Pablo to remain on Eivissa, where he already feels
like one of us, living in a local finca in the country, growing
part of their own fruits and greens (Pablo lives as an ecologist and a
vegetarian) with his lovely wife and a charming young son. Pablo
appreciates especially the tranquillity and also feels very discreet
about his private life.
Let’s hope that they all will stay, living and working successfully with
us for many years.
1961
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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1979-89 |
Universidad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Pablo works on several architectural projects in Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Works in several theatre decorations
Studies Modern Dancing and Social Psychology, Buenos Aires,
Argentina |
1988-89 |
Works as History professor |
1990
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He comes to Europe, Firenze, Italy |
1991
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He arrives to Eivissa, Baleares, Spain |
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Exhibitions |
1986
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Sala “El Taller”, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1987
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Sala “El Taller”, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1988
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Editorial “Cerdos y Peces”, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Sala “El Taller”, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1990
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Sala “El Sabor”, Valencia, Spain |
1991
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Sala “El Sabor”, Valencia, Spain
Sala “Universal”, Valencia, Spain |
1993
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Sala “Es Mulí”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain
Sala “Snap”, Valencia, Spain |
1994
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Galería Zarathustra, Brescia, Italia |
1995 |
Galería “Las Dalias”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain
Galería “Cap Cuadrad” Eivissa, Baleares, Spain |
1996
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Sala “El Grial”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain |
1997
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Sala “Can Pou”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain
Galería “Vincent”, Lucern, Switzerland |
1998
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Sala “Sunset”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain
Galería “Vincent”, Lucern, Switzerland
Sala “Can Pou”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain |
1999
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Sala “Sunset”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain
Sala “Charly Buhler”, Bern, Switzerland |
2000
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“Casa de Vinos Argentinos”, Bern, Switzerland
“Canniballove Art-Shop”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain |
2001 |
“Casa Can Fournet”, Balafa, Eivissa, Baleares,
Spain |
2002
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“Galería Rodolfo”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain
Sala “Can Pou”, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain
“Galería Can Tixedó”, Sant Antoni, Eivissa, Baleares, Spain |
All Pictures Courtesy of
Pablo García Albizuri
Details: If you should require any further information about Pablo
García Albizuri and his work then please don’t hesitate to contact this
office at your own convenience. |