Artículos Prensa / Artist Reviews 2000

 

CRÍTICAS A LA EXPOSICIÓN EN LA GALERÍA KREISLER DE MADRID desde el 17 de febrero hasta el 11 de Marzo del 2000

EL PUNTO DE LAS ARTES.

Editor: José Pérez Guerra

Viernes 25 de febrero a 2 de marzo 2000

Lázaro Ferré o la Alegría de Vivir

por Julián H. Miranda

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Como a Matisse en su célebre La alegría de vivir, donde el genial pintor francés evocó una imagen mítica del mundo tal como querría que fuese, en una especie de edad de oro, en las pinturas de José Luis Lázaro Ferré (Barcelona, 1945) habita una idea de la armonía universal, ya sea en las figuras, bodegones con y sin paisaje, o en esas composiciones algo surrealistas, con esa disposición clasicista donde logra ese difícil equilibrio entre lo lírico y los elementos de la vanguardia que nos retrotraen a Cézanne y, sobre todo, a Picasso. Este pintor catalán estudió en la Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge, y más tarde amplió sus conocimientos de pintura mural y de grabado. Desde muy joven destacó su habilidad para el dibujo, consiguiendo varios premios de cierto prestigio como el del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona o el XIV Premio de pintura joven de la Sala Parés. Casi todas sus exposiciones individuales de han celebrado en ciudades catalanas, excepto algunas en Málaga, Cuenca, Logroño o Madrid, donde sólo exhibió sus obras en la galería Bética hace 24 años.


Reviews from his exhibition at the Kreisler Gallery in Madrid from February 17 to March 11, 2000

EL PUNTO DE LAS ARTES 
Editor: José Pérez-Guerra
Madrid, 25 February 2000 until 11 March 2000

Lázaro Ferré and the Joy of Living
by Julián H. Miranda


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Just like Matisse in his famous painting The Joy of Living, where the great French painter evokes a mythical image of the world as he wished it to be in a kind of golden age, in the paintings of José Luis Lázaro Ferré (Barcelona, 1945) there is an idea of universal harmony, whether in the figures, still lifes with or without landscape, or in his somewhat surreal compositions, with that classicist arrangement through which he manages to strike a difficult balance between lyricism and avant-garde elements that take us back to Cezanne and especially Picasso. The Catalan painter studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge and later expanded his knowledge of mural painting and engraving. His drawing ability stood out right from the start and he won a number of prestigious awards as a young artist, including the Barcelona City Hall Award and the 14th Sala Parés Youth Painting Prize. Most of his individual exhibits have been held in Catalan cities, though he has also exhibited in Malaga, Cuenca, Logroño and Madrid. The Madrid exhibit was held 24 years ago at the Bética gallery.

Lázaro Ferré now presents about 30 pieces at the Kreisler gallery, including oils and works on paper. He once again demonstrates his warm simplicity in works such as Terrace, by placing a flower pot and fruit on a table with a spacious background that shows us a poetic and unequivocally Mediterranean Sea; The Café, a small still life with fountain pen, spectacles, pipe, black telephone, bottle, glass and oil lamp, with a small frame that provides a hint of the human presence. He does it with that subtlety in the rhythm of greys, which becomes more ironic in Still Life with Fly Swatter. His attraction to the human figure comes out again in Lovers I and II, with a woman listening to a seashell and a man playing the cello with a musicality in the blue tones that endows their bodies with considerable plastic solidity, something that comes out again in Balancing Act, an oil painting on paper with a woman, who has a Cubist air about her, standing on a horse’s back. Thanks to the steady gradation of yellows, the hard profile of her face is somehow accentuated. Musical rhythms, nature and the human figure are present in many of these works, such as The Guitar, the Cat and the Bird; Chess, Violin and Fish; Fruit with Violin and In Tune, where he displays a masterly command of the use of pastels with a violin on a round table delimiting the space. The exhibition also includes his original landscapes of Seville and Sitges, the plasticity and elegance of his somewhat Magritte-style Hats, and the incredible detail of Table with Lemons, with its fluent brushstrokes that draw out the yellows against a greyish background to create a plastic language rife with stylistic coherence.

EXPANSIÓN

Lázaro Ferré, en la Kreisler

EXPANSIÓN (Sección de Arte) Viernes 25 de febrero de 2000
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José Luis Lázaro Ferré es un extraordinario paisajista, cuya sensibilidad artística está puesta en aras de la sencillez y la inagotable capacidad creativa. Su paleta, amplia y variada, demuestra que su talento crece cada día, dado que además nos encontramos ante un artista muy perfeccionista que gusta de cuidar al límite todos los detalles del cuadro. Asimismo, su gran experiencia le hace salir incólume cuando tiene que enfrentarse a las resoluciones de las manchas, cuando tiene que mezclar colores o en los momentos en los que refleja esos claroscuros suyos tan característicos.

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Debemos reflejar aquí que nos encontramos ante uno de los mejores artistas del momento, capaz de despertar la sensibilidad de sus admiradores. Es esta una inmejorable oportunidad para acercarse a esta galería y adquirir arte que, como característica añadida, cuenta con una excelente relación calidad/precio. En cualquier caso, tiene Lázaro Ferré un profundo sentido del orden, que le lleva a dar prioridad a la estructura armonizada de las composiciones. Y todo ello sin necesidad de recurrir a lo trágico, al empaste masivo del color, cosas tan frecuentes entre los pintores mediocres. En esta sentido, la contraposición constante de perspectivas, equilibrios y armonías compositivas dotan al cuadro de un nivel y un bagaje bastante notables. Al contrario, sus pinceladas son sueltas, suaves, como si dejara deslizar por el lienzo su saber.

Lázaro Ferré. Kreisler Gallery. Calle Hermosilla 8, Madrid.

February-March


EXPANSIÓN 
25 February 2000
Lázaro Ferré, at the Kreisler

José Luis Lázaro Ferré is an extraordinary landscape artist who uses his artistic sensitivity to explore simplicity and his own inexhaustible creative capacity. His widely varying palette shows that his talent is growing by the day, and he is also a perfectionist because every detail in his paintings is handled with the utmost care.

Moreover, his extensive experience allows him to escape unscathed when applying and mixing colors and when producing his now characteristic chiaroscuros.

All this should draw our attention to the fact that Lázaro Ferré is one of the best artists of the moment, and entirely capable of awakening the sensitivity of his admirers. This is an unbeatable opportunity to visit the gallery and acquire art that is not only beautiful, but a good deal for the money.

Lázaro Ferré has a profound sense of order, which leads him to give priority to the harmonious structure of the composition. And he does not take the tragic route or massively pile on color, two of the frequent errors of mediocre painters. The constant dialogue between perspective, balance and compositional harmony charges his paintings with more than solid experience.

And yet his brushstrokes are free and smooth, as if he let all his wisdom softly slip into the canvas.

Lázaro Ferré. Kreisler Gallery. Calle Hermosilla 8, Madrid.
February-March