The Catalan painter inaugurates the exhibition ‘La Scoperta del Fuoco’ this Thursday at the MACE
Among plants and flowers, the walls of the Weapons Room of the Museu d’Art Contemporani d’Eivissa (MACE) contain a representation of the work ‘La Scoperta del Fuoco’, by the painter Santi Moix (Barcelona, 1960), which is inaugurated this Thursday at 7 p.m. Likewise, the exhibition is accompanied by other canvas paintings that also represent nature and some of which have been exhibited in the last five years.
“We have tried to make a story about the island of Ibiza, monopolized by other countries, and develop it through plants,” says Moix, who explains that thanks to several walks through the pitiusa mayor and conversations with people who are experts in botany, he has been able to illustrate everything that can be seen on the walls of MACE. It should be noted that the author has lived in New York for more than two decades, but during his travels he takes note of everything for his creations. “Before creating this great story there have been many drawings and watercolors of plants to then make the selection and develop the project,” adds the author. These drawings are also displayed in the room in a display case. In this way you can see how the initial sketch moves to a larger space.
The exhibition has been curated by Elena Ruiz, director of MACE, who met Moix during an exhibition of the painter in Barcelona. According to her details, the title ‘La Scoperta del Fuoco’ is for the unusual work of Tintoretto, which is kept in the collections of Ca ‘Rezzonico in Venice. This refers to the birth of the symbol of life. Symbol that is also found in the Santi Moix installation, an epiphany of nature.
«The works have been painted in Barcelona and brought in tubes. I have a model of this studio there and I painted everything on a special synthetic material, where you paint the design and roll it up,” explains Moix. The material he talks about is Tyvek and he says that it is a more organic, non-glossy paper that adheres easily and “looks like a tattoo on the wall.”
The exhibition of paintings by Santi Moix can be enjoyed in the MACE Weapons Room until November 15, 2024.
