There is so much art in the city and so much variety to learn from that I often don't have enough time to enjoy it all. A month ago, I stopped by one of the galleries I usually visit, Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Málaga, and when I saw the poster advertising the exhibition, I thought I would see abstract art, but I was wrong.
This exhibition is dedicated to Salvador Moreno Peralta, a renowned architect from the city of Malaga who has carried out numerous important projects in the city. He is an urban planner who is well known for his great and beautiful work. The truth is that I didn't know him until I entered this exhibition, where I was able to see his career, not only as an architect but also as a great draftsman.
He was the architect of the city's law school and also of important shopping centers such as the famous Larios shopping center. As I progressed through the exhibition and read the posters there, I learned more about this important figure in the city who, from what I saw, was involved in many building renovations, reconstructions of old neighborhoods, and much more.
I always say that the city expands as I explore it, but I also learn something new every day. Not only that, but art galleries provide a very special space to showcase things like this, and as it is located in the heart of the historic center, many tourists visit it. I saw many around me. There are many people who like history and art, in this case architecture, and it was nice to see people at the exhibition, which is always free.
It should also be noted that this architect is the father of the well-known singer Pablo Alborán. I don't know much about celebrities, but I do know this singer, and it was a novelty for me to be at an exhibition about his father's work, his great work.
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As I walked through the two rooms that made up the exhibition, I not only saw sketches of Salvador's great work, but also many drawings, and I must say that they are excellent.
Each plan, each drawing, each sketch was properly explained, and in many of them I recognized buildings in the city that I know, that I have visited, and that I had no idea who the designer was. Now I know who he is: a great artist.
In one part of the large exhibition, which was very detailed and included many works, there was a large mural with words spoken by the architect himself. He talks about the need for great skill in artistic or technical drawing in relation to architecture, and I think he is absolutely right.
This can be clearly seen in the various display cases where his notebooks and drawings are exhibited. And like him, I consider architecture to be a true art. Today, things have changed a lot, and perhaps a computer program or AI does the work, but before, all of this was done by hand, and that is where its value lies, in the drawing skills that architects had and needed to have. I thought about all of this as I walked through the room with the magnificent works, because they were truly works of art.
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He talks about the observations he made during his student days, which reminds me of my time as a drawing student and how I paid attention to every line my teacher drew so I could always learn a little more. In his works, Salvador's works, his talent is undeniable. He is an old-school architect who needs to be known, which is why I am bringing this great and wonderful exhibition to the community.
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An architect with old analog methods, but valuable ones, with a manual dexterity that is increasingly rare or undeveloped today, because technology has advanced so much and is used so much that seeing someone pick up a pencil is increasingly strange. In the writings that appeared in the exhibition, he talks a lot about how technology replaced this art and his longing for those times.
Everything on display in this great exhibition belongs to the artist's younger years, with a special and wonderful essence for drawing, a handcrafted drawing far removed from what AI is today. Drawing seen as representation and as knowledge.
Lines and drawings with a life of their own, as Salvador himself describes it, like the evolution of an idea that is captured on paper. He always defends this training and this form of analog realization because good architecture depends on drawing and these ideas. He recognizes that 3D representation helps a lot in the process of speeding up project times.
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There is one thought from this talented architect that I liked the most and that is reflected in each of his works, and that is the dilemma of whether digital technology replaces the hand. He mentions that manual drawing remains irreplaceable because of its expressive capacity and the human ability to reason on paper. That is why the hand remains important.
It was a different kind of exhibition from the ones I usually visit, but one of extreme importance. Thank you very much for joining me today. Best regards. See you soon.
Amonet.
All photographs are my own.
Separators created by me in Photoshop.
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