19. Curro González

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19. Curro González

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Curro González was born in Seville in 1960 and is one of the most characteristic figures of the generation of Sevillian painters of the eighties. Art, politics, society and history, treated with irony and a sense of humor, are constants in his work.

In the piece Table with avocadoes, we observe a strange still life. A huge blue table with scattered avocados is surrounded by three yellow chairs arranged in an unlikely perspective. We can sense an echo of those still lifes in which Cézanne breaks with classicism, arranging objects and fruits in an almost impossible equilibrium.

During the period in which this work was produced, Curro Gonzalez's painting is transformed from the expressionist abstract to a recovery of his early figurative influences such as Van Gogh, Bonnard, Matisse, and Ensor. His intention is to return to the portrayal of feelings and emotions while showing us a scene or a landscape.

As he himself points out, it is not his intention to offer explanations that serve as crutches to walk clumsily. As Julian Barnes said, the painting that survives is the one that outlasts its own history. Religion decays, the icon remains; a story is forgotten, but its portrayal continues to fascinate.