An art gallery in the city, who would have thought it, and from my point of view, from an ordinary citizen, it has been a success.
I am going to tell you a little bit about what this is all about and what I have been following through social networks, websites and in person.
It turns out that Antonio Azzato is a Venezuelan artist who currently lives in Spain and has become famous for making sculptures on "Las Meninas" by the Spanish painter Diego Velasquez.
Well, with the help of the municipality of Chacao, the artist has placed in 19 points of the city of Caracas, these sculptural works of fiberglass with decorations alluding to Venezuela. This has caused a whole movement of people with the sole intention of visiting and photographing them. The exhibition will be on display until the end of February, when they will be removed from their place.
These sculptures not only give color and colorfulness to the places of the city where they were placed, but they are also a meeting point for the citizens who follow in one way or another these nice works. Simply a communion between art and urban design. The chosen places are strategic, and the decoration of the work blends with the urbanism around it. This gives harmony to these places.
Three days after the exhibition was set up, which by the way is called "Meninas Caracas Gallery", together with a group of friends, all photography fanatics, we went hunting. Hahahaha, yes photo hunting. In this post, I show you some of the ones I took and they took me.
Visiting Las Meninas was the perfect excuse to walk around the city, take pictures, talk to friends, eat and share impressions, not only of the artworks on display, but also of the urban design. Every place was perfect for a photograph.
I did the visit in two parts. We had to walk a lot, some were very far apart. Now, I can say that I have visited all Las Meninas, which I am very happy about, it was a goal accomplished.
Now I am going to talk about each Menina individually, because each one of them has been conceived with the intention of honoring an aspect of our Venezuela, so here is the list of Las Meninas, necessary to understand them:
1.- Gleyber Torres. He is a baseball player who currently plays for the New York Yankees.
Deyna Castellanos. Venezuelan soccer player who plays as a forward for the Bay Football Club of the National Women's Soccer League in the United States.
3.- Black Gold. In honor to the Venezuelan gold.
Ronald Acuña: Venezuelan baseball player who plays for the Atlanta Braves.
5.- Sabroso. In honor to the salsa singer Oscar D'León.
6.- Angel Falls. For the highest waterfall in the world.
7.- Macaws. These beautiful birds abound in my country, and there are many in Caracas.
8.- Hummingbird. This tiny bird abounds in our country.
9.- Los Roques. For the archipelago of beautiful beaches and sands that is to the north, in the Caribbean Sea.
Bolivar Square. This menina has the image of the Liberator Simón Bolívar in its skirt.
Rum of Venezuela, for the great amount of international prizes that the Venezuelan rum has won.
Miss Stripes, in honor of the fashion designer, Angel Sanchez.
Mineral Resources, referring to the amount of these resources that we have, especially gold in the southern part of the country.
14.- Avila. For the majestic mountain that observes from the north to all caraqueños.
15.- Orchid. In honor to our national flower.
16.- Araguaney. For our national tree.
17.- Toucan. For this beautiful bird that lives in our country.
18.- BNC. This menina is the tallest of all. It is going to stay in the place where it is, entrance to the BNC (Banco Nacional de Crédito) building.
19.- Bonds of my land. It has the colors of the national flag.
So far my tour through this art that took over the city, making it a more interesting place to live and walk.
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My own photos taken with my Tecno Spark cell phone //
