Bien…
El primero es de la serie JaZzArt en València, Fase II, etapa rosa, número uno,(La serie completa en Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera). Mide 25x35cm y la técnica, grafito (lapices) y tinta sobre una base abstracta de acuarela. La bailarina ocupa el centro de la composición y sus músicos ocupan el lateral izquierdo, mientras que la simbología ocupa el derecho, siendo esta un búho…
La danza es algo mágico-sensual, el arte que siempre nos ha fascinado. ¿Acaso Salomé no bailó con tal sensualidad que embrujó a Herodes con los movimientos de su cuerpo y esto terminó causándole la muerte a Juan el Bautista? ¿Hace falta decir más?
Okay…
The first one is from the series JaZzArt en València, Phase II, Rose Period, Number One. Measures 25x35cm and I painted it with graphite and ink over an abstract background done with watercolours. The dancer occupies the central part of the composition. She has to the right the musicians and to the left symbology in the form of an owl…
The dance is magic-sensuality and is the art form that has always fascinated mankind. Didn’t Salomé dance so sensuously that she bewitched Herod with her movements and this ended up causing the death of John the Baptist? Need I say more?
El segundo…«Terminando la pirueta»…lo he pintado con pintura acrílica sobre tela cien por ciento algodón. Mide 30x60cm y va ser el primero de un triptico que aún está por pintar. El tema es, igual que el anterior, la danza, la sensualidad del movimiento rítmico, fluido, coreografiado o improvisado, pero destinado a ser placentero y bello. ¿Acaso no dicen que los bailarines son «sex-symbols»?
Bailar, con o sin pareja, es un acto social y también uno artístico. Bailamos en nuestras casas cuando nos sentimos felices y queremos celebrar, solo o acompañados. Lo hacemos también en las fechas importantes de nuestra vida, como el día en que nos casamos, en las fiestas de noche buena y por supuesto en la noche vieja ya que dicen que si comenzamos el año bailando bailaremos el año entero. ¡Venga!
The second one is titled «Terminando la pirueta» («Finishing the Pirouette»). It is acrylic on canvas and measures 30x60cm. This is the first of a triptych that I have yet to paint. It’s theme, again, is the dance, the sensuality of motion, of rhythm, fluid movements, choreographed or improvised, but destined to give pleasure and be beautiful. Or don’t they say dancers are «sex-symbols»?
To dance, with or without a partner is a social act and an artistic one. We dance at home when we are happy and we want to celebrate, with others or alone. We also dance at those important times in our lives, like the day of our wedding, on Christmas parties and of course on New Year’s Eve! They say that if one starts the year dancing one will be dancing the whole year! Smashing good!
El tercero…y último…es un cuadro que he titulado «Fiesta». La técnica, acrílico sobre tela y mide 50x60cm. Se imponen, sobre un fondo abstracto dominado por los colores rosas y amarillos, cinco siluetas, tres bailando, una haciendo unos movimientos gimnásticos y uno tocando un tambor. Se palpa el movimiento en la composición, se sienten los golpes en el cuero del tambor, se respira la alegría de los bailarines y de todos…
Concluyendo, digo que bailar es una reacción humana que surge cuando estamos felices, cachondos o cuando queremos alabar al Dios que nos creó. Los bailarines somos nosotros, la música nos motiva y nos hace movernos al ritmo de un tambor o de una pandereta, pero la música que mas nos ha de hacer bailar está dentro de nuestros oídos y nadie más la puede escuchar…
The third, and last one, is titled «Fiesta» («Party»). It is done with acrylics on canvas and measures 50x60cm. The composition is made with an abstract background, mostly in rose and yellows wherein five silhouettes abide. Three of them are dancing, while one is doing some gymnastic-type movement and one is playing a drum. One can feel the movement, one can hear the pounding on the drum and one can sense the joy of the dancers and all…
In conclusion I will say that dancing is a human reaction that surges within us when we are filled with happiness, when we feel sexy or when we want to praise the God of our creation. We are the dancers and music motivates us and makes us move either to the rhythm of a drum or a tambourine. But the music that really makes us dance is the one that only we can hear and no one else can…
(Imagenes, de los cuadros pintados por Francisco Bravo Cabrera, son propiedad de Francisco Bravo Cabrera y no pueden ser reproducidas sin permiso escrito. Derechos Reservados. C.2021, All Rights Reserved)
(Images of the paintings done by Francisco Bravo Cabrera are the property of Francisco Bravo Cabrera and cannot be reproduced without written permission. C.2021, All Rights Reserved)
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there is magic in the art and celebration of dance and you have captured it beautifully with your paintings
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There certainly is and thank you so much Beth!
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Dance is how we communicated before language was developed. Often associated with the passing down of oral history. Great works Francisco. I can hear the music in each of them!
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Thank you Brad!
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Una maravilla. Y todo un privilegio conocer, sin intermediación, el sentido que le da a cada pintura su autor.
Salud.
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Muchas gracias, siempre trato de esquematizar bien mis cuadros para que lo que se vea, represente más y transmita ideas. Un saludo.
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Do not know how this excellent post slipped under my radar. Stress? Poor excuse. Too many irons in the fire? Just as poor an excuse. Mea culpa.
Let me be brutally honest. The rose work is a huge break for you in the way background devices blur and blend. Something lacking the confidence of your B&Ws and the whole of JaZzArT, of even Three Flowers. The vitality of the five figures redeems the whole, but still it’s divergence from what I expect makes me scratch my head. I guess that’s my fault for having expectations.
I really like the End of the Pirouette. It too, is wildly different from past works I recall but looks back to the past while saying something new in caricature abstract(ish)ly complete so there is no doubt this is a dancer finishing the move all non-dancers expect to make her fall disoriented to the floor. Background and dancer oppose one another in texture perfectly. Cool.
The first? Well JaZzArT defines Francisco Cabrera. This is signed «RB»? This is Bodo? My favorite.
Now, Francisco. Tell me how far afield I am, how much I have confused the dates. Doesn’t matter. Enjoyed all three and had great fun trying to put my feelings, what the pieces say to me, into words.
Enjoy your family holiday! Catch you in a few weeks. Espie
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Thank you Espie, I appreciate it greatly as I learn from what you write and also gain insights into my own work. I always paint with a purpose but it does get masqueraded within the composition, like acting, the emotion is real, it coincides with the demands of the script, but the actor draws it from someplace else, something that made him feel the same way…that’s how art is, well how I choose to define it. So it’s always crucial for me to know how it registers with a viewer, and I thank you for your reply. I’ll be around but maybe not posting much except part 5 of Art History to wrap up these XVth C. Painters. Cheers Espie and all the best!
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Beautiful description and gorgeous art. I certainly dance when I am happy. We dance to our own music, so true Francisco. I certainly feel a rush of happiness when I dance at home alone all over the house. It makes me happy. Beautiful work. 🤗
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Thank you so much Joni! 🌹❤😊
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You are so welcome Francisco. ❤️🤗
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