Muswellbrook Region Art Centre

Media Release
Tuesday 11 November 2008

muswellbrook regional arts centre

Susana Enriquez – Molto Vivace

Susana Enriquez – Molto Vivace The artworks in this exhibition relates directly to the body of work produced for the artist’s PhD and consists of a range of different mediums and disciplines including drawings and oil and acrylic paintings. The works are based around the theme of Sound and Colour and they examine the interrelationships between painting and music via a personal colour code in order to translate the sounds into painting. While residing in Newcastle “Being born and raised in Mexico City has brought an intrinsic Latin American intensity that is readily apparent. Her studies with important Mexican Artists and her constant exposure to Mexican art , both past and present, have been important in her creative process” (Gregorio Fritz, MA –Montecasino, Mexico. October 2005)
The exhibition will be mounted in the School of Arts Gallery at the Arts Centre and will include a number of lyrical works on paper presented as wall mounted “scrolls” which represent the musical score with the pertinent words being “gesture” and “performance”. A selection of central hanging oil paintings on acetate film will create a double sided viewing experience for the audience as they pass in and around the suspended pieces. In addition, there will be a suite of 100 abstract “colour coded” paintings which will encircle the walls, arranged by the curator in a completely personal and interpretative sequence according to the ideas suggested by listening to the music of Manuel Enriquez (the artist’s late husband) and Arvo Part. The exhibition will open at 6.00pm on Friday 28
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