PIGSY Exhibition in La Casa Amarilla
PIGSY’s Spanish Art Exhibition is “cerrado”
What a roller-coaster ride it’s been over the past few weeks since my exhibition opened in La Casa Amarilla on 27th of March. From the opening day until closing on Tuesday 20th of April it has been Go Go Go! The high of the incredible opening day (see pics here) just kept going and I was busy all month with callers to the exhibition and giving tours and talks to visitors and groups. If I was in the gallery when visitors called in I had a great time chatting with them and answering their questions. And if I wasn’t in the gallery it was fantastic to see reactions of visitors on social media as most tagged the PIGSY instagram and twitter. - as pictured, there were even some visitors of the four legged variety!
Art sponsored by San Miguel
My exhibitions in the past in Ireland have been sponsored by beer makers. O’Brother Brewing sponsored my first show in The Kemp Gallery while Hope Beer sponsored my exhibition in Fumbally Exchange. It was apt then to again be sponsored by a beer company for my latest art exhibition. But what a beer company!
“I Went to Mass” in La Casa Amarilla was sponsored by none other than the famous Spanish Cerveza “San Miguel”. As I raised a San Miguel beer at the art exhibition, I gave both the Irish toast of “Sláinte” and Spanish “Salud”. Both of these toasts mean Health….but I think they brought me good luck too!
Sold! Yellow is the new red dot!
The translation of “La Casa Amarilla” is “The Yellow House”. So of course it makes sense for the gallery to use yellow dots in place of the traditional red dot when art sells. It was a great moment to see Gallery Director David Burbano place the first yellow dot on to a sold PIGSY art work. The first sale is always exciting and having seen lots of red dots in the past, I enjoyed seeing the unique La Casa Amarilla yellow dot go up on the wall.
The art work in the photograph with David placing the yellow dot on it is a framed paper study. You can read more about the process of creating this artwork at the bottom of this blog. It has been framed by a local craftsman in a way that I specified in order to highlight the art and to show it to it’s best potential. They are a very accessible piece and can be easily shipped any where in the world. One of these art works was recently posted in the mail to County Cork in Ireland and the new collector was delighted to receive it promptly and get it up on the wall of their home.
It excites me to think that there will now be a number of PIGSY art works gracing the walls of homes in Spain and I know one piece is destined for Marbella to be included in a collector’s contemporary art collection. As an Irish artist it is always awesome when you see your art travelling beyond the shores of Ireland - in recent times one of my pieces was shipped to a home in Canada and knowing that they are now hanging on walls in Spain is a great thing too! See below for some of the artworks that have now sold as part of the Malaga exhibition “I Went to Mass” and also some photos of visitors to the exhibition.
An Altar of Art
I created a large feature wall of art studies, as part of the exhibition, of which the concept is that it becomes an “Altar of Art”. These studies are now available for sale and you can choose your favorite one which I will then frame in a bespoke custom frame specified by me. As a fun alternative, you can ask me to select one for you and I will then frame it without showing you which one I have chosen for you. The framed piece of artwork will then be posted to you and will make for a surprise when you open it as it is at this point that you will see which art work you are now the proud owner of!
See below for the “Altar of Art” of which you can choose a study to be framed and mailed to you…..or I can mail to someone else of your choosing if you know an art lover who would enjoy receiving it as a special gift from you.
See here for further information about this unique range of artworks and what the finished concept looks like. They will make a nice addition to any home and are great for anyone starting their contemporary art collection.
“I Went to Mass” artworks
See here for all of the artworks in the exhibition or contact David Burbano in La Casa Amarilla for further information, availability and pricing, etc..