MENCHU LAMAS (Vigo, Galicia, 1954).
"Submarinista", 1985.
Oil on canvas.
Presents the seal of the Buades Gallery (Madrid) and the Jorge Kreisler Gallery (Madrid).
Slight damage to the frame.
Signed, dated and titled on the back.
Measurements: 195 x 97 cm; 217 x 117 cm (frame).
During the 80's Menchu Lamas created a whole series of characters in her series called metamorphosis, where she revised a concept through a lirite and naïf aesthetics. In this particular case, the author synthesises the figure of the diver, which seems to hybridise with that of a marine animal. In addition, the piece shows some of the pictorial characteristics that defined the artist's work during this period, such as a great interest in matter and texture, the use of dripping and expressive and vibrant tones together with whites and blacks.
She studied Graphic Design at the Institución Artística de Enseñanza (IADE) in Madrid. He began his career in the Colectivo da Imaxe, with Carlos Berride, Antón Patiño and Jorge Agra, debuting with a group exhibition in the Plaza de la Princesa in Vigo in 1974. She came into contact with the poetry group Rompente, with whom she collaborated on two books of poems. She founded the Atlántica collective in 1980, with Antón Patiño, Ãnxel Huete, Guillerme Monroy and Román Pereiro. In 1982 she held her first individual exhibition at the Buades Gallery in Madrid. In the 80's he participated in some of the most important group exhibitions of contemporary Spanish art such as 26 Pintores/ 13 Críticos, II Salón de los 16, "Bienal Nacional de artes Plásticas", "Cinco nombres de mujer". She has had many solo exhibitions in Spain, Germany, Italy and Morocco and has participated in various group exhibitions in different countries.
His work has evolved from a primitive iconography of autochthonous roots and strong chromatism to a synthesis that endows the pictorial surface with a constructive order to which shapes or silhouettes are adjusted in the manner of signs, related to exotic and primitive cultures.