Its author, Lorca painter Salvador Caro, has combined to perfection the classic with the innovative, posters evoking years but simultaneously introducing a character novedosoque invited to celebrate and encourage the visitor to know Lorca and Fair
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, this morning at the Palace of Guevara the poster of the Fair and Festival of Lorca 2016 with its author, painter Salvador Caro Perez Lorca - Muelas.
Lorca Mayor stressed the great originality and quality of it, because it combines the classic with the innovative, posters evoking years but simultaneously introducing a new character.
The technique chosen by the author for the implementation of the cartel has been the oil paint diluted with half on primed paper, craft painting technique without digitizing queconsiste mixing pigments with oil-based binder, usually of plant origin.
The advantage of oil is precisely that stays cool while you can modify, remove, blur and adjust the color.
In addition when dry, the color does not change, which happens in other techniques such as tempera or watercolor, among others.
As a final result Salvador Caro has sought freshness, leaving rest areas thanks to the white paper.
Francisco Jódarha explained that "design Poster Fair and Festival of Lorca 2016 is the result of more than 12 hours of work in which the author has made various sketches until our report today. Both think the idea as design conceptual, sketch, stroke or paint have been made step by step with most of the niceties so that the final result was the desired and sought to please all Lorca and visitors who come to our city these days " .
The mayor has said that "the main inspiration for the poster has been the city of Lorca. In the center of it we can see the face of a young woman who represents all the people, both Lorca and tourists, who enjoy our fair in this week of September. the lady holds above his head, for pamela, the image of the monumental Lorca crowned by festive fireworks. above all it is a sign that invites to celebrate and encourage the visitor to know Lorca and Fair " .
Also, Jodar, added that "the author has had an exhibition the Garden Ruano which already could see how the artist is able to capture both realistic images of monumental Lorca as novel portraits that included characters from movies or series television, so the poster is heir to the great exposure. "
The Mayor of Lorca, on the other hand, highlighted as a novelty that "on Monday, September 19 from 12 pm, the author will sign the posters of the Fair and Festival of Lorca 2016 personalized at the Palacio de Guevara. In addition it is noteworthy that this year the program fair multiplied by two activities compared to 2015, giving great importance to the historical town with the celebration of the fair day through the streets of downtown and performing gigs at different places in the city that accentuate the festive atmosphere of Lorca during those days. next week we will present, together with the sponsors, the complete programming of the Fair and Festival 2016, which we hope will please all Lorca ".
Who is Salvador Pérez Caro - Muelas?
The Poster Fair and Festival of Lorca 2016 the city has been designed and made by the lorquino Salvador Pérez Caro - Muelas.
Born in Lorca in 1973, was a student of the Municipal School of Plastic Arts.
Later he moved to the capital of Españapara study Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid.
He graduated in 1996 in Painting, and has since made numerous exhibitions, both individual and collective, in the capital of Spain, exposing some of his paintings in prestigious art galleries in Murcia in the gallery CAVE and the Almudí Palace, in Lorca, where he has shown his paintings to the public in the gallery Thai, at the Palace of Guevara and the Garden Ruano.
He is currently professor of drawing at the Secondary School San Juan Bosco in Lorca.
Salvador Caro also has an open window to the world in his blog "The painter wooden case" in which shows and explains their different works.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca