Friday, June 19, 2015
Comments on Julio Verdie's Art illustrate influence on his own work
Julio Verdie and Julio Marino maintained a long and mutually influential friendship since they met in 1952. Marino staged an exhibition of Verdie's work in his gallery in 1989, and wrote the following describing his friend,
"Debido a la amistad y la pintura que me unieron a Julio Verdie es para mi un objetivo importante el dejar en libertad hoy mis sentimientos.
"A traves de los anos he sido observador de la espontaneidad con que el artista lo graba a su objetivo; siempre comenzaba con sus colores predilectos - los basicos - manchando primero la superficie de la tela o material a plasmar mientras se imaginaba el dibujo manteniendolo latente en su interior.
"Daba el color con manchas puras y rapidas enriqueciendo las mismas con texturas frescas y elegantes como si estuviera en dos dimensiones, al color lo aislaba del dibujo y al mismo tiempo este es dibujo y forma, esa combinacion le otorgaba su personalidad que distinguia a este artista colorista.
"Con esta muestra, hoy hacemos realidad a un pensamiento y acrecentamos en el tiempo la imagen de un gran artista."
(TRANSLATION)
"Because friendship and painting brought Julio Verdie and I together, it is important for me to speak freely of my feelings today.
"Over the years I have been an observer of the spontaneity with which the artist has treated his subject; he always began with his favorite colors - the basics - first, staining the surface of the fabric or material to capture the essence while imagining the drawing that lay within.
"He created color with pure stains and quickly enriching them with fresh and elegant as textures if in two dimensions, He could isolate Color from the drawing and at the same time is drawing and form, that combination gave it his personality which so distinguished him as an artist.
"With this exhibition, today we have realized a thought which has matured over time into the virtuosity of a great artist."
Marino's commentary not only reflects his deep understanding of Verdie's work from the eyes of a gallerist, but is also very much reflected in his own work as an artist.
"Debido a la amistad y la pintura que me unieron a Julio Verdie es para mi un objetivo importante el dejar en libertad hoy mis sentimientos.
"A traves de los anos he sido observador de la espontaneidad con que el artista lo graba a su objetivo; siempre comenzaba con sus colores predilectos - los basicos - manchando primero la superficie de la tela o material a plasmar mientras se imaginaba el dibujo manteniendolo latente en su interior.
"Daba el color con manchas puras y rapidas enriqueciendo las mismas con texturas frescas y elegantes como si estuviera en dos dimensiones, al color lo aislaba del dibujo y al mismo tiempo este es dibujo y forma, esa combinacion le otorgaba su personalidad que distinguia a este artista colorista.
"Con esta muestra, hoy hacemos realidad a un pensamiento y acrecentamos en el tiempo la imagen de un gran artista."
(TRANSLATION)
"Because friendship and painting brought Julio Verdie and I together, it is important for me to speak freely of my feelings today.
"Over the years I have been an observer of the spontaneity with which the artist has treated his subject; he always began with his favorite colors - the basics - first, staining the surface of the fabric or material to capture the essence while imagining the drawing that lay within.
"He created color with pure stains and quickly enriching them with fresh and elegant as textures if in two dimensions, He could isolate Color from the drawing and at the same time is drawing and form, that combination gave it his personality which so distinguished him as an artist.
"With this exhibition, today we have realized a thought which has matured over time into the virtuosity of a great artist."
Marino's commentary not only reflects his deep understanding of Verdie's work from the eyes of a gallerist, but is also very much reflected in his own work as an artist.
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