Over Dolores
Dolores Morcillo is geboren in 1953 in het zuidwesten van Spanje. Van haar adolescentie af verblijft ze in Brussel. Ze zette haar eerste stappen in de kunstwereld als fotografe. In 1982 verschijnen haar foto’s van de “Venice Simplon-Orient-Express”. Andere multimedia zoals video en geluid vervolledigen haar talent. Reizen naar New York, Firenze, Londen en Parijs geven haar een nieuwe kijk op de beeldende kunst. Deze oefenen een zodanige invloed uit op haar creativiteit dat ze de pellicule verlaat voor de schilderkunst. Haar doeken weerspiegelen het licht van Extremadura, haar geboortestreek, met een uitzonderlijke mengeling van de fotografische precisie.
"She likes to catch the details in a picture and enjoys a kind of pinpoint view of everything. Her main subject is flowers; she sees them like human subjects, playing, dancing, and making love. Some tulips in a strong wind represent tenacity and unidentified petals are closed as to protect some secret. The artist world is full of sun and light and built on records as well as things she have seen during long travels. She is like in a prison of colour and there is no space left to penetrate the picture, so the visitor can imagine and doing so will be convinced that the picture is his.The flower can express drama or fantastic situation (like in Magritte’s world) but it can be sensual as in the watercolour paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe. Dolores Morcillo has only one common point with the American artist; it is the photographic vision of things. Her domain is purely Mediterranean and everything is going in that sense in-between the bright flowers and the dark atmosphere around. Tulips are staying right, like life guards always still but ready to act. They represent the mystic and sensual part of what is the base of Flemish art. Wherever she goes, Dolores Morcillo compares her vision of the world with other ones. Some portraits of ladies are now coming out but I really prefer flowers story. It is not necessary to be at the top of art critic to feel all the distress of emigrated people, just a flower can tell it."
Anita NARDON
(Vertaald van frans)
"She likes to catch the details in a picture and enjoys a kind of pinpoint view of everything. Her main subject is flowers; she sees them like human subjects, playing, dancing, and making love. Some tulips in a strong wind represent tenacity and unidentified petals are closed as to protect some secret. The artist world is full of sun and light and built on records as well as things she have seen during long travels. She is like in a prison of colour and there is no space left to penetrate the picture, so the visitor can imagine and doing so will be convinced that the picture is his.The flower can express drama or fantastic situation (like in Magritte’s world) but it can be sensual as in the watercolour paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe. Dolores Morcillo has only one common point with the American artist; it is the photographic vision of things. Her domain is purely Mediterranean and everything is going in that sense in-between the bright flowers and the dark atmosphere around. Tulips are staying right, like life guards always still but ready to act. They represent the mystic and sensual part of what is the base of Flemish art. Wherever she goes, Dolores Morcillo compares her vision of the world with other ones. Some portraits of ladies are now coming out but I really prefer flowers story. It is not necessary to be at the top of art critic to feel all the distress of emigrated people, just a flower can tell it."
Anita NARDON
(Vertaald van frans)
Enkele tentoonstellingen
2007 tot 2016 : ArtUp Galerie - Knokke - België
2008 : Lineart - Flanders Expo - Gent - België
2005 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2007 : GMAC - Parijs - Frankrijk
2006 : Art Event - Antwerpen - België
2006 : Dexia - Brussel - België
2006 : Europees Parlement - Brussel - België
2006 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2006 : Hotel Bristol - Brussel - België
2005 : De Kromme Boom - Oostakker - Gent - België
2005 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2005 : Volvo Pro Arte - Gent - België
2004 : Holland Art Fair - Den Haag - Nederland
2004 : Galeria de Arte Gaudi - Madrid - Spanje
2004 : Lineart - Flanders Expo - Gent - België
2003 : Americas Mart - Atlanta GA - VS
2003 : Gemeentehuis van Boom - België
2003 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2003 : Parcours d’artistes - Sint Lambrechts Woluwe, Brussel - België
2003 : ihfc - High Point - Noord-Carolina - VS
2003 : Bang & Olufsen Center - Brussel - België
2003 : Espace Hamoir - BASF - Brussel - België
2003 : Espace Entreprendre - Nîmes - Frankrijk
2002 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2002 : Gemeentehuis van Boom - België
2008 : Lineart - Flanders Expo - Gent - België
2005 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2007 : GMAC - Parijs - Frankrijk
2006 : Art Event - Antwerpen - België
2006 : Dexia - Brussel - België
2006 : Europees Parlement - Brussel - België
2006 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2006 : Hotel Bristol - Brussel - België
2005 : De Kromme Boom - Oostakker - Gent - België
2005 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2005 : Volvo Pro Arte - Gent - België
2004 : Holland Art Fair - Den Haag - Nederland
2004 : Galeria de Arte Gaudi - Madrid - Spanje
2004 : Lineart - Flanders Expo - Gent - België
2003 : Americas Mart - Atlanta GA - VS
2003 : Gemeentehuis van Boom - België
2003 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2003 : Parcours d’artistes - Sint Lambrechts Woluwe, Brussel - België
2003 : ihfc - High Point - Noord-Carolina - VS
2003 : Bang & Olufsen Center - Brussel - België
2003 : Espace Hamoir - BASF - Brussel - België
2003 : Espace Entreprendre - Nîmes - Frankrijk
2002 : Alfican Galerie - Brussel - België
2002 : Gemeentehuis van Boom - België
