For this week’s series in our of Artists
on Ibiza, José P Ribas and I decided to trot along
to interview and hopefully take some pictures of the sculptor,
Lorenzo Quinn, in his peaceful environment as he was busy
getting his exhibition together at the Galería “Es
Moli” on the road to San Miguel.
There are plenty of places here on this
island for the stars to go out to play and find their demy-gods,
who also adore Ibiza. However, Lorenzo Quinn prefers not to
spend too much of his precious time mingling amongst the celebrity
cattle - in fact he told me: “We only go out to party
in the clubs on one occasion during our two month period that
we spend each summer on Ibiza.”
All credit must go to this dedicated young
man for taking the time and going to all the trouble and expense
of carting his huge weight of creations across the Mediterranean
from Barcelona to Ibiza to exhibit so that the people on the
island have the opportunity to see and appreciate his many
works of art.
During our conversation, José asked
me to telephone Antonio Homigo, because Lorenzo wanted to
speak and possibly make a met with this unique Ibicencan sculptor,
who was the first in our fortnightly series of Artists on
Ibiza, which was published in Weekly Edition 035 on Saturday
27th October 2001.
The only time that Lorenzo happened to mention
his famous father was after talking on the telephone with
Hormigo when Quinn said: “It’s a pity that my father
is still not alive to see the work of Antonio Hormigo.
On Quinn’s website is written: Being
the son of a legend has never been easy for Lorenzo”...people
expect so much more of me and they create preconceptions which
most of the time are incorrect. This enormous weight I carry
around, however, makes me strive for more and try to achieve
that perfection, which deep down I know I will never achieve
and thank god for that because the day I feel that I have
achieved all, then it will be the day I die as an artist..."
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Lorenzo Quinn
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Galería “Es Moli”
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Heart and Soul
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Encounters
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The creation
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Holding each other up
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The back porch at Galería “Es
Moli”
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José P Ribas discussing art
with Lorenzo Quinn
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The back garden at Galería
“Es Moli” and part of the exhibition
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Patience
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Time Flies
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Lorenzo Quinn with José P Ribas
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Pictures © Gary Hardy (Tuesday 30th July 2002)
Details: If you should require any further
information about Lorenzo Quinn and his work then we suggest
you visit his personal website at http://www.lorenzo-quinn.com
where there is a vast amount of information and pictures of
the artist and his work
Gary Hardy
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