On Thursday of this week, I once again accompanied
José P Ribas on the short five kilometre journey from
San Antonio to the Art Gallery at Can Tixedó in Buscastell.
We went there to interview the colourful
Argentinean artist, Pablo García Albizuri and when
we arrived at the Gallery at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon,
Pablo was in the process of packing up the few remaining pieces
of his creations that had not been sold as it was the closing
of his most recent exhibition.
I’m still standing from the period
of being an avid "Arnold Layne" Pink Floyd fan and
therefore my initial reaction on seeing the work of Pablo
García Albizuri, was that of Gerald Scarfe. “Another
brick in the Wall”. “We don’t need no education”
to know that the film version of The Wall, which was animated
by the cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, starring Bob Geldof, followed
the album in 1982.
I should imagine Pablo García could
do much worse than give his work designation with appropriate
titles: “In the Fleash”, “Thin Ice”, “The
Happiest Days of our Lives”, “Mother”, “Goodbye
Blue Sky”, “Empty Spaces”, “Young Lust”,
“One of my turns”, “Don’t Leave me now”,
“Goodbye Cruel World”, “Hey You”, “Nobody
Home”, “Comfortably Numb”, “Waiting for
the worms” or “Is there anybody out there? These
of course are songs on The Wall, which was written by Roger
Waters?
Nonetheless, after
Pablo and I had collected our equipment, José and I
drove together and followed him to his nearby casa and workshop,
where José continued with his interview, whilst I took
pictures of this artist in his home and working environment.
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Pablo García Albizuri
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“Be Happy”
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Latest creations by Pablo García
Albizuri that were exhibited at Gallery Can Tixedó
in Buscastell
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Pablo García Albizuri back
in his eventful workshop with José P Ribas
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The vibrant workshop of Pablo García
Albizuri
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José P Ribas smiling together
with Pablo García Albizuri
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Pictures © Gary Hardy (Thursday 12th September 2002)
Details: If you should require any further
information about Pablo García Albizuri and his work
then please don’t hesitate to contact this office at
your own convenience.
Gary Hardy
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