A painting is wall support, a large-dimensioned folio and a writing space in which shapes are distributed over the surface with a "narrative" intent. Taking into account this space for "writing" (very close to the origin of language), Freixanes uses printed cloth as his support in most cases: cloths that already contain a motif as a sort of signal, marks that condition the work from the start. They come from various places and are usually extracted from their original space: figures that are fragments of photographs, spots, drawings, etc. join in a harmonious appearance until eventually building a language. The picture is not an isolated object. It is part of a group, like the chapters of a novel or the poems in a poetry book. This is how the exhibition that Freixanes now offers in Madrid's Galería May Moré should be understood.

Biography

José Freixanes 1953, Pontevedra
He studied Fine Arts in Bilbao and Madrid. He belongs to the generation of Galician artists who emerged in the 1980s through the "Atlántica" group. Without abandoning painting, he has explored other fields within the visual arts, where he questions concepts concerning memory and permanence.