Tigermedia - From La Mancha to New York: Paintings by Santiago Garci
From La Mancha to New York: Paintings by Santiago Garci
Date: October 12th, 2018
Duration:
4m:29s
From La Mancha to New York
Paintings by Santiago Garci
Hosted at the QCC Art Gallery
October 12, 2018 through February 16, 2019
Curator
Faustino Quintanilla
Filmed and Edited by
Carrie Blank
Music
"Laid Back Guitars"
Kevin MacLeod
(incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Gringo Flamenco"
Montana Skies
(https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Montana_Skies)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Project Supervisor
Phillip Roncoroni
QCC Art Gallery Executive Director
Faustino Quintanilla
QCC Art Gallery Assistant Director
Lisa Scandaliato
(c) 2018 QCC Art Gallery
From La Mancha to New York
Santiago Garci
QCC Art Gallery / Loggia
I am honored to present my paintings for the first time in New York, at the QCC Art Gallery of the City University of New York. These works were created in the central region of Spain in Castilla-La Mancha, best known as the setting for Don Quixote, as well as for its glorious sunflowers and fertile olive groves. I would be delighted if the works can speak to an American audience to extend beyond the immediate impressions of time and place. As a painter I use visual means to create an experience that transcends the senses. I strive to encourage the viewer to find himself in the work.
I endeavor to make beautiful works to encourage a sense of well-being in the observer. I do not however equate beauty with mere prettiness but the ability of the painting to stimulate the emotions. The artist has the potential to communicate a range of thoughts and feelings—through rhythm, balance and harmony.