Arne Quinze
My Secret Garden
16th September — 16th January
Puerto Banús, Marbella.
En la actualidad, el arte participa con energía de la dinámica de las ciudades formando parte activa del día a día de sus habitantes. Desde la antigüedad, pasando por las diferentes culturas y civilizaciones que han configurado la historia, el arte ha jugado un papel fundamental en la fisonomía de las ciudades. Ha servido para conmemorar efemérides, para reivindicar valores, para representar personajes y escenarios o simplemente para embellecer y provocar el deleite de los ciudadanos. Con la intención de aproximar a los ciudadanos las últimas tendencias artísticas de creadores contemporáneos, tanto nacionales como internacionales y debido al firme propósito de divulgar la cultura, la Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències de Valencia saca el arte de las salas de exposición, y lo lleva al entorno público, reivindicando el concepto de museo al aire libre. Con la exposición My secret garden, del artista de origen belga Arne Quinze, la Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències presenta la muestra de seis de sus más significativas esculturas en uno de los enclaves turísticos de lujo más representativos de Europa: Puerto Banús.
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This luxury marina in Marbella is strongly committed to serving as a showcase for international contemporary art, especially with works that contribute to extolling and highlighting the importance of nature and the preservation of our environment. For this reason, the sculptures by Arne Quinze that make up the exhibition My secret garden can be enjoyed for up to four months on the main streets and quays that make up this nautical and tourist enclave.
This way, Puerto Banús brings art and culture closer to all its visitors, with the intention of understanding and interpreting this “garden of wild flowers” that the artist has wanted to project in these monumental and majestic pieces that are incorporated into the unique and exclusive landscape of Puerto Banús.
My Secret Garden
Arne Quinze’s sculptures are distillations of nature that appear to have grown organically as a result of continuous attractive and repulsive impulses with the aim of preserving a balance. At first sight they may perhaps appear fragile, but they are nevertheless capable of withstanding this harsh dialogue. Their colour palette is broad and inspired by the abundance of tints Quinze finds in his wild flower garden. This exposes the contrast between the diversity of nature and the encroaching monotony of our often grey cities. Through his works, Arne Quinze calls on the viewer to protect or at least appreciate what nature has to offer. The most successful cities of the future will in fact seamlessly interweave culture and nature. By locating his artworks in cities, Arne Quinze is attempting to initiate a dialogue on this vital balance.
Biography
Arne Quinze was born in Belgium in 1971 and currently lives and works in Sint MartensLatem, a town near the Belgian city of Ghent. His early career in the 1980s was as a graffiti artist, without having completed an official art education. He questioned the role of our cities and started his search for cities to become open air museums. His work evolved from Street Art to Public Art with recurring themes as social interaction, urbanisation and diversity. The gigantic wooden construction entitled Uchronia, which he and his team
built in the Nevada desert (USA) for the 2006 Burning Man festival, emphasized his pursuit for culture and nature to coexist. This was followed by numerous sculptures and exhibitions that included both large installations and small paintings and sculptures. At the present time, many of his installations are considered to be landmarks that present a different dynamic for urban development: In Paris, Shanghai, Beirut, Washington DC, Brussels, Mumbai, São Paolo,… Quinze has been intervening in cities now for over 25 years, and many projects are still lined up to be finalised.
With the kind support of: François Fornieri private collector, & MARUANI MERCIER Gallery.
PHOTO GALLERY «MY SECRET GARDEN»