Enhancing art with more art.

<div class="text-justify"> --- >At some of the exhibitions I visit, as soon as I walk in, I really don’t know where to look; there are so many beautiful things to see that I don’t want to miss a thing. Sometimes exhibitions are organised to mark a special event or anniversary, and the Customs House is a particularly fitting venue for such displays. Everything is immaculately maintained, down to the very last detail. ---  --- Each of the rooms is decorated in a unique way; the walls change colour, and even the layout changes, with partition walls moved to create a new and original route. The effort they put into every exhibition is worthy of the venue. For me, it is one of the most beautiful museums I have ever visited, and although most of the exhibitions are permanent—such as the fine arts and archaeology displays, plus the restoration workshop—there are always spectacular new things to see. This year marks a special anniversary for the San Telmo School of Fine Arts, and I’ve already mentioned this in another post, but this magnificent exhibition, which traces the school’s origins and its development over the years, was beautifully decorated. The decorations consisted of more art. --- <center>  </center> <center>  </center> --- Antique paintings from the museum of fine arts and stunning sculptures dotted throughout the exhibition accompanied visitors, delighting them with exquisite art in every annexe and even the smallest of rooms. Every detail had been carefully considered, and today I’d like to share these decorations with you. It is art steeped in tradition, history and good taste; although it is, so to speak, an ancient or classical art form, it always brings back memories for me. Many of the paintings remind me of a style of painting I used to have; I learnt by copying, and my teacher Gloria was truly a genius. Whenever I watched her paint, firstly it was very relaxing, and secondly, when she finished, I didn’t know if it was a painting or a photograph. Her style was hyper realistic. --- <center>  </center> --- As most of the sculptures were purely decorative, they had no names, only a few did, such as the first one you can see right at the entrance to the exhibition. It was also interesting to see that they had perfectly interspersed paintings and sculptures, with the latter situated at the entrance to each different section of the exhibition and the paintings inside the annexes. Of the latter, most had a name or some reference. ---  --- View of the Port of Málaga, 1889, Francisco Rojo Mellado, oil on canvas. --- <center>  </center> <center>  </center> --- This sculpture had no name, but because of the expression on the face and the pose, it is my favourite. ---  --- Nocturnal Landscape, Antonio Muñoz Degrain, oil on canvas. --- <cen […]