A tour of the new Almazuela exhibition in Seville

On this occasion, FVMO and Randstad Corporation They joined forces to offer a path that vindicates Art Bruta movement that claims creative practices outside academic and commercial circles, and the talent of 38 artists with intellectual disabilities: Álvaro Herrera Sánchez, Ana Gómez, Ana Vargas, Artem Ebadulayev, Beatriz Segura, Benjamin Pineda, Carlos García, Carmen Candelera, Claudia Zorrilla, Daniel Parejo, Fátima Calderon, Felipe. Rubiales, Francisco Gamaro, Heliot Baeza, Ignacio Ledo, Jaime Garcia, Jose Caro, Jose Manuel Muñoz, Juan Gomez, Luis Moya, Mar Calvo, Maria del Carmen Borquez, Natalia Vargas, Natalia Montoya Vargas, Pablo de la Cerda, Paco Campa, Paco España, Bonam Marañon Cintas, Reyes Vergara Cano, Ricardo Rojas Soriano, Rocio Flores, Sergio Ruiz, Sonsoles Papiano Alvarez de los Corrales, Teresa Rodríguez Barbero, Ulises Lopez, and Yolanda Carballo Sarmiento.

At the inauguration ceremony, which brought together more than a hundred people, Luis García de Tejada RicarteThe Director-General of the organization stressed that “diversity is a wealth, not an exception,” and defended an accessible cultural model. For her part, Marta Valer MonillaThe National Director of Strategic Alliances at the Randstad Foundation highlighted that “art and inclusion are strengthened when they are shared” and defined the exhibition as “proof that diversity is also expressed in culture”.

The event was also attended by institutions such as Aurora Lazo ParralGeneral Director of Employment Incentives and Business Competitiveness of the Andalusian Junta, who noted that in society “only one in five people with disabilities has a job,” announcing measures to improve employment and training. From the City Council of Seville, Reyes Casares Ordonez The head of the social work department intervened by noting that the pieces on display reflect “a diverse and multifaceted Seville, built on the unique talent of each person.” In this same line, Pedro Calpo RocaThe Director General of the Foundation for Persons with Disabilities defended the role of art as “a means of inclusion and a means of demonstrating creative abilities.”

New perspectives

There is a theory that says that people who are destined to meet are united by a Red thread hidden. It may stretch, tangle, or lose sight, but it never breaks. In Almazuela, this symbol applies in the first part of the exhibition with the aim of guiding the visitor, linking the works and showing art as a meeting point, as a common path.

Once through the FVMO gate, the visitor is greeted with the exhibition logo, a work of 56 dots connected together by a heart-shaped red string. After passing through the door, the visitor is greeted with an introduction to the Art Brut concept. In it he explains that he formulated this concept Jean Dubuffet, It is distinguished by its originality, expressive power and uniqueness, as it displays its own forms and languages ​​that expand the boundaries of what is considered art.

Once entering the first room, the visitor finds a huge tent dominating the space. a job Destra Project From FVMO headed by Adriana Torres Silvait makes sense when you turn 180 degrees and spot two hands holding a red string next to the phrase “I thank you”. Then, along the outside of the artwork, you can read daily messages filled with gratitude, such as “Thank you for the train. Today I feel happy because I love taking the train”, “Thank you for the Rosanna Chinese rice” or “I am happy to go to the cinema in Zona Este”, accompanied by illustrations that bring each word to life.

In the next stay, corresponding to produce Mobile Dance Creativity CentreAbout twenty paintings flood the right side of the room with color. In contrast, small blue squares with white and red details appear before them, including blurred parts of the red thread. Each work has its own strength, and although they form a group, it is worth stopping at each work to appreciate the details.

The tour continues with an immersive room Convert space into the seabed Through plastics, water projections and life-giving sculptures of fish, jellyfish, turtles, manta rays and dolphins. This artwork, created by Ricardo Rojas, combines everyday materials such as thread, wire, wool or sticks to form figures that blend reality and imagination in a poetic vision of the natural world.

Once we leave the seabed behind, the journey continues with the artists of the world La Puebla de Cazala Day CenterWhich welcomes the viewer with “Automatic mobile panorama – round trip”an installation inspired by 19th-century pre-cinema scenes such as John Banvard’s “The Great Moving Panorama of the Mississippi.” The work combines drawing, sound and movement through a rotating structure that shows linked scenes as a visual story. Likewise, in the following rooms there are paintings and drawings full of colour, which culminate in the original Reinterpret a deck of cardsWhich reflects the creativity of the participants.

Finally, the last stop in Almazuela allows you to discover businesses Fatima Calderonwhich develops its own world inhabited by fantastic creatures. From one character –Half a manhalf antelope- They show black shapes with marine features, horns, fins or tails, each with its own name and personality. Fatima’s work has been enhanced thanks to the support of La Puebla de Cazalla Vocational Center and creative workshops, and represents an example of how perseverance and experimentation allow the expansion of a unique artistic project.

In this way, “Almazuela” is presented as a meeting place for those who imagine Art as a right, a common language, and a tool for social transformation. This collective project, which gives visibility to unique viewpoints and voices that usually remain on the margins of the traditional artistic panorama, becomes an ideal opportunity to discover new forms of creativity, connect with diversity, recognize the value of talent in all its forms and break the stigma that indicates the inability of disability.