Sculpture collection expo "living nature" by artist toby govan
Starting next week, the Casa de Las Tejerinas will host a new collection of sculptures by artist Toby Govan
The inauguration of the exhibition 'Live Nature' will take place next Friday the 22nd, at 8:30 p.m., with the participation of the poet Lorena Jiménez. It can be visited until April 7, with free access
The Estepona City Council informs that the central patio of the Casa de Las Tejerinas, located in the Plaza de las Flores, will host from March 22 to April 7 a new exhibition of sculptures by the artist from Estepona, of Scottish origin, Toby Govan.
The new sculpture collection of this artist, author of four monumental works in the Villa, is titled 'Living Nature', and will be inaugurated on Friday, March 22, at 8:30 p.m. The exhibition consists of 7 abstract works carved in stone from Sierra Bermeja (Living Nature, Dry Leaves, Song of a Royal Redstart, Enigma, Alas de Arena y Sal, Nexo and El Baile del Chal). Each work has a QR code in Spanish and English, with a descriptive audio poem recorded by local poet Lorena Jiménez, inviting the viewer to touch and listen at the same time, creating an “original and unique audio tactile sculptural experience: Listen, feel it, touch it!” To do this, it is recommended to carry a mobile phone with headphones.
The Exhibition will remain open to the public until April 7, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., and Sunday, from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Easter included, with free access.
As during past exhibitions, the sculptor invites the public to “feel the stones” and see the strength and energy they hold, from within which feelings such as affection, unity and integrity emerge, through their shapes, colors. and his touch. And the essence of this artist is that he makes his work to be touched, he seeks the complicity of the viewer to turn him into a "feeler", whether in a work of three tons or a 10 centimeter figure “that fits in the palm hand in hand.”
Toby Govan (Edinburgh-1967). The son of artists, at the age of six he settled in Spain, where his parents emigrated, attracted by “the light” of Andalusia. He studied at the School of Artistic Arts and Crafts in Granada, and photography in Madrid, but his true teacher was his father, Douglas Govan, a now deceased sculptor, who showed him his technique and the magic of “reading the stone”, while His mother Ann, a watercolor painter, contributed to him seeing the world as a “composition.”
For eight years he has been sponsored by Sam Benady, of the Sammer Gallery in Puerto Banús, and the interior designer Sandra Bellington, which has allowed him to flourish as an artist.
There are sculptures by Toby Govan in Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and many other countries around the world. The largest piece, 'In your arms', weighing three and a half tons, is one of the four monumental sculptures donated by the artist to the Estepona City Council that have been displayed for years in different public spaces, outdoors, to the delight of the passersby. These works are carved from a single piece of limestone material, with stones mostly coming from the Ojén quarry and the Guadalmina river bed. Added to this collection of works is the municipally owned sculpture 'Abrazo a la Cultura', located outside the Padre Manuel Cultural Center.