The Art of Plus Fariones
At Plus Fariones Hotels & Apartments we are aware of the fundamental role that art plays in our society. In our facilities you can find works by artists of the stature of César Manrique, Idelfonso Aguilar, José Abad and Nicolás Laiz. Below, we invite you to discover which artists are the authors of our hotel's art collection and some of the works that we are lucky enough to have.
César Manrique
He was born in 1919, in Arrecife, Lanzarote, his childhood in Caleta de Famara marked his love for the island and its landscapes, leaving his artistic career indelible marks.
After completing his studies at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he lived between 1945 and 1964, he frequently exhibited his painting both inside and outside Spain. He moved to New York in 1964, where he exhibited individually on three occasions at Catherine Viviano's gallery.
Direct knowledge of American Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, New Sculpture and Kinetic Art provided him with a fundamental visual culture for his subsequent creative career.
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After completing his studies at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he lived between 1945 and 1964, he frequently exhibited his painting both inside and outside Spain. He moved to New York in 1964, where he exhibited individually on three occasions at Catherine Viviano's gallery.
Direct knowledge of American Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, New Sculpture and Kinetic Art provided him with a fundamental visual culture for his subsequent creative career.
In the mid-sixties, coinciding with his move to Lanzarote, César Manrique promoted a series of artistic projects of a spatial and landscape nature on the Island, innovative for the time, where he expressed his plastic and ethical thinking.
Thus, he developed a new aesthetic ideology, which he called art-nature/nature-art, in which he integrated different artistic manifestations, which he was able to materialize in his landscape works. Thus, Los Jameos del Agua, the Mirador del Río, the Cactus Garden, Timanfaya, etc. (currently the so-called Art, Culture and Tourism Centers of the Cabildo of Lanzarote) are fundamentally interventions linked to the tourism industry, to which Manrique It imprints an economic and social functionalism unprecedented in Spanish artistic culture, being a global benchmark for sustainable tourism.
César Manrique's imprint endures in every landscape and monument on the island, reminding us of his passion for natural beauty and his vision of a world where art and environment merge harmoniously.
Thus, he developed a new aesthetic ideology, which he called art-nature/nature-art, in which he integrated different artistic manifestations, which he was able to materialize in his landscape works. Thus, Los Jameos del Agua, the Mirador del Río, the Cactus Garden, Timanfaya, etc. (currently the so-called Art, Culture and Tourism Centers of the Cabildo of Lanzarote) are fundamentally interventions linked to the tourism industry, to which Manrique It imprints an economic and social functionalism unprecedented in Spanish artistic culture, being a global benchmark for sustainable tourism.
César Manrique's imprint endures in every landscape and monument on the island, reminding us of his passion for natural beauty and his vision of a world where art and environment merge harmoniously.
José Abad
He was born in 1942, in La Laguna, a historic Tenerife city that forged his human and artistic talent.
He is a contemporary sculptor, however, he has also traveled through a plural plastic universe, made up of different avenues of expression: public art, jewelry, collage, drawing, illustration, and sculpture.
Full member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Miguel Arcángel of the Canary Islands, and corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid.
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He is a contemporary sculptor, however, he has also traveled through a plural plastic universe, made up of different avenues of expression: public art, jewelry, collage, drawing, illustration, and sculpture.
Full member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Miguel Arcángel of the Canary Islands, and corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid.
His sculptural work is characterized by monumental and solid forms, made mainly of wrought iron, although he also works with forged and chiseled bronze and, to a lesser extent, with wood, with a pronounced tendency towards formal stylization, schematism and synthesis. linguistics.
At the end of the eighties he surprised by taking a significant step, placing himself at the forefront of a practice that has no precedents in contemporary sculpture, by tackling projects carried out in hotels in which the sculpture will assume almost structural functions.
In the specific case of his work “Camino de la Geria” (1987), which can be enjoyed when visiting our Plus Fariones Suite Hotel, sculpture grows and develops before architecture. Here the work interacts with the construction to conclude by establishing a complex dialogue between the basic form and the distortions posed by a group of solid iron units.
Invading the entrance hall, these structures, authentic architectural equivalences, accompany the visitor to the last level of the building, projecting in different directions through oblique planes, thus nullifying the boundaries between plastic and architecture.
At the end of the eighties he surprised by taking a significant step, placing himself at the forefront of a practice that has no precedents in contemporary sculpture, by tackling projects carried out in hotels in which the sculpture will assume almost structural functions.
In the specific case of his work “Camino de la Geria” (1987), which can be enjoyed when visiting our Plus Fariones Suite Hotel, sculpture grows and develops before architecture. Here the work interacts with the construction to conclude by establishing a complex dialogue between the basic form and the distortions posed by a group of solid iron units.
Invading the entrance hall, these structures, authentic architectural equivalences, accompany the visitor to the last level of the building, projecting in different directions through oblique planes, thus nullifying the boundaries between plastic and architecture.
Idelfonso Aguilar
Born in Salamanca in 1945 and resident in Lanzarote, Ildefonso Aguilar is a multidisciplinary artist with great influence on the art of the island.
He was Professor of Drawing and Modeling at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts of Arrecife de Lanzarote until 1976, and director of the Culture Area of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, leaving his mark in emblematic places. His works are in international collections such as the Atlantic Center for Modern Art and the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Germany.
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He was Professor of Drawing and Modeling at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts of Arrecife de Lanzarote until 1976, and director of the Culture Area of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, leaving his mark in emblematic places. His works are in international collections such as the Atlantic Center for Modern Art and the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Germany.
Recognized in the Canarian artistic field, he has received distinctions as Numerary Academician of the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts of San Miguel Arcángel in 2012, Gold Medal from the Government of the Canary Islands in 2015 and the distinction of Adopted Son of Lanzarote in 2016.
He has published catalogues, books and notebooks, music recordings, and has designed original graphic works for posters, books and records. Since 1964 he has held individual exhibitions and projects in different countries.
He has published catalogues, books and notebooks, music recordings, and has designed original graphic works for posters, books and records. Since 1964 he has held individual exhibitions and projects in different countries.
Nicolás Laiz
Born in Lanzarote in 1975, his work is a profound reflection on landscape, exoticism and the construction of nature as a cultural, social and economic concept.
Graduated in Fine Arts, Nicolás Laiz stands out for his focus on cultural construction as the central axis of his art. Each project is an open path of research, where the creative process is an essential part of their works.
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Graduated in Fine Arts, Nicolás Laiz stands out for his focus on cultural construction as the central axis of his art. Each project is an open path of research, where the creative process is an essential part of their works.
His work has been exhibited in prestigious spaces such as the International Museum of Contemporary Art of Lanzarote (MIAC), the Center of Modern Art (CAAM) of Gran Canaria, and the Cabrera Pinto Art Gallery in Tenerife, among others.
Among his recognitions are the artist residency at the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM) in 2019, the work production award from TEA, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes in 2018, and various scholarships such as the No-Lugar artistic residency in Ecuador, finalist for the JustMad Feria Award in 2016, and the artistic residency scholarship at the Kunst Haus Bregenz in Austria, among others.
Among his recognitions are the artist residency at the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM) in 2019, the work production award from TEA, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes in 2018, and various scholarships such as the No-Lugar artistic residency in Ecuador, finalist for the JustMad Feria Award in 2016, and the artistic residency scholarship at the Kunst Haus Bregenz in Austria, among others.
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