Saracho (Angel Hurtado de Saracho)

Saracho (Ángel Hurtado de Saracho) - Hantaisoku or Mite

Técnica: Acrylic

Biografía del Artista: Saracho (Ángel Hurtado de Saracho) (Asturias, Spain, 1973) has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Leioa in the Basque Country. He has exhibited in public institutions, foundations and art galleries in Asturias, Castile and León, Madrid and Barcelona, ​​as well as having participated in fairs such as Room Art Fair in Madrid, Cuarto Público in Santiago de Compostela and Flecha Artea in Bilbao. His work can be found in private collections and in the collection of Paradores in Spain. They are mostly urban landscapes, moments in cities in which their light and people are captured on the canvas from a more pictorial than a landscape perspective. The city or the character are anonymous, they are barely recognizable, although we know from the titles and Saracho's passion for travel that they have been seen all over the world. Composition and color rule his creations, the sketched form that moves towards abstraction, schematism and light. Procedures with which Saracho manages to accurately describe the atmosphere of these fragments of life, scenes that are generally relaxed and cheerful.

“Mr. Talbot’s Confined Shrillness” In this new exhibition by Saracho, in which he presents a selection of his latest works, we can see an evolution in the artist's pictorial research. His study is still mainly based on impressionist-based analysis/synthesis, but in some pieces we can begin to appreciate a narrative, not so explicitly present in his previous work. Perhaps this narrative has arisen intentionally, or it may be that it has arisen from that personal and intimate dialogue that the artist maintains with the painting itself during the process of realization. Regarding the analysis, Saracho continues to base his research on color, the main pictorial property in his work. Regarding the theme of the works on display, we can see that Saracho continues with two lines, one more urban, in which the artist presents us with figures in urban corners, in which the figures build a pictorial composition, but at the same time in some works (and this is where the narrative comes in), the author allows the spectator to observe each figure individually, their gesture, their attitude, their wait… And another line where nature is more present, a nature with expressive and free painting. Curiously, despite the fact that there are fewer pieces in this second line, two of them are the large-format pieces in this exhibition. Is it a coincidence that the two large-format pieces are of nature? Could it be that confinement has influenced the intimate dialogue that Saracho maintains with painting in his studio? Well, maybe it could be... Ángel Hurtado de Saracho (Gijón, 1973) graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Leioa in the Basque Country. While at the Faculty of Fine Arts, his work stood out for its very personal figuration, in which he represents anonymous locations and characters, moments that may seem unimportant, but which form part of his life experience. In his last year at the Faculty, he was awarded a Paradores de Turismo Scholarship, and at the end of it, a jury chaired by the prestigious painter Antonio López selected his work to form part of the permanent collection of Paradores de España. Saracho has participated in numerous collective and solo exhibitions in public institutions, foundations and art galleries, as well as in fairs such as the “Room Art Fair” in Madrid, “Cuarto Público” in Santiago de Compostela, “Art3F” in Bordeaux, France and Flecha Artea in Bilbao. He has also been awarded several residential scholarships, the latest being at the International Symposium of Artists in Noja, Sianoja 2017, where he was one of the resident participants. His work can be found in private collections, municipal art galleries and in the public collection of Paradores de España. “A painting full of loose brushstrokes and chromatic stains, in which figures and colours are displayed to show the spaces through which his gaze passes, ready to capture lived moments. A renewed and very personal figuration that, like open windows, has the capacity to attract the viewer's gaze.” Camino Sayago – Art Criticism