{"id":48886,"date":"2020-01-14T10:15:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/?p=48886"},"modified":"2020-01-14T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:15:55","slug":"now-showing-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/blog\/now-showing-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Showing in Barcelona&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the holidays behind us, we wanted to recap what we were up to last month.<\/p><p>For those of you who don\u2019t know her, Vitruvian instructor <a href=\"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/instructors\/melinda-whitmore\/\">Melinda Whitmore<\/a> is multi-talented: she draws, she paints, she\u2019s our resident expert in human musculoskeletal anatomy\u2026 and she\u2019s even a sought-after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=fleurotica+vitruvian&amp;client=safari&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjqo5un8IDnAhXLQc0KHTpIBwwQ_AUoAXoECAwQAw&amp;biw=1242&amp;bih=734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">floral designer.<\/a><\/p><p>But she\u2019s also a fierce sculptor. In the time it would take me just to build an armature, Mindy can crank out a finished figure sculpture entirely from her imagination \u2013 no model required. She\u2019s really good at it, and so it\u2019s gratifying when her ability gets recognized.<\/p><p>That happened recently when her figure sculpture dyad <em>Suspension<\/em> was accepted to appear in <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Figurativas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meam.es\/en\/exhibitions\/92\/figurativas-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\">Figurativas<\/a><\/em>, the annual figurative art exhibition at the Museu Europeu d\u2019Art Modern (MEAM) in Barcelona. This is a big deal because the exhibition was juried by some of the most prominent and influential artists alive today, including <a href=\"http:\/\/nerdrum.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Odd Nerdrum (opens in a new tab)\">Odd Nerdrum<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_L\u00f3pez_Garc%C3%ADa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Antonio L\u00f3pez Garc\u00eda (opens in a new tab)\">Antonio L\u00f3pez Garc\u00eda<\/a>.<\/p><p>When Mindy got word that her work would be included in the show, we both thought the same thing: That sounds like a great excuse to visit Barcelona! So we spent a week there in early December to attend the show\u2019s opening.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-920x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48888\" width=\"451\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-920x1200.jpeg 920w, https:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-307x400.jpeg 307w, https:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-768x1002.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-1178x1536.jpeg 1178w, https:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-1570x2048.jpeg 1570w, https:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-624x814.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-800x1043.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115349\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-scaled.jpeg 1963w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><figcaption><em>Suspension<\/em><br>Aqua Resin, Iron, Copper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25115347\/melinda-whitmore-suspension-MEAM-2-900x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48889\" width=\"442\" height=\"576\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><p>The show didn\u2019t disappoint. There was a ton of very strong representational work exhibited, including drawings, paintings and sculptures, most of it depicting the human figure in some way. The entries were from all over the world, with some real diversity of styles and technique.  We enjoyed our time looking at the work, and learned a couple of things, too. Seeing well-executed artwork always brings surprises \u2013 things you notice about how it was made that just don\u2019t come through in photographs or catalogs.<\/p><p>The exhibition will stay up until the end of January, so If you happen to be in Barcelona before then and want to see some really great contemporary figurative artwork, go take a look!<\/p><p>If you can&#8217;t make it to see the show in person, below a video walkthrough of the exhibition. Of course, you can also study with Melinda directly via her Vitruvian Studio online course, <a href=\"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/course\/anatomy-of-the-face\/\">Anatomy of the Face.<\/a><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-facebook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museumeam\/videos\/449615225643669\/\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the holidays behind us, we wanted to recap what we were up to last month. 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