By Adam Woodward •
Updated: 27 Nov 2024 • 11:24 • 1 minute read
Artist David Pascual Arroyo is giving a rare glimpse into his prolific collection of works at the Torremolinos town hall, where he no longer expresses pain he feels, but the light and colour of being bipolar type 1.
The paintings and drawings, promoted by AFESOL, the association of people with mental health disorders and their families, is a retrospective of the last 6 years of his work, and full of joy and fun, often with rich juxtaposed hues, showing a looser and more content side of the artist, bringing an inevitable smile to the face of every viewer. The exhibition is composed of samples from 2 collections: Nueva Realidad representation of before and after the pandemic; and Bipolar Circus contrasts in emotional states.
From David Pascual Arroyo s Bipolar series.
Credi: DPA
There are a mix of oils on canvas as well as groups of drawn portraits that reflect his bipolarism through the expressions of his subjects, sometimes meticulously detailed, sometimes bare sketches. Up close his representations are often light swipes of a brush or scribbles of a marker pen, but then step back, and those colourful impressionistic gestures mesh together into a wholeness that presents his subject.
From David Pascual Arroyo s Nueva Realidad series.
Credi: DPA
Diptychs feature heavily in the exhibition, with one upside down or the same image painted with different colours, and others contrasting differing emotional states. I asked David if one of the images was a portrait of a bipolar friend, to which he responded, ‘No, he’s just drunk in that one.’
He has marked a difference, not only in his freer style but also in his portrait of post-pandemic faces, a before and after, a contrast that is also seen in which medium he chooses.
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