Many people have admired Rafael’s scluptures in the garden and he has brought two additional magnificent pieces for the final weekend’s show. These pieces are large, powerful and spiritually vocal. Stand in front of them for a minute or two and your sense of what is real begins to change – you feel that your ancestors […]
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Gorka Zabaleta hails from the Basque region of Spain. Woven into the fabric of everyday life of the Basque people are the moods and power of the sea. As with all sea-going people, the sea is both loved and feared. In his powerful painting we see the bones of a wrecked ship and fear that […]
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This is the first time that Gaudi’s new bronze dogs have been exhibited in Europe. The are proud, fearless and alert. The dogs push themselves forward – they are eager and ready. Their form is solid: their paws are large and formidable. These are not dogs that have been downtrodden or treated with contempt. Rather they have […]
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The West Hove Trail is one of the most dynamic of all of the trails in the Artists Open House Festival. Last year the winning house and one of the two runners-up were from our trail! Representatives of the West Hove Trail have developed a way for each member to see all the other houses. During […]
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Before you come to Encounters 2018 edition, take a few minutes to watch a beautifully made film about Noemí Márquez, whose work will be exhibited. You can see the film on this website by clicking here and scrolling down the the end of Noemi’s entry.
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Eider is a talented artist in many ways, often working with her brother Gorka. They sing together and share an artistic life. Her drawings are confident and revealing pieces that draw their life force from a unbreakable love of the Basque region. In many places of the world it seems that distinctive cultures are vanishing but this is not […]
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The singer is Gorka Zabaleta: he wrote and composed this song. Since his stay at Encounters in May Gorka has been invited to sing at a Festival in Canada.
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Many of the great comments about Encounters’ 2015 artists have mentioned Rafael Berrio’s wood carvings in the garden, especially number 16! So, here it is! It’s a modern piece but connected to the soul of the land. It seems to belong to the time when people believed that the Earth was alive and needed different […]
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