Painting Exhibition: “I’m not an artist, I’m a fax machine”

This exhibition has been modified due to technical problems in the transportation of the works. Please check out this post on HanoiGrapevine for updated information.

Opening: 06 May, 5 pm
Exhibition: 06 – 22 May
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

The Spanish Embassy is pleased to inform that from 06 – 22 May, Spanish artist José Maria Cano will host the exhibition titled “I’m not an artist, I’m a fax machine” at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. You are cordially invited to the opening ceremony and subsequent cocktail on 06 May at 5 pm.

José María Cano, under the artistic name of Cano de Andrés, came late to the field of plastic arts. His works are mainly based on the techniques known as “encáustica”, using wax as agglutinating agent of pigments. The themes for his works are diverse, ranging from violation of human rights, prostitution, banking world, to the children’s paintings of his son Dani.

Through his works, Cano shows his reflections about the world, the power, the economy, the market, the artistic creation, mental processes and the development of ideas.

Cano argues that “the economic fact in the arts world is evident, but is not mentioned by artists nor gallerists (…) I embellish that cynicism provoking the power of money in my works”. Apart from newspapers pages of economy, he uses outstanding events in the news and photos found in magazines, first pages of the world press, paintings and worlds of Dani (his son), cut-outs, frames of the comic strips such as El Capitán Trueno or Tintin, prostitution’ s advertisements in the Spanish press, etc.

This event is part of ‘Europe Days 2010’.

For more information please contact

Ms Vien Ngoc Bich
Press, Cultural and Public Affairs Officer
Tel:04-3 9410099 (ext: 8224)
email: [email protected]