Eva Torres

Hello, as I promished, I upload the interview with Eva Torres, the director of the Ourense's municipal artistic museum. 

Question 1: Eva, how can you define art?

Answer:        Art, for me, it is a way of living. Personalize my way of thinking, acting, seeing and even feeling. Art isn’t only what you see in museums, galleries… Art came in light, in smelling and also in colour.

Question 2: What is your opinion about art in public places? Do you think it’s important?

Answer:        I do not also think it is important, cause I think it’s necessary. Art is a real way of educating and became sensitive people that leave in our cities in which we see artistic representation, for recovering historic events, social events, or simply enjoy with the views of this artistic demonstration.

Question 3: In Ourense we can appreciate some different artistic periods, cause of different types of representations. In your opinion, which are the most important artistic representations in the city?

Answer:        Yes, there are some periods and we can appreciate four.

a) Historical-Artistic :     The most representative works are, in my opinion as Burgas , the Roman Bridge and the cloister of San Francisco have much history to convey to citizens , centuries, and historical facts of great importance .

b) Monumental:     would highlight the bronze statue dedicated to the “Padre Feijóo”, who was one of the first monuments in  the city of Ourense (1887 ) and is situated in the “Jardines del Padre Feijóo” . It is a statue of the Angel of Francisco de Asorey , leading in the bottom of the park since 1957. San Lazaro sculpture dedicated to Lamas Carvajal , located in the Garden of Posío , and made ​​or Anton Faílde People that appear in the sculpture are “ Tío Marcos d'a Portela and rapaza” . The date is 1907 .

c) Modern:        Decorative would highlight Quesada , with its " Mouchiño " and that is a tribute to the comic , is in the Plaza de Lamas Carvajal is 2002. We must also say that Manuel Buciños , with a sculpture dedicated to Castelao . It's in the “Rúa da Imprenta” and has been there since 1996. Also Acisclo Manzano with the work " Maternidade " located in Rua Paseo and has been there since 1997.

d) Contemporary :     Above all , we must highlight his Toño Monteiro dos Tempos Arco , in the Rotunda ponte Patinha Novísimo in 2011. And with its " Ollo do Camiñante" 2004.

Question 4: I know that there is a new artistic exposition. Can you explain us something about it?

Answer:    The most contemporary exhibition we have today in the city is located in the Municipal Hall Jose Angel Valente ( ancient Bank of Spain ) . I define as the best sculptural exhibition in Galicia, consists of 24 large pieces ( +1.5 meters ) sharing materials such as wood , metal, resin , stone ... The title of the exhibition is "Against Vento and Tide" and Artists 4. Manuel Patinha are , Xurxo Oro Claro , Silverio Rivas and Paco Pestana

Question 5: Which activities that you can do in a day at Ourense would you reccomend?

Answer:           I recommend going outside in the morning and visit the museums and exhibition halls , go have some skewers to old . In the afternoon visit the thermal area and take baths , returning for the ride das nymphs and visualizing the various artworks that are in the path that is what the issue is .

Contact telephone (Museum telephone) :+34-988-24-89-70

Email: museo.municipal@ourense.es

(Ourense's municipal artistic museum)