In the exhibition, made up of 109 works by Sorolla, the writer Manuel Vicent curates a literary project based on the work of the Valencian painter, establishing a dialogue between painting and literature with the Mediterranean as the common thread. The presentation was attended by the president of the Bancaja Foundation, Rafael Alcón; the writer Manuel Vicent as literary curator; and the director of the Sorolla Museum, Enrique Varela, artistic curator of the exhibition.
The exhibition offers an innovative exhibition in which the writer Manuel Vicent is the literary curator of Sorolla’s work, establishing a dialogue between painting and literature with the Mediterranean as the common thread.
After its initial showing in Madrid, the exhibition is presented in Valencia with an expanded selection of works including 109 canvases dating from 1886 to 1920.
The works on display come from the collections of the Sorolla Museum, the Sorolla Museum Foundation, and the Bancaja Foundation, the Valencia Provincial Council, the Hortensia Herrero Collection and private collections.
Through the narrative and evocations of Manuel Vicent’s own experiences, a journey is made in four sections through the rich representation of the Mediterranean in Sorolla’s work.
Manuel Vicent’s words review the spaces that Sorolla inhabited and transferred to his canvases from his experience and literary creation, offering a broad vision of life around the Mediterranean Sea in the period between centuries. Both artists converge in the same naturalistic vision, resulting in an exhibition experience that offers a new reading of Sorolla’s works through Vicent’s biographical and literary account.
In this account, Manuel Vicent reconstructs his own memory of the sea, gives voice to the life that underlies Sorolla’s universal iconography and, at the same time, reflects on the painter’s luminist aesthetic and his position as an artist.
The exhibition is completed with period photographs featuring Sorolla and his scenes in the Mediterranean and an audiovisual short film, produced for the project in which the writer Manuel Vicent recounts his experiences and links them to the scenes reflected by Sorolla in his paintings.
On the occasion of the exhibition, a catalogue has been published with a reproduction of the works that form part of the exhibition, together with the literary account that Manuel Vicent has written as the original work.
As part of its cultural and artistic mediation programme, the Bancaja Foundation offers guided tours for the general public and groups, as well as educational workshops for schoolchildren, people with disabilities, groups at risk of exclusion and the elderly.
The exhibition In the Sea of Sorolla with Manuel Vicent, in collaboration with A&G, can be visited at the Bancaja Foundation’s headquarters in Valencia (Plaza Tetuán, 23) from 4 October 2024 to 9 March 2025.
Report by ‘24/7 Valencia’ team
Article copyright ‘24/7 Valencia’
‘In the sea of Sorolla with Manuel Vicent’
From 04/10/2024 to 09/03/2025
Centre Bancaja Foundation
Plaza de Tetuán, 23 ,Valencia (Valencia)
Opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday: from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm.
Closed on Mondays, except for public holidays and the day before public holidays.
Exhibition visiting rules.
Tickets
General admission: 9 euros.
Reduced: 5 euros (pensioners, unemployed, people with disabilities, students from 13 to 26 years old and large families).
Free (under 12 years old).
Tickets on sale at the box office (Plaza Tetuán, 23).
Each ticket gives access to all the exhibitions on display at the Bancaja Foundation at the time of the visit.
Guided tours
General public
Duration: 50 minutes.
Minimum attendance of 6 people per session for the activity to take place.
Price: 5€ + Exhibition ticket.
Information and bookings: visitascomentadas@fundacionbancaja.es.
Groups
Sessions: Tuesday: 10 am, 11 am, 12 noon, 5 pm, 6 pm and 7 pm / Wednesday: 10 am, 11 am and 12 noon.
Maximum capacity 25 people.
Information and bookings: visitascomentadas@fundacionbancaja.es.
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