Museum of International and Contemporary Art in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife

An exhibition showcasing the work of the Canarian art critic Eduardo Westerdahl is on view at the Museum of International and Contemporary Art in Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife.  As I was on holiday there last week (25th April – 2nd May) I called in to take a look.  

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Westerdahl was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1902 and is best known for the creation of the self-named gallery in Puerto del la Cruz, which features the works of many famous names of the Spanish modern art world.  Something of a revivalist man, his work included the world of letters, as he became the editor of the admired Gaceta del Arte magazine during the 1930’s.  

The exhibition has four rooms of permanent displays and visitors can wander through an eclectric mix

Textura by Lindell

of mixed media images and sculptures. One of my favourite pictures was called Textura by a Spanish artist called Lindell, created in 1982, which reminded me most strongly of the hardened blue-black lava which is found all over the Canary Islands due to them being of being formed from volcanic eruptions.  It also reminded me of a painting I saw at the Tate Modern many years ago of textured white paper and textiles (on view when the West End show ART featured a similar theme of a white painting).  Some of the work seemed strangely naive but the majority was interesting, thought provoking work.  I’m glad I stopped by.