Multitudes Series: Crowds I

29.7 x 42

Oil on rock wool

2021

The pandemic changed the way we see the world and changed the way we relate to each other.

The large crowds of Juan Genovés were a symbol of the anti-Franco struggle and demand for freedom in our country. His work represents the Spanish political and social transition.

Multitudes I is a tribute to Genovés and freedom.

Multitudes Series: The foot

Oil on rock wool

29.7 x 42

2021

Cobalt blue.

By Alento Esbravexo and Gena Borrajo.

At the behest of the Alento Esbravexo, Emeneira elaborates a work entitled "Azul Cobalto" and in it pays homage to Isaac Díaz Pardo and his "contribution to avant-garde artistic movements". The truth is that the piece turns out to be a real beauty for the eyes and the maxin, to let the mind wander along those foam coastlines. The dimensions of the oil - on cotton and wool - are 100 by 120 centimeters.

Gena Borrajo, on the other hand, comes from a sea that has to do with pedagogy, here she was the director of Eduga: Revista Galega do Ensino and, at the same time, the Galician correspondent of the magazine Cuaderno de Pedagoxía. Gena -to pay homage to Isaac- facilitates an analysis of Sargadelos' ceramic works, while adorning them with memories, sensations and dialogues with the master, the one who claimed to be "a friend for life".
Blessings, health and memory !! Here are the words of Gena Borrajo and the oil of Emeneira.

Cobalt blue
Kaolin white, cobalt blue, golden brown, perhaps red… These are the colors chosen by Isaac Díaz Pardo to create his universe of cows and horses, roosters and pigeons, blows, wild boars, owls and squirrels; to give shape to ancestral trades and rites, such as the fire of the burn that drives away evil spirits; the magical Galicia of the coven, witches and amulets and spells; the festive Galicia with dancers and bagpipers and, of course, the Galicia that looks at the sea, with snails, lighthouses and thorns.
With his creative ability he brings to the dishes the oldest and most abundant elements of nature and life, such as the Celtic symbols, the chorima or the braided reliefs that look like Camariñas lace.
It is the Sargadelos seal, that Isaac recovers in 1968, along with Luis Seoane. In that year the fifth stage of the factory was born, that would maintain the same enterprise spirit and assumed like objective the economic and cultural recovery of the country.
Through ceramics and his avant-garde designs, Isaac manages to become the best ambassador of Galicia in the world, the Galicia without complexes that he loved so much and from which he drew the best image.
I had the privilege of meeting him personally and from the first moment I was captivated by the person: intelligent, talented, and at the same time so humble, generous and grateful. The last time I spoke to him was in 2008, at the Galician Information Institute. He then did an interview for Eduga. Revista Galega do Ensino (2008, number 54)
He was having a difficult time being removed from the presidency of the companies of O Castro and Sargadelos, which he himself had created. I was inspired by tenderness. I had the impression that he felt alone.
In spite of everything, I did not see a defeated man in him, because many things could have been taken from Díaz Pardo, but never his dignity. I remember the last words he gave me: "Here is a friend for life." This is how I felt, Isaac, and this will always be the case for me and many people, because you are part of the collective memory and Galicia is indebted to you. Thanks, buddy.

Gena Borrajo