I visited Boston's MFA on Friday to see the Spain exhibits -
El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Phillip III and the Antonio Lopez Garcia show. HERE is an audio slideshow of Lopez Garcia's work. This is the 72-year-old artist's first solo show in the US. His incredible skill as a draughtsman is apparent in each painstakingly planned out piece - at times he seems more like an architect than a painter/sculptor. But what strikes me most is the scale of space in his works - he tends to paint either vast, anonymous, spaces such as the rooftops of Madrid, or tiny, intimate, spaces such as bedrooms and bathrooms. One of my favorites was the unfinished 1971-1980 painting La cena (the dinner), which echoes Velazquez's 1618 Vieja frienda huevos (old woman frying eggs), one of the highlights in the Reign of Phillip III exhibit.


Antonio Lopez Garcia, La Cena (The Dinner), 1971-1980.
Click to enlarge - a wonderful detail is the shadow that the knives cast.

Diego Velazquez, Vieja Frienda Huevos (Old Woman Frying Eggs), 1618.
Go check it out if you can! Special exhibits are pretty steep, even for students at $21, but Wednesdays after 4pm general admission is free for everyone.