Research: Fine Art trip to Madrid

I saw some incredible pieces of artwork while out in Madrid, more specifically the street art. I really liked the hand holding street art the most as it fit in with what my project is about. The text in between the hands reads 'Compartir Vs. Competir' which translates to ' to share vs to compete' which I love as it speaks about unity against competition. I also love the patterns within the hands and if given the time I would definitely create some artworks based on this idea.
Additionally, we went and visited small galleries on the outskirts of the city, and we saw a particular gallery of this artists work which combined text with painted abstract imagery. I really liked how the text looked as if it was coming out of the paint, like it was there originally and was painted over. I also liked the distortion of some of the text which made it difficult to read.
I also loved how some of the galleries were painted over on the outside, as it broke the boundary between art in the gallery and graffiti.
The two main galleries that we visited were interesting in different ways. The Prado was interesting in one way as the artwork it exhibited was of skill, and story telling. They depicted moments of history, but also demonstrated the skill of the painters in the olden days, centuries ago. Whereas the Reina de Sofia was interesting in another way as the artwork was more modern, different, interactive and was also home the famous Guernica which was a sight to see as it was a lot bigger than I anticipated and I didn't realise how popular it was as there were crowds of people surrounding it in awe of it's presence.

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