Z - a r t B l o g

Yes I know, I have been awfully quiet of late. The reason is simple: I have been on holidays. The beautiful volcanic Canary Island Lanzarote was our destination this time. About time that I start my writings about art again and how could I better start than with the artist César Manrique Cabrera who was born and died on the island.

You can hardly take a step on the island of Lanzarote without bumping into an artwork by César Manrique, they are everywhere. (Even our rental company was named "Manrique Cabrera"!) They are very diverse as well as Manrique was into tons of different art forms, going from architecture via painting to his famous wind toys. Specially his architecture caught my eye, the way how he managed to integrate human constructions into nature is just superb. His cactus garden is also very famous and with reason for it quite unique. The numerous wind toys spread all over the island are fascinating and a joy to see.

More of my Lanzarote pictures will appear in the photographic travel diaries soon.