Luis Morera

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Luis Morera (2017, Teatro Leal)

Luis Morera (born October 10, 1946 in Santa Cruz de La Palma ) is a sculptor, painter and musician working on La Palma .

Act

Luis Morera first made a name for himself as a singer, composer and lyricist. In 1974 he founded the folklore group Taburiente with the guitarists Miguel Peréz and Manolo Peréz , with which he became known beyond the borders of the Canary Islands.

As a student of César Manrique , Morera also devoted himself to the fine arts. From 1992 to 2007 he designed the nativity scene in Los Llanos de Aridane on a 300 m² area, which depicted the rural landscapes and their inhabitants of La Palma. From 1993 to 1996 he built the Plaza de La Glorieta in the Las Manchas district . With the design of the plaza, Morera developed his own style of art by adapting the figures and portraits depicted in mosaics made of broken ceramic tiles to the landscape of La Palma. He derived his art-nature philosophy from the ability of animals to adapt to nature.

For the Plaza Alameda in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Morera created a bronze statue in the form of a dwarf (called: Enano ) for the Bajada in 2000 .

As a painter he created the large mural "Cascada de Los Tiles" in the courtyard of the Hotel Taburiente Playa in Los Cancajos , La Palma and the picture cycle Dia de los Indianos with depictions of the carnival in Santa Cruz. In 2004, in La Fajana, Barlovento , he and Natan Teutsch created a picture on a house wall that showed a group of dolphins, as vividly as if they were swimming in the water there (see below). As early as 2006 the picture showed damage and no longer exists.

With Natan Teutsch, Morera founded the Avivarte company and converted the upper part of the former Parque Botánico (now: Parque Antonio Gómez Felipe ) into Los Llanos de Aridane, which is now called El Jardín de las Delicias . The design elements of the park are lava stone and again mosaics made of broken ceramic tiles, from which the artists created a miniature mountain landscape and images of animals and plants.

In Puerto Tazacorte they redesigned the Playa Mont restaurant and the former Plaza del Morro (opposite the town hall, now Plaza Enrique Noguerales ) and the town hall facade in Tazacorte . The latter, however, no longer exists in the form designed by the artist. In 2007 they created a fountain with a bronze figure named "San Miguel de La Palma" in front of the town hall .

The Las Piedras de Taburiente building, which was reopened in 2014, opposite the El Paso visitor center, was designed by Luis Morera with murals. It is intended to serve as a cultural center that brings visitors closer to the customs, arts and crafts of the Canary Island of La Palma.

  • Plaza de La Glorieta , central mosaic

  • Leaf structure in the Plaza de La Glorieta

  • Dwarf in the Plaza de la Alameda (Santa Cruz)

  • Christmas crib 2004 in Los Llanos

  • Image by Luis Morera in La Fajana, Barlovento

  • Image detail

  • El Jardin de las delicias ( Parque Antonio Gómez Felipe ) in Los Llanos

  • El Jardin de las delicias in Los Llanos

  • Town hall and fountain in Tazacorte (2008)

  • Arcade in the Plaza Enrique Noguerales in Tazacorte

Awards

  • 2001 Medalla de Oro de Canarias
  • In 2014, for its 40th anniversary , the folklore group Taburiente was awarded the “Premio Betancuria Capital Histórica de Canarias 2014” from the historic town of Betancuria , Fuerteventura , in particular for the preservation of traditional folk music in the Canary Islands in connection with the modern age of jazz, rock and Pop.

swell

  • Cornelia Bertram: The Palmerian artist Luis Morera. La Glorieta Editores, German edition, ISBN 84-609-0675-2 .
  • Video: Luis Morera - The colors of the soul, about the architecture, painting and music of the Palmerian artist Luis Morera, Delfin Film La Palma

Web links

Commons : Luis Morera  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luis Morera - the all-round talent , La Palma 24, 11 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Taburiente (el grupo musical) ( Memento from January 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Buscar en La Palma, November 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b C. Bertram: In focus: the work of the Palmerian artist Luis Morera. La Palma Info, No. 20, 2004.
  4. ↑ books.google.de , S. Lipps, DuMont Reise-Taschenbuch La Palma (Zwergentanz / p. 78, Bajada / p. 38).
  5. ↑ avivarte.wordpress.com , L. Morera, N. Teutsch, Pintura - Cascada de Los Tiles.
  6. ↑ flickr.com , D. Martin, Cascada de Los Tiles in the Hotel Taburiente.
  7. ↑ images.search.yahoo.com , L. Morera, Los Indianos.
  8. ↑ flickr.com , photostream from gaml1, Avivarte.
  9. ↑ avivarte.wordpress.com , Luis Morera, Natan Teutsch, El Parque “Jardin de las Delicias”.
  10. ↑ avivarte.wordpress.com , Luis Morera, Parque Boulevard de Tazacorte.
  11. ↑ kanarenexpress.com Canaries Express, La Palma has the patron saint in bronze, October 20, 2007.
  12. ↑ Reopening in El Paso: “Las Piedras de Taburiente” ( Memento of October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) La Palma 24, August 8, 2014.
  13. ↑ Taburiente , Premio Betancuria Capital Histórica de Canarias 2014 ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Mas - Fuerteventura, May 19, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / masfuerteventura.com
personal data
SURNAME Morera, Luis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish architect and artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Cruz de La Palma