Guillermo Lorca - the eternal life

Guillermo Lorca: TheEternal Life isa selection of the work of the last seven years of the renowned Chilean artistGuillermo Lorca.

With an Introduction by the acclaimed art historian and criticEdward Lucie-Smith, this book introduces us to the world of Lorca's disturbingyet poetic oil paintings.

In his art there is always adisconcerting person at work, as if they could be part of our most secret ourdreams and nightmares.

We leave these magical, discomfiting landscapes, reflectingon the realism of the artist's favourite characters, mostly animals and girls,as we act as a window to our unconscious.

The book features many close-ups ofthe paintings, enabling us to appreciate Lorca's techniques and the scale ofthe life size art.

Guillermo Lorca brings us closer to the aesthetics of theabundant and opulent, the sensual and the tradition of painting.

The works thatcompile this book make painting a window to observe the human psyche and theprojection of nature.