1.0Diario de Estilohttps://diariodeestilo.es/en/BIShttps://diariodeestilo.es/en/author/bis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nxgpwZOtST"><a href="https://diariodeestilo.es/en/2021/03/17/from-the-wood-of-dreams/">From the wood of dreams</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://diariodeestilo.es/en/2021/03/17/from-the-wood-of-dreams/embed/#?secret=nxgpwZOtST" width="600" height="338" title="“From the wood of dreams” — Diario de Estilo" data-secret="nxgpwZOtST" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://diariodeestilo.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NURIA-VIDAL-PINTORA-CABECERA-1.jpg1003640We are such stuff that dreams are made of, says Shakespeare in “The Tempest” and Borges translates it, fortuitously, into “Seven Nights”, and from the wood of dreams. Inevitably this text comes to mind every time I look at works by Nuria Vidal. Just as I inevitably associate whisky with chocolate and chocolate with whisky (sic). Her painting is, undoubtedly, made from the wood of dreams. Shakespeare, by Borges. “NV‘s work,”- says the gallerist May Moré – “manages to trap me, it forces me to look at it deeply, it invites me to stop time. With her meticulous technique of layering and layering paint on the canvas she gets the pigments to gain intensity in a very subtle way, as if suggesting the colour.” Evanescent forms, light and colour that become metamorphosed in nature: horizons, […]