About Gigi :
Gigi Lopez
Gigi Lopez
Gigi Lopez
Multi disciplinary Artist.
Gigi draws upon her Spanish heritage
and family history in her
'Dons and Doñas' collection.
Gigi Lopez
Gigi Lopez
Through rich colours, layered textures and
influences of Cubism and Expressionism,
her figures evoke a sense of memory
and lived experience;
love and passion, pain and triumph.
They are like the keepers
of the Dance,
immersed in the rhythms
of Flamenco and Gypsy music.
Gigi Lopez
Their energy is fuelled by jaleo ;
‘that exuberant, hell-raising spirit of encouragement,
foot-stomping and celebration ‘
and by duende:
‘that mysterious, almost intangible presence
that possesses both performer and audience,
and which defies rational explanation.
The viewer is invited
to look beyond the neutrality of the eyes of
the 'Dons an
Their energy is fuelled by jaleo ;
‘that exuberant, hell-raising spirit of encouragement,
foot-stomping and celebration ‘
and by duende:
‘that mysterious, almost intangible presence
that possesses both performer and audience,
and which defies rational explanation.
The viewer is invited
to look beyond the neutrality of the eyes of
the 'Dons and Doñas' and, in doing so,
to project their own interpretation
onto the stories they might hold.