Through
the real imaginary, Fernando Urena Rib intensifies, idealizes and converts
life into a kingdom o f contemplation; a celebration of the harmony
superior to which we live every day. The depth of simultaneities,
rhythms, sequences elaborated by Fernando Ureña Rib, and translate
the complex interiors of the soul and the many ephemeral impressions
that flow in our perception and psychological reactions.
Despite
the evident changes in the work of Fernando Ureña Rib, principally
in the free and fluid versions of our domestic flora, the exhibition
" Intima" with the
collection of oils (for he has maintained his affinity for that
medium) provoked, at least in us something akin to a shudder. This
privileged visual shock, and emotion is more frequently associated
with listening to a piece of music. The first echoes of Fernando
Ureña Rib's last Metamorphoses which reached us by means of
newspaper reproductions, awakened a deep curiosity and allowed us to
appreciate the symbiosis of energy and lyricism that exalts the
values of the imagination.
Our
pleasure was such on entering the exhibition room located on the
second floor of the Listín Diario, that when writing our column we could not contain our
euphoria: "Is it a risk to affirm that an artist is presenting his
best exhibition? It seems no more than a relative risk in term of
critical valuation, which aside from that is always subjective of
...if one has knowledge of the artist's trajectory from his
professional beginnings. Naturally one speak of the best exhibition
to date-the future remains open.- We affirm presenting without
reservation that Fernando Ureña Rib is presenting his best
exhibition ( Listín Diario, December 1rst 1987) , and one year later
we maintain the same preferential criterion. The impact is still as
marked in our visual memory as when discovered the esthetic density
of that exceptional sequence. Previous to that delight, which
results from the individual contemplation of each work, one can be
enveloped by the spectacle of the whole.
MARIANNE DE TOLENTINO
President of AICA Dominicana
