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We are an organisation aimed at better development of the international art network. There is no doubt that many artists are in need to deal with the several challenges existing for them to succeed at the art market. Galleries, museums, collections and private entities would be about relieved about getting support from VE-CONTEMP. We let our artist focus on creating, while we take over the rest before galleries and other institutions.

Current Exhibition

Simile, a life on canvas

To paint is to observe, interpret, and transform—and when artists turn to simile, they seek comparisons that make the intangible visible. A simile in painting, whether explicit or suggested, allows life itself to be represented as if it were something else: a journey, a storm, a garden, a game, our struggles, animals, lived experiences, and fantasies. These comparisons add emotional and philosophical layers that go beyond the image.

Let us imagine life painted as a winding road that disappears into the mist: each curve, a decision; each shadow, a memory. Or as a fragile vessel adrift on turbulent waters. In these similes, the canvas ceases to be mere surface and becomes metaphor. Color, texture, and space do what words cannot: they suggest the unspeakable.
Throughout the history of art, painters have turned to simile not only to beautify, but to deepen meaning. In Romanticism, nature was often painted like the human spirit—wild, sublime, unpredictable. In abstract or expressionist works, life may appear as an explosion of color, chaotic and luminous. In modern and contemporary art, similes challenge viewers to look inward: life as a mask, as a labyrinth, as a stage.
Simile in painting reminds us that life cannot always be portrayed directly. It must be suggested, evoked, approached obliquely. And in that poetic detour, we often see it more clearly: life, like art itself, is full of echoes, illusions, and unexpected truths.
Lucías Ares, Lara Padilla, Myriam Quiel, Dimitri Vojnov, Ella Mello, Eduardo Alcántara, and José Vívenes come together in this exhibition with their unique pictorial resources—painting or sculpture—bringing us closer to our own interpretation of simile in art.

Pictorial Reflexion by José Vívenes

LO QUE PASA AQUÍ - 44 cm x 51 cm OIL ON CANVAS

The German organization for artistic representation VE-CONTEMP, as part of a series of

exhibitions in Madrid, is pleased to invite you to the first solo show in Spain by

Venezuelan artist José Vívenes. The opening will take place on April 25 at 7:30 PM at

GN (Calle de Valencia 17, 28012 Madrid), curated by Vincent Echenique.

The vernissage, entitled Pictorial Reflection, will feature the presence of the artist

himself, who will present his most recent body of work: a selection of nearly twenty

pieces that bear witness to his artistic journey and the concerns that have earned him

international recognition.

Vívenes is exhibiting in Madrid for the first time. This exhibition encapsulates his position

as an artist, his unexpected influences, his passion for visual art, and his creative ambition.

His compositions, marked by absurdity, confront us with a world where the irrational becomes

a reflection of contemporary society. A tension arises between the desire to find meaning and the acceptance of its absence, prompting us to question whether

it is even worth seeking reason where perhaps there is none.

Images of Artworks at the Exhibition