Joxe Mari Iturralde: “Nisa Goiburu’s work is strength and it is poetry”
Joxe Mari Iturralde: “Nisa Goiburu’s work is strength and it is poetry”
This is how writer Joxe Mari Iturralde describes the work of artist Nisa Goiburu: “Lyrical painting, firm, determined, but without extreme drama. It is not epic painting, we are not being told a story through thick brush strokes; on the contrary, it is a type of subtle painting, of approximation, with appropriate and precise use of insinuation. Here there are no dramatic screams, there are no great Homeric heroes; conversely, there is firm suggestion with the fragility and strength of a woman at the same time. […] Pieces of intense lyricism, of great sensitivity; but, simultaneously, of great expressive and dramatic strength. Paintings of enormous plasticity which remain fixed in our mind with powerful tension for a long time. Nisa Goiburu’s work is strength and it is poetry.”
Iturralde’s words describe Goiburu as a painter quite well, as in her work the female figure, environments (landscapes, settings, dreams), and abstraction take on relevance. Her aim is to depict the woman in the most characteristic and poetic forms of her nature, as a maker and life-giver. Through the images represented, she transports viewers to deep introspection of their memory, until they connect with the woman of all ages, with the timelessness of her essence, to be in harmony with Mother Earth. Her art also invites the viewer to delve into scenarios beyond the here and now. The interpretation of its basis and ideology likewise comes round through abstraction; insinuating, through shapes and colors, deep values.
Her paintings have been present at individual and collective exhibitions and at contemporary art fairs in the UK, France, Sweden, the USA, Canada, and Japan – amongst others. However, the artist’s talent is not limited to painting, as she is much more multidisciplinary: for 20 years, she has tackled her exhibitions’ themes through performances in which she experiments with her own self – performances that she carries out without rehearsals in a live show that allows her to fully engage in communication with the spectators.
Nisa Goiburu
Tel.: +34 610 078 145
