The APB exhibits the works of the 7th Painting and Photography Contest on lighthouses and ports in Mahon

The APB exhibits the works of the 7th Painting and Photography Contest on lighthouses and ports in Mahon

Maó

22/03/2017

The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) will, as of tomorrow and until 1st April, exhibit the winning art pieces and those of the residents of Menorca who took part in the Painting and Photography Contest. The contest, now in its seventh edition, has a high level of convening power, with over 300 works entered from all of the islands. The challenge consisted of depicting one of the ports of general interest in the Balearic Islands or one of their lighthouses.

Among the winning works is one of the Port of Mahon which, more specifically, was awarded first prize in the category of Other Painting Techniques, entitled Fundido en Naranja by Pedro Villota, as well as the honorary mention in photography awarded to the Favàritx lighthouse as the focal point of the piece entitled Reflexe d’un passat, present i futur, by Encarnación Morales.

The works are divided into three categories: Watercolour, Other Painting Techniques and Photography. Out of those that entered last October, one hundred works were short-listed and exhibited in Palma at Christmas, with a warm welcome from the public.

As of tomorrow, the twelve winning art pieces will be on display at the CaixaBank exhibition hall in Mahon, along with those that entered the contest in Mahon. The exhibition will be open to the public from 22nd March to 1st April, Monday to Saturday from 10.30am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm.

Places with art

For the seventh consecutive year, the APB has sponsored this competition dedicated to the lighthouses of the Balearic Islands and to the ports of general interest of Palma, Alcudia, Mahon, Ibiza and La Savina, with the aim of capturing, by means of visual art, the popular interest that is aroused by places as ordinary and unique as ports and lighthouses.