Impresionistas: 19th century art with 21st century technology

When Claude Monet, Edgar Dégas or Camille Pissarro painted their works of art it most certainly never passed through their heads that one day it would be possible to see them on huge screens more than four metres high and 16 wide, even though impressionism, which began at the end of the 19th century, is characterised by 'going big': painting the light and every detail of colour in large brushstrokes.

With the Impresionistas immersive exhibition organised by Art Apart on Muelle Uno in Malaga, visitors can rediscover every brushstroke of this artistic trend and really appreciate the technique and genius of the most relevant artists of the movement: Renoir, Claude Monet, Edgar Dégas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Manet.

Entering the first room, the presentation of the ten artists begins with explanations and images of their finest works of art shown on screens. But it is at the end of this part that the visitor reaches the fantasy aspect of this exhibition: the music that invades the rooms that invite you to stroll through the impressionist art of the ten artists mentioned earlier. The walk through the rest of the exhibition takes about 40 minutes and offers a fusion of technology, art and image with the music.

The 12 giant screens show every detail, bringing the spectator from the 21st century closer to this part of the 19th, a dialogue between centuries and stages of life and art. It is a purely audiovisual exhibition and it is truly impressive.

As the managing director of Art Apart, Isabel Bello-Morales, said at the presentation: "It is going to make emotions run high. We want to play our small part in the cultural life of this city".

Works of art brought to life

The images come to life, the elements of each picture pass from one screen to another and the special effects give the perfect touch to enable you to enter into each work of art and understand it in its entirety. Like the ballerinas by Dégas, who dance from one side to another, representing the beauty of movement. "You can see the pictures from such a close perspective that you can go into Van Gogh's room (The bedroom in Arlés), which in turn has pictures where you go into the corridors," says Isabel Bello-Morales.

The dialogue that places 21st century technology with 19th century art has a lot to do with the type of visitor who comes to this exhibition. The CEO of Art Apart, Juan Urrutia, says that "70 per cent of those who come to experience this have never been in a museum before, and about 15 per cent of them do so afterwards. This audio-visual world is the world of adolescents, so there are always many young visitors," he explains.

Until 5 September, Impresionistas will be a new way of discovering the world of impressionism. Apart from Tuesdays, it is open from 11am to 10pm daily (last entry 9pm) and prices are around 11 euros. Culture in Malaga this summer will include this total immersive experience as another way of showing the reality of these creators who marked an era.