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(ANS \u2013 Alicante, Spain \u2013 May 13, 2020) <\/strong>\u2013 During these weeks of isolation, it has often been said that this is a good time to resume some abandoned activity or to finish some pending task. David Pastor Corb\u00ed, an artist from Alicante, says he has recently created a work he has had in mind for 20 years: a portrait of Don Bosco at the window of his room in Valdocco.<\/p>\n

The history of this portrait goes back to the last century. \u201cIn 1999 I painted a mural large enough for the shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Alcoy (Alicante), where I gave plastic arts lessons,\u201d explains the artist. \u201cFr. Pasqual Lluch, who was then director, told me that the superior of the old province of Valencia, Fr. David Churio, wanted me to paint a Don Bosco when I\u2019d have the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve thought about it a long time, and I decided to represent Don Bosco in his room, looking outside Valdocco through the windows with their picturesque and characteristic green painted shutters,\u201d continues Mr. Pastor. \u201cI decided that they would be made as if they\u2019d never been closed, and being always open made them seem very damaged by the inclement weather.\u201d And here is one of the details that would end up being one of the painting\u2019s most symbolic.<\/p>\n

David Pastor\u2019s work gathers Don Bosco\u2019s pedagogical model in a few, but meaningful details. \u201cI wanted to represent him surrounded by books, which symbolized the intellectual task, education as the foundation of the formation of the Oratory\u2019s youths,\u201d\u00a0 he explains. \u201cThe other tools present refer to manual work and vocational training. I also wanted to talk about those juggler balls he holds in his hand, which refer to entertainment, fun, and games, which are always related to Salesian, social, and integrative work,\u201d says the painter.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Don Bosco\u2019s expression shows a life given by young people: \u201cThat look of Don Bosco was what I wanted to convey, through one of the photographic portraits that are preserved of the Saint. It\u2019s an expert\u2019s gaze, intense for the hard work done and for what there is still to be done; there\u2019s so much strength, despite the years that weigh it down,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

The last creative phase of the work coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic. For this reason, the artist wanted to give it a new meaning. \u201cWhen the moment of confinement due to Covid-19 arrived, that green shutter changed its symbolism; it became a point of hope and confidence in the future, while books, balls, and tools became a model of behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

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