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The painting cries out to you a thousand and one times. It says: “don’t touch me with despondency, don’t touch me with brusqueness. I demand that you be delicate with me”. I haven’t worked with a strict routine, because maybe one day you are more agitated or you come to work more upset. There are days when you have the hands to paint and days when you don’t. There are days when you simply have to go, because it’s impossible and nothing comes off. One day you may feel more sure of yourself and, another, more unsure. This can even occur when you’re working on the same painting. Which means, in my opinion, you can’t be tied to a strict routine.
She works as a restorer at the Museo del Prado, participating in major projects such as the restoration of Las meninas in 1984, directed by John Brealey (from the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and the restoration of the Adam and Eve panels by Dürer.
Interview recorded on November 29, 2017
