In ancient times, art in the east was talismanic.

A few years ago, just before the turn of the XXth century, about a decade ago, to be more accurate, a well experienced native venezuelan artist was working in Paris on what would be her first series of talismanic art works. 

Since then Mirna Salamanqués has kept integrating eastern knowledge with western fine art techniques as a result of her constant focusing on the essential qualities of the spiritual world. 

Her Mantra Writings (1994) have taken to the mosto conventional and elegant art exhibiting spaces around the world -Paris. San Juan, Miami, Caracas, Puerto Ordaz and Santa Fe to name a few- .

This time her newest pictorial production is been shown in Santa Monica-California, in a warm and highly visited Café & Gallery Space known as the Bolivar Café.

Salamanqués brings monochromatic Monograms and Taoists Symbols to this well tended art Café by his smiling owner José Carvajal and his partner Narine to propitiate a visual encounter that aims to be a mystical kind.

Salamanqués is primarily concerned with the magic power of calligraphy.  The concepts of change, Movement and Energy determine the solemn and dynamic atmosphere emanated from the pieces currently on exhibit at the Bolivar Cafe & Gallery.