They say not constitute a group and not have a manifesto. But they all speak of them as “the group of realists”. They are friends and, at the same time familiar: they met in the 50s at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, and since then have not been separated. They were united by friendship and personal ties and several intermarried; they did not join a strategy or a program in mind, as has been specified on several occasions. But shared workshop, they painted together and closely consulted, in addition to adhering to the realistic style.
These seven artists are Antonio López García (1936), or “Antonito”, as they call others to be the most young-; his wife, Maria Moreno (1933); the artist Esperanza Parada (1928); her husband, the sculptor Julio Lopez Hernandez (1930); sculptor and brother of July, Francisco (1932); his wife, the painter Isabel Quintanilla (1938), and finally, Amalia Avia (1930). Stop and Avia died in 2011.
Considered one of the most anticipated shows of the year, “realistic Madrid” in allusion to the place of residence and work of them it corresponds to a tour of sixty years production artists. It brings together 87 works, including oil paintings, sculptures, reliefs and drawings, many of which will be exhibited for the first time. The show lasts from February 9 to May 22.
The retrospective at the Thyssen of the work of Antonio Lopez, in 2011, marked the record of visits at the museum, only surpassed by exposure the famous American realist painter Edward Hopper, also in September 2012. Today, about 25 years after the last time a group exhibition will be held in Madrid, the historical group returns to the scene. The realism continues in the museum with a sample of American realist of the twentieth century, Andrew Wyeth.
“Realism in painting does not now interested in museums of contemporary art. It’s funny, because yes you can interest in other media, such as film or photography But that’s an advantage for us, we are not a museum of contemporary art. we have a free hand to me has always interested me as poetic realism in the Thyssen.. we have dedicated exhibitions to realism in the last 10 years. it will be fantastic to show these artists in Spain, we are thinking in this exhibition since we did sign Antonio Lopez in 2011, “he told” El Mercurio “director art museum and curator, Guillermo Solana.
the challenges style
the realism has a tradition in Spanish art from the XVII century with such renowned artists as Francisco de Zurbaran and Diego Velázquez. “In Spain there is a strong realist tradition not idealizing, very current, valid. This generational group of artists is very connected to that tradition,” said Solana.
This is how the mid-twentieth century, when the art scene was dominated by abstraction, these Spaniards decided to go against the grain. “I think they, they have a natural inclination towards figurative art, wondered why we have to become abstract if we can defend a realism that is current and modern, even abstract art was cool. In Spain there is a current of social realism in the 50s which is represented by ‘El Jarama’ book Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio. These artists speak with great admiration of this work and since then have developed their own style, “adds the director.
in a recent interview with El Mundo, Julio Lopez expanded on the theme: “the criticism has become more emphasis on abstraction in realism Perhaps because abstraction offers more creative possibilities for critical of the limited specific objectives.. realist painting they can not invent. And maybe have not been concerned about deepening our understanding of reality, have been on the surface. I think that this exhibition can be an opportunity to be able to penetrate. “
This group generally paints from life model, which implies a great challenge for the changing characteristic of light throughout the day. So Antonio Lopez has spent years portraying a bathroom or a panoramic view of the city.
Similarities and differences
According to Guillermo Solana ” realism retains an eternal vitality because the audience always loves him (…) If this painting expresses the world and has some unique, than a mere photographic tracing and has an aura and suggests stories, as in the paintings of Hopper and Antonio Lopez, then that seems to be what most people are looking for in art. realism has a timeless force. “
-The artists group are characterized by having a path together. Could we say that it’s been limited to develop a more personal style?
“They have similarities, there are drawings that can be confusing. But there are also differences. Antonio Lopez has a perhaps more virtuoso technique, more perfect than others, it is colder. Maybe Isabel Quintanilla is warmer, less silent and more sentimental. “
How synthesize reading proposing with his curatorship?
” each artist will exhibit 10 to 20 works and movement of the exhibition unfolds from the intimate to the public, from the inside out, from the box to the world. it starts with the closest, with the things we can grasp, with everyday objects, continues to address the interior, the bathroom, the bedroom, the spaces of intimacy they have painted almost obsessively Hence went into the garden, into the street and finally to the city “
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