• José Ramón Sánchez, ca. 1974. Ilustración para el libro Soy un pez

  • Fina Rifà, ca. 1977. Ilustración para el libro Notxa

  • Pilarín Bayés, ca. 1973. Ilustración para el libro Cinco médicos para la historia

  • Asun Balzola, ca. 1978. Ilustración para el libro La niña sin nombre

  • Manuel Boix, ca. 1971. Ilustración para el libro El país de las cosas perdidas

  • Miguel Calatayud, ca. 1974. Ilustración para el libro Soy el aire

  • Luis de Horna, 1972. Ilustración para el libro Die verschwundenen Klompen

  • Miguel Ángel Pacheco, ca. 1976. Ilustración para el libro El niño extraño

  • Karin Schubert, ca. 1974. Ilustración para el libro Soy un pájaro

  • Carme Solé Vendrell, 1978. Ilustración para el libro En Benet i el seu roure

  • Ulises Wensell, ca. 1976. Ilustración para el libro El mandarín y los pájaros

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CHANGE OF LIGHTS

SPANISH ILLUSTRATION IN THE 70’S

09 OCT 2015 — 28 FEB 2016

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Felipe Hernández Cava, curator of the exhibition, suggests a tour through the Spanish Illustration in the 70’s as a return to Modern Art.

Cambio de luces (Change Of Lights), reclaim the work of a generation of illustrators that the critic erroneously described in occasions as “remarkable authors of books for children”, when in fact their works implied, in that moment, the arise of a new language, aesthetic and speech strongly influenced by Pop Art, the principal art scene of the decade.

The show displays the works of eleven artists: José Ramón Sánchez, FinaRifá, PilarínBayés, AsunBalzola, Manuel Boix, Miguel Calatayud, Luis de Horna, Miguel Ángel Pacheco, Karin Schubert, CarmeSoléVendrell and Ulises Wensell. They did not gather as a united artist circle, but everyone of them, in their own personal style, were able to stir up the scene of the Spanish illustration into new shapes during the last years of the Francoism and the first years of the transition to democracy. They were also able to show their social and political commitments during this turbulent period raising special aware to the new educational models. Each one of them had a great preparation and technical skills that allowed them, in many occasions, to beat the international benchmarks and reclaim their professional role from the humbleness of feeling artisans of pencil and watercolor.

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