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In the early '90s Irazu changed his conception of the parts and the whole. He concentrated then on the relations occurring in the interior of the artwork. Direct action without prior schemas or sketches became more important, and he made his sculptures to achieve alternatives in the way they presented themselves, redesigning and amplifying the dialogues between the work and the spectator. To the Sleeping Part analyses the concept of structure and construction by means of six modules of different-coloured wood, resting on top of one another on the wall. Irazu insists on visual pleasure by introducing colour in his works, almost always using primary colours like red, blue and yellow that hark back to the tradition of the Russian Constructivist avant-garde. [Silvia García Lusa]

Selected bibliography

• Adquisiciones 02/07 [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2007. pp. 144-145, n° cat. 63.
• Guía Artistas Vascos. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2008. pp. 202-203.
• Gida Euskal Artistak. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Eder Museoa, 2008. pp. 202-203.
• Guide Basque Artists. Bilbao, Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, 2012. pp. 202-203, n° cat. 117a.
• Viar, Javier. Historia del arte vasco : de la Guerra Civil a nuestros días, 1936-2016. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2017. p. 852, il.
• Bilboko Museoaren alfabetoa = El alfabeto del Museo de Bilbao = The alphabet of the Bilbao Museum = L'alphabet du Musée de Bilbao [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2018. pp. 272-273, 277-278, 281, n° cat. 155.
• Después del 68 : arte y prácticas artísticas en el País Vasco, 1968-2018 [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2018. p. 433.