The Intellectuals of my Village - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

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The Intellectuals of my Village

Morquillas, José Ramón

Barakaldo, Bizkaia, 1947

Collage

100 x 300 cm

2001

Early 21st century

02/78

Acquired in 2002

  • Occasionally he casts his eye on his surroundings, in a technically thoroughgoing execution of the sort found in the triptych The Intellectuals of my Village, where he uses collage to compose a work with cuttings from newspapers and magazines. Altogether it recalls a traditional scene like the romerías or religious processions of José Arrue. The title quotes a work by Ramón de Zubiaurre. However, everything is presided by the open irony of art as an element of critical resistance to power. (Silvia García Lusa)

Selected bibliography

  • Adquisiciones 02/07 [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2007. pp. 110-111, n° cat. 46.
  • Guía Artistas Vascos. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2008. pp. 172-173.
  • Gida Euskal Artistak. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Eder Museoa, 2008. pp. 172-173.
  • Guide Basque Artists. Bilbao, Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, 2012. pp. 172-173, n° cat. 95b.
  • 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. pp. 702-703, il.
  • 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.