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Bilbo MMX
Lazkano, Jesus Mari
Bergara, Gipuzkoa, 10/01/19600
Acrylic on canvas
125 x 720 cm
LAZKANO (bottom right hand corner)
2010
First decade of the 21st century
DEP2843
Deposited by the City Council of Bilbao in 2011
Jesus Mari Lazkano originally painted Bilbo MMX, a huge work measuring 125 x 720 cm, for the exhibition area devoted to Bilbao at the Shanghai Expo (May/October, 2010).
It will be on permanent display at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Bilbo MMX is a panoramic view featuring the city's main architectural landmarks. As the exhibition "Lazkano. From Architecture to Nature" (2010/10/04-2011/01/16) at the Museum made clear, Lazkano's figuration recreates architectures and landscapes in minute, painstaking detail to achieve a photographic realism. Bilbo MMX is clearly of a piece with the artist's most recent paintings, and is the latest example of his prolific production of murals for public spaces. (Marta García Maruri)
Selected bibliography
- Lazkano : ikusmira [Cat. exp.]. San Sebastián, Kutxa Fundazioa, 2016. pp. 170-171, il.
- 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. 667.
- Lucie-Smith, Edward ; Lazkano, Jesus Mari. Lazkano : de la arquitectura a la naturaleza [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2010. p. 159, il.