Bilbo MMX - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

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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.