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Working with visually very simple forms, Irazu habitually uses elements like walls, doors and ceilings that recall houses or rooms, although subjected to transgressions. He looks to diversify materials, using wood, cardboard, vinyl and painting, and gives importance to the finish and the relation between functionality and dysfunctionality, which allows him to redefine present-day sculpture and meditate on its current state. From his earliest works through to Habitat, in which he constructs and deconstructs an effective space, with a certain affinity with specific works by Txomin Badiola, Irazu's career has basically been an exploration of space and the possibility of "inhabiting" it. [Silvia García Lusa]

Selected bibliography

• Pello Irazu : habitat [Cat. exp.]. Pamplona, Galería Lekune, 1997. 27 p., il.
• Adquisiciones 02/07 [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2007. pp. 146-147, n° cat. 64.
• 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. 117b.
• 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. 854-855, 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.