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No. 1 Folding Series
Roscubas, Vicente
Palma, 19/03/1953
Acrylic and ink on paper
80 x 70.1 cm
1980
Last quarter of the 20th century
83/3
Acquired in 1983
In No. 1 Folding Series, Vicente calls into question the paradoxical effect of information. He sticks images taken from the media and advertising on a 10 metre-long polyester strip. Then he folds the band, until it measures just 80 centimetres, achieving a plastic structure of harmonious colour planes. In its final state, the structure contains an enormous amount of information that is completely illegible and inaccessible. Once again the lack of communication in today's society is the central feature of the work. [Arantxa Pereda]
Selected bibliography
- Guía Artistas Vascos. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2008. p. 185.
- Gida Euskal Artistak. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Eder Museoa, 2008. p. 185.
- Guide Basque Artists. Bilbao, Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, 2012. p. 185.
- 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. 706, 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. pp. 186, 331, 343, il.