Exhibitions, publications and audiovisual, educational and academic projects make up the comprehensive program of the centenary celebrations of his birth. Eduardo ChillidaAn opportunity to spread the legacy of the Basque artist, whose work can be seen in many Spanish cities and abroad.
“Chillida belongs to everyone. We want to make everyone feel that Chillida belongs to us and enrich everyone in terms of what he does and what he means,” said his grandson Mikel at the presentation event of the program this Wednesday. Miramar Palace in San SebastiánThe event was attended by officials and cultural figures.
By supporting this centenary commemoration, the Eduardo Chillida-Pilar Belzunce Foundation wants to highlight the importance of the creator’s public work. 45 sculptures that turn their spaces into “meeting places”In cities such as Berlin, Helsinki and Washington, or in cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid and Palma de Mallorca.
Some of the cities where the exhibitions are held are Santiago de Chile, San Diego (United States) and Künzelsau (Germany), as well as Avilés (Asturias), Valladolid, Menorca, Bilbao and Vitoria, and of course Chillida and Gipuzkoa, born on January 10, 1924 and born on August 19, 2002. Leku is the “epicenter” of the anniversary of the deceased sculptor.
Located in Hernani, a town very close to San Sebastián, the creator of San Sebastián saved an old farmhouse and the entire outdoor area to display his sculptures, although the museum had already been opened to other artists two years ago. Starting next December 2, he will dive into the “Maeght Universe” with writers like Chillida who work with the historic French dealer.
Works by Braque, Alexander Calder, Giacometti, Pablo Palazuelo, Julio González, Jean Arp, Barbara Hepworth, Tàpies, Miró and Marc Chagall constitute the first group exhibition hosted by Chillida Leku, which can be visited until May 2024.
It is the first of fourteen organizations organized for the centenary, supported by the Eduardo Chillida-Pilar Belzunce Foundation, which includes many public institutions and organizations such as the Ministries of Culture and Finance and the Basque Government.
An exhibition will take place from December 17 of this year to October 27 of next year. Würth Museum in KünzelsauChillida’s pieces will dialogue with pieces by Englishman Anthony Caro.
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Extension Center will accept Chillida’s work from March 2024, more than two decades after the sculptor’s last visit to the Andean country; The San Diego Museum of Art will host a major exhibition of the Basque artist. March – September 2025.
The centenary will be commemorated from December to March at the Avilés House of Culture; Here, seven sculptures and works on paper will be brought together to tour the author’s entire production; From May to November at the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Menorca; and from May to September 2025 at the National Sculpture Museum in Valladolid.
Artium museum in Vitoria, Bellas Artes in Bilbao and Balenciaga Museoa in Getaria are other venues where Chillida’s work will arrive in the coming months. In the capital of Gipuzkoa, the San Telmo Museum, Sala Artegunea and Tabakalera will dedicate examples to the San Sebastian sculptor, “each with its own prism of identity”, said Chillida Leku Development Director Mikel Chillida.
The Hernani museum will also feature an exhibition of Chillida’s sculptures belonging to the Telefónica Collection between 15 May and 13 October 2024.
The family wants to celebrate this centenary “Chillida’s values, sensitivity and contributions to contemporary art history”and all of this will be featured in various publications and in a documentary directed by Arantxa Aguirre.
The aim is also to bring the artist closer to the youngest through initiatives with the comic book “Elmap de Chillida” and the teaching unit “100 years of Eduardo Chillida”.
But the creator of “El Peine del Viento” will be remembered in much more ways, with a specially created montage of dance and music of the Euskadiko Orchestra on the one hand and the Bilbao Choral Society on the other. Kukai company with whom Chillida Leku will celebrate the traditional summer solstice in 2024.
His grandson emphasized that on the day he will be 100 years old, Victoria Eugenia will be the stage for the memory of the sculptor, and that there will be a “mixture of many disciplines” for a “very special day”.
Source: Informacion
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