Villena City Council paid a heartfelt moment of silence to the municipality. painter and painter With the inauguration of a statue in honor of Pedro Marco. was in Santa Maria Square, He carried out an emotional action that took place on Wednesday afternoon in Rabal Neighborhood, devoid of music, and hosted many of the artist’s neighbors, friends and relatives.
bust work sculptor Joan CastejonDiscovered by the mayor of Villena, Fulgencio Cerdan and the widow of the artist, Eleanor Serrano. The mayor dedicated some heartfelt words to the memory of Pedro Marco: clairvoyanceinside that Castle intellectual in truth from his reasoning, capability to see that us normals see nothing, because in this, Peter was phenomenal”.
The first mayor complained about his absence and stated that he wished everyone to remember him with this statue, “We are here today. Trying not to do without his figure, trying not to be orphaned with his gaze, struggling not to be alone in a world that is more incomprehensible today because there is no figure of Pedro Marco without his reading and translation. And trying to shine a light where the shadows are, one of the corners that he knows best and best describeswe found the bust of our artist and infinitely creative” he concluded.
The incident included intervention. Joseph AyeloReminding the work and commenting on the figure of the artist, the director of the Villena Culture House, Dr. After that, President José Cabanes Hernández spoke. El Rabal Neighborhood Association and made Pedro Marco’s son-in-law on behalf of the family, Carlos Perez.
music Oscar Albuixech He accompanied the guitar throughout the scene, where the author of the statue was unable to attend because he was ill, but left an audio recording describing his work and mentioning Pedro Marco. Currently crowning the Rabal neighborhood, this statue, as the first mayor said, “will always remind of this painter who was always involved in the social and cultural life of Villena. an important corner”.
Born in Villena in 1949, Pedro Marco died in February 2022 at the age of 72. Throughout his long artistic career, he has been characterized by his immense creative capacity, which has led him to exhibit in different parts of the planet and with a large presence in Europe and Latin America.
Marco, among other awards, XXV International Drawing Award ‘Joan Miró’. One of his latest contributions to the city of Villena was the legacy of his work “Ombligos de Patata” in 2020.Made of graphite on Miguel Hernández found today municipal library Named after the poet of Orihuela.
After learning of his death, Fulgencio Cerdán announced that he had lost, too. a friend, a very close person with whom he shares his love for the city. “Peter’s death Loss of the artist who knew how best to express the presence and feeling of the people of Villena in paintings and drawings”, stressed the mayor.
Source: Informacion
