The ICO Museum Reviews 20th-Century Sculpture and Drawing
The ICO Museum opens a new exhibition to commemorate three decades of activity, inviting visitors to examine the parallel transformation of sculpture and drawing over the last hundred years. 🎨 This proposal, on view from January 21, brings together more than a hundred pieces from the museum's collections and collaborating institutions such as the Reina Sofía Museum.
A Chronological Journey Through Two Disciplines
The exhibition is organized along a temporal and thematic thread, starting with the historical avant-gardes. Here, works by pioneers such as Julio González or Pablo Gargallo are presented, who challenged conventional notions about space and matter. The journey advances toward the second half of the century, revealing how sculpture incorporated new materials and concepts, while drawing established itself as an autonomous language with its own value, surpassing its role as a mere sketch. 🔄
Key Artists in the Selection:- Jorge Oteiza, Eduardo Chillida, and Martín Chirino: Exponents of abstraction and formal research in Spain.
- Susana Solano and Eva Lootz: Creators who prioritized concept and process in their work.
- The selection mixes iconic pieces with lesser-known works, offering a panoramic view of the period.
The exhibition demonstrates that a line can contain a volume and that iron can float with the lightness of a pencil stroke.
Dialogue Between Volume and Line
The central objective is to trace a path that allows understanding how these two artistic media conversed and redefined each other, crossing the established boundaries between disciplines. It is not merely an exhibition of works, but a visual investigation into their joint evolution. 🏛️
Exhibition Features:- Focuses on the richness and variety of proposals that marked the 20th century in Spain.
- Highlights the autonomy gained by drawing as a complete means of expression.
- Shows the incorporation of new materials and conceptual approaches in sculpture.
A Celebration with Historical Perspective
This exhibition serves as the central act of the 30th anniversary of the ICO Museum. More than a simple retrospective, it constitutes a tool to perceive the vitality and constant change in last century's art. For the viewer, it offers an opportunity to discover that drawing is not just preparatory and sculpture is not necessarily static, but both are living languages in continuous conversation. ✨