Boom, 1976
Manolo Quejido was a member of Madrid’s New Figuration, a group of artists who, between 1975 and 1980, devoted themselves to painting outside the dominant aesthetic and cultural conventions prevalent at the end of the dictatorship. With a language between Pop and Neo-Expressionism, their works successfully reflected the complex moment of Spain’s political transition.
Combining words, phrases, numbers and symbols with images, Quejido’s paintings are characterised by a figuration and colour close to those of comics, and by the use of a carefree brushstroke that sought to escape the transcendence of Informalist and matter painting that had dominated Spanish art in the preceding decades.
Technical details
- Original title:
- Boom
- Registration number:
- 2816
- Artist:
- Quejido, Manolo
- Date created:
- 1976
- Date acquired:
- 2006
- Fonds:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
- Object type:
- Painting
- Media:
- Acrylic on cardboard
- Dimensions:
- 100.3 x 71.9 cm (height x width)
- Credits:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation. Work purchased thanks to Fundación Catalana Occidente
- Copyright:
- © Manolo Quejido, VEGAP, Barcelona
- It has accessibility resources:
- No
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