The Museum of the University of Alicante has been responsible for collecting in this exhibition a part of the work of Arcadio Blasco, an artist of architects with a production that allowed him the transfer of his work from his mural and craft work to the one destined to a gallery of art.

The sample presented at the Museum of the University of Alicante has been structured into four sections. First, an introductory tour through an interesting and heterogeneous set of churches, from Tangier to Badajoz. Secondly, perhaps the nucleus with the greatest surprises, because in many cases they are unpublished works, it shows the intense collaboration of Arcadio with the National Institute of Colonization (INC). A third section corresponds to the fruitful relationship between Blasco and Luis Cubillo, embodied in several churches in Madrid, such as Nª Sª del Tránsito and San Fernando. Finally, there is a space dedicated to its participation in projects destined to civil works.

This exhibition presents the artistic work that a young Arcadio Blasco (1928-2013) integrated in numerous temples and civil buildings in collaboration with several architects during this period. That is, an Arcadio before Arcadio as author of stained glass wondows, mosaics and ceramic murals, which are shown here in dozens of panels with photographs, in addition to numerous models and preparatory drawings.

An artist of architects with a production that allowed the transfer of discoveries from his mural and craft work to the one destined to an art gallery. And the other way around. At the end of the eighties, Arcadio began a return trip to these works, especially the modest churches of the INC, photographing some of them and leaving gradually their ideological reticences by the nature of the commissions of a religious art in the context of National Catholicism.
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Title of the exhibition
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ARCADI BLASCO. ART, ARQUITECTURA I MEMÒRIA (1954-1974)
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Artist
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Arcadio Blasco Pastor (1928-2013)

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Organization, production and edition
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Museum of the University of Alicante (MUA)
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Location
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El Cub del MUA Room. Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante.
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Dates
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From January 17 to May 21, 2017
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Curator
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José Piqueras Moreno
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Texts in the catalog
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José Piqueras Moreno, Miguel Centellas Soler, Moisés Bazán de Huerta, Jesús García Herrero.
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MUA technical team: Sofía Martín, Bernabé Gómez, David Alpañez, Remedios Navarro, Stefano Beltrán.
Audiovisual: Mariló Berenguer (Image Workshop of the UA).
Special collaboration: Sara Blasco and Luis Cubillo.
Collaborating institutions: Mutxamel City Council. Alicantino Institute of Culture Juan Gil-Albert (IACJGA). Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante (MACA). Territorial College of Architects of Alicante (CTAA). Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM).
Collections: Museum of the University of Alicante. Arcadio Blasco Collection. Luis Cubillo de Arteaga Collection. Legacy Cubillo (COAM). MUA deposit. Private collections.
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