Arcadio Blasco Art, architecture and memory in the Museum of the University of Alicante
15/03/2017.
[Alicante] Spain 17.01 > 21.05.2017
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
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.
Stained glass of the church of Mater Dei Seminary, Castellón, h. 1965. 23 x 23 m. Architect Luis Cubillo de Arteaga. Image courtesy of Roberto Ruiz. Archive AB, MUA.
Stained glass of the church of Mater Dei Seminary, Castellón, h. 1965. 23 x 23 m. Architect Luis Cubillo de Arteaga. Image courtesy of Roberto Ruiz. Archive AB, MUA.
Stained glass of the church of Mater Dei Seminary, Castellón, h. 1965. 23 x 23 m. Architect Luis Cubillo de Arteaga. Image courtesy of Roberto Ruiz. Archive AB, MUA.
Stained glass of the facade of the Church of the Immaculate, Capuchin Fathers, Granada, h. 1969. 1.30 x 10.80 m. Image courtesy of Mariló Berenguer. Archivo Arcadio Blasco, Museum of the University of Alicante, MUA.
Stained glass and ceramic tiles outside the chapel of the Colegio de Santa Teresa de Jesús, Badajoz, 1969. Image courtesy of Mariló Berenguer. Archive AB, MUA.
Ceramic mural in terracotta (right side) in the Faculty of Sciences of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), 1971. Total measurement: 2.80x12 m. Image courtesy of José Manuel Quesada. Archive Faculty Sciences UAM.
Arcadio Blasco, Rueda de molino, Refractory with cionite and silicon carbide engobes (1986). Exhibition view. Arcadio Blasco Art, architecture and memory in the Museum of the University of Alicante. Photograph © José Juan Barba
"Coliseo", 1954. Drawing. Waxes on paper. 25 x 50 cm. Image courtesy of Arcadio Blasco Collection.
Model of the ceramic mural for the altar of the church of Nª Señora de Belén in Maruanas, Córdoba, h. 1963. Glazed and glazed ceramics. 50 x 120 x 10 cm. Image courtesy of MUA / Bernabé Gómez Collection. Archive AB, MUA.
Sketch for stained glass in the church of Jesus of Nazareth, Madrid, s / f. Chinese ink and markers on paperboard, 12x51 cm. Image courtesy of Arcadio Blasco Collection.
Stained glass of the Church of San Saturnino, Madrid, 1970. Architect Luis Cubillo de Arteaga. Image courtesy of Roberto Ruiz, Archivo AB, MUA.
Stained glass southwest of the church of San Fernando, Madrid. Project: Arcadio Blasco. Realization: Union of Glass Artists, Arrecubieta, Irún, 1972. Architect Luis Cubillo de Arteaga. Image courtesy of Roberto Ruiz, Archivo AB, MUA.
Stained glass windows in the church of Jesus of Nazareth, Madrid, h. 1973. Architect Luis Cubillo de Arteaga. Image courtesy of Roberto Ruiz. Archive AB, MUA.
"Coliseo", 1957. Enameled ceramics. 40 x 120 cm. Image courtesy of Arcadio Blasco Depot, MUA.
Ceramic mural on the facade of the building of the Hacienda Delegation (AEAT) in Caceres, 1964. Image courtesy of Mariló Berenguer, Archivo AB, MUA.
Detail of the ceramic mural of the facade of the church of Pueblonuevo del Bullaque, Ciudad Real, 1956. Image courtesy of Mariló Berenguer. MUA file.
Stained glass windows of the apse of the church of Nuestra Señora del Tránsito. Directed Village of Canillas, Madrid, h. 1961-62. 9x10.25 m. Architect Luis Cubillo de Arteaga. Image courtesy of Roberto Ruiz, Archivo AB, MUA.
Stained glass of the chapel of the Colegio de Santa Teresa de Jesús, Badajoz, 1969. Image courtesy of Mariló Berenguer, Archivo AB, MUA.
Stained glass of the chapel of the Colegio de Santa Teresa de Jesús, Badajoz, 1969. Image courtesy of Mariló Berenguer, Archivo AB, MUA.
Ceramic mural in a housing building in Calle María Auxiliadora, 5, Madrid. 1962. Enamels and oxides, approx. 300x250 cm. Image courtesy of Roberto Ruiz. Archive AB, MUA.
Arcadio Blasco in the workshop (h. 1963). Image courtesy of Agustín Rico. Archive AB, MUA.
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.
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.
More information
Title of the exhibition
ARCADI BLASCO. ART, ARQUITECTURA I MEMÒRIA (1954-1974)
Artist
Arcadio Blasco Pastor (1928-2013)
Organization, production and edition
Museum of the University of Alicante (MUA)
Location
El Cub del MUA Room. Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante.
Dates
From January 17 to May 21, 2017
Curator
José Piqueras Moreno
Texts in the catalog
José Piqueras Moreno, Miguel Centellas Soler, Moisés Bazán de Huerta, Jesús García Herrero.
Collaborators
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.
