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The International Festival of Cante de las Minas 2015 and has its poster (06/03/2015)

The Regional Assembly of Murcia received yesterday afternoon the presentation of the Poster for this year's International Festival of Cante de las Minas, which has been done by the painter and sculptor FCG, one of the most important figures of Spanish contemporary art .

The work of this artist, engraver, portrait painter and muralist was presented by its author, who received unanimous praise from those present for the enormous uniqueness and tremendous expressive power of the image and will reference and within the stunning flamenco art gallery features works of artists such as churches, Tapies, Chillida, Valdés, Barceló, Canogar, Chirino, Gordillo, Arroyo, Lucas or Gaya, among others.

Our Mayor and Executive Chairman of the Foundation Cante de las Minas, Julio Garcia, expressly wanted to thank the generosity of Gabarron, one of the indisputable references of contemporary art worldwide, who has done his fantastic work altruistically, donating the people of La Union.

In addition, two hundred people attending the event were also treated to a magnificent guitar recital by Carlos Piñana, Bordon Minero 1996, accompanied on percussion by Miguel Angel Orengo, who masterfully performed a varied repertoire of songs from his new album .

It should be noted the considerable assistance of personalities who would not miss the event, among which were not lacking, plus the councilors of the Municipal Corporation, prominent representatives of political, military, police, social, academic, business and cultural life of the whole Region of Murcia.

CHRISTOPHER GABARRÓN

FCG was born in 1945 in Mula (Murcia).

Perhaps his childhood marked by moving to Valladolid, where he acquired his first training trips to France and Italy, or their current work done between Spain and the United States have generated in him, an open-minded dialogue.

Far from aesthetic conventions of isthmuses or vanguards, which in one way or another, has taken any particular time, his work only understands life.

We can say that his vision of art is clearly anthropocentric, the individual, life, coexistence and development of human values, are pillars on which rests not only his art but also his personal convictions.

The mural for the Olympic Games in Barcelona 92 ​​and the mural "Encounter 92" for the Universal Exposition of Seville (1992), the great sculpture project "Atlanta Star" (1996), performing the play "Hope for Peace" ( 1986) as the official poster for the summit or "Capilla del Milenio" (2000-2001), represent an important milestone in his career, while initiating a fruitful creative period, that day still remains marked by collaboration with international organizations such as the IOC or the United Nations.

In recent years he has also maintained its traditional links with other artistic disciplines, as evidenced by the recent creation of dosescenografías, one for the show "New Dawn" flamenco singer Jose Merce and the second for the show's Noche Latina!

of Edwaard Liang for the Washington Ballet, precisely in the same city where the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center has exhibited some of his most recent works.

Critics and historians from the likes of Donald Kuspit, curator and professor at New York University, Kosme of Barañano, Professor of Fine Arts at the University Miguel Hernández, or Julian Zuga, Director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art at Kansas City, have proceeded to careful analysis and studies of his career, collected in the abundant literature appeared in recent years.

It has also highlighted in its suescultura career públicacomo the series: "Las Torres de la Alhambra", "Don Quixote" and "The Silence of Columbus" sculptures that have been enjoyed by the public in emblematic places of the world from the Paseo del Prado of Madrid, Central Park and Broadway in New York and recently China Shanghai Art Museum, through the Volden Park Amsterdam in the international shows ARTZUID, Estoril, Gdansk in Poland or Hasselt and Alden Biesen in Belgium among others.

Eager to revert to society part of what it had given him, he has hosted since 1992 the gradual creation of three foundations in Valladolid, New York and Mula (Murcia), where his main desire is to return to society, through performing arts and cultural activities, creating awareness through the arts.

Exhibitions, a selection:

1964. Gallery Castilla, Valladolid

1970. École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

1972.Galería Macarrón, Madrid

1974 Galleria Fiamma Vigo, Rome

1974. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile

1980. Galeria Rayuela, Madrid

1985. Space and Cube, London

1986. United Nations, New York

1990. Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg

1991. Galerie Bodenschatz, Basel

1991. Art Center Tecla Sala L'Hospitalet, Barcelona

1992. American Sports Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) Daphne, Alabama

1992. Foundation Carlos of Antwerp, Madrid

1999.Musée Olympique, Lausanne

2003. Guggenheim, Bilbao

2005. Museo del Barrio, New York

2006. Chelsea Art Museum, New York

2006. IVAM Valencian Institute of Modern Art, Valencia

2006. Hugieia Art Gallery, Belgium

2006. Bellas Artes, Madrid

2006. Guy Pieters Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence

2006. Palacio Almudí, Murcia

2006. Parliament Gallego

2007. National Museum of Modern Art of Gdansk, Poland

2009.Pase Maritime and historic center, A Coruña

2009. Historical and Garden Center Alameda, Santiago de Compostela

2009. Historical Center Vigo

2009. Mal Maison, Cannes

2011. Centro Niemeyer, Aviles

2012. Bokrijk Open Art Museum, Genk

2012. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC

2013. ARTZUID, Amsterdam

China 2015 Shanghai Art Museum

Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión

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