He ʻāpana ʻo ia o ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Madrid hou, me nā helu e like me Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Luis Gordillo, Alfonso Albacete, Carlos Alcolea ..., ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ʻaʻole i hānau ʻia ma ke kapikala. Ua noho ʻo Manolo Quejido (Seville, 1946) i 14 mau makahiki ma Madrid. “Aia wau i waena o nā hoa hana, nā hoahana, a ua lawa kēlā. He kahua hauʻoli a hoihoi loa ia, ”i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. Ua kūpono anei ka moʻolelo i kēlā hui o nā mea pena? No ka mea, ua poina iki na mea pena Paniolo o na makahiki 70. "E hiki mai ana kēlā mau mea," wahi āna i haʻalele ai. Loaʻa iā ia ma mua o 5 mau makahiki o ka hana ma hope ona, ma waena o ka pop a me ka expressionism.
'Me ka ʻai ʻole', na Manolo Quejido (Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art, Seville) Ernesto Agudo
Hoʻolaʻa ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Reina Sofia iā ia a hiki i Mei 16, 2023, 'Ka mamao me ke ana ʻole'. Hoʻohui ia i hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki o nā kiʻi pena e hoʻolōʻihi i kāna ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa. Mai ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, mai ke poʻo a ka wāwae, ʻokoʻa ka mea pena me nā kiʻi pena like ʻole e kau ana ma ka hale aliʻi. ʻAʻole nā mea a pau. Ma waena o lākou, hoʻokahi mai 2014, ʻaʻohe kala. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo 'End', akā ʻike ʻia ka huaʻōlelo i hoʻohuli ʻia. Aia kahi palapala ma lalo o ke kāwele: "Ma ka pena ʻana e hoʻopau iā ia, he hopena pau ʻole ka pena." "He hōʻike hoʻomanaʻo poina ia iaʻu, no ka mea me ia e pani ai i ka pōʻai holoʻokoʻa o kaʻu hana. He uku ko lakou. Hāʻule ka pākū. E hoʻomaka hou nā mea a pau. " A haʻi ʻo ia i kahi haʻi pilikino: "No nā makahiki he ʻumi ʻaʻole wau i makemake a ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻike i kaʻu hana i kekahi. Noʻu he mea hiki ʻole ke wehewehe. ʻAʻole hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia kaʻu hana aʻe. No ka manawa mua wau e pena nei me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo o kaʻu e hana nei.
He kanaka ʻōpio, ma mua o ka 'The painting', 2002 (Private collection) Ernesto Agudo
He mea kupanaha no keia ma hope o ka loihi a me ka hana nui. No ka palekana anei? "ʻO kekahi. Ka palekana, mau. ʻAʻohe ou mea. ʻO ke kaʻina hana o ka pena ʻana he mea pepehi kanaka. ʻO ka pena kiʻi pepehi i ka mea pena, hoʻolilo iā ia i hoʻokahi o nā mea a pau. Pela no ke kakau ana. ʻO kēia kekahi mea pena, ma ke ʻano he heteronym, ʻo Nadir kona inoa. He ʻāpana o kahi kiʻi pena aʻu i hana ai: 'Aperitif at the Eden bar'. ʻO wau ʻo Nadir a ʻo ia kaʻu mau mele ". He mea apocalyptic kāna mau ʻōlelo, me he mea lā e ʻōlelo maikaʻi ana ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana. A ʻo Manolo Quejido: "Ma kekahi ʻano ke haʻi aku nei au iā ia, aneane e hauʻoli wau."
'Me nā hua'ōlelo', na Manolo Quejido, 1977 (Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid) Ernesto Agudo
He mea paʻakikī ke koho ʻana i hoʻokahi haneli mau hana, ʻoiai ʻo Manolo Quejido he mea pena paʻa ʻole a ua hoʻopuka i nā hana he nui, e like me ka mea nāna e mālama, "e like me ka māla melons." "He koʻikoʻi loa kāna hana, me ke kūpaʻa nui," aʻo ʻo Manuel Borja-Villel, ka luna o ka Reina Sofía. He ʻoluʻolu a paʻa ʻo ia. ʻAʻole hoʻokahi, akā nui ʻo Manolo Quejido. Hōʻike ʻia kona mau manaʻo a me kona mau manaʻo ma ka hōʻikeʻike, kahi e kau ai nā moʻo a me nā hui o nā hana nui. ʻO Velázquez ("ka mea pena kiʻi manaʻo nui o nā kiʻi Spanish", e like me Borja-Villel) aia i loko o kāna ʻoihana. Hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma nā kiʻi pena e like me 'Partida de damas' a noʻonoʻo iā ia ma 'VerazQes', mai 'La fragua de Vulcano', 'Las hilanderas' a me 'Las meninas'. ʻO Velázquez Cubed: Nā kiʻi pena ma Velázquez ma ka Palacio de Velázquez, ma kahi hōʻikeʻike i mālama ʻia e Beatriz Velázquez. ʻO ka mea wale nō i nalowale ʻo ka lā ʻapōpō hāʻawi lākou i ka makana Velázquez. Akā ʻaʻole makemake wale ʻo ia i ka Sevillian maestro. Ma '30 mau kukui', hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i ka History of Art: Piero della Francesca, Ingres, Goya, Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse, Warhol, Bacon...
Mai nā kiʻi nani o ka 80s a hiki i ke kū'ē i ka hui consumer o ka 90s: huahana lepili, supermarket kaumaha, newsprint ... I loko o kāna monumental hana 'Aʻole pau' (1997-1999) evokes excess hoʻohana . He kiʻi kiʻi kāna e pili ana i ka pena, akā me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopili ʻana iā ia iho. Hoʻonoho ia i ka mea pena, ka pena a me ka hana o ka pena i ka pae like. Ua hoʻokokoke ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka pena kiʻi a nānā pono i nā mea hiki ke pena. He pena pena a me ka pena pena. Makemake ʻo ia i ka pilina ma waena o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka pena. Eia kekahi, makemakika (Möbius), philosophy (Nietzsche, Heidegger, Lacan, Bataille), poetry... ʻAʻohe mea malihini iā ia. ʻAʻole pau kona ʻimi.