Iye chikamu cheicho chinonzi chitsva cheMadrid figuration, pamwe nenhamba dzakadai saGuillermo Pérez Villalta, Luis Gordillo, Alfonso Albacete, Carlos Alcolea ..., vazhinji vavo vasina kuberekwa muguta guru. Manolo Quejido (Seville, 1946) akapedza makore gumi nemana muMadrid. “Ndaiva pakati pevandaishanda navo, vandaishanda navo, uye zvakanga zvakakwana. Yakanga iri nhanho inofadza uye inofadza zvikuru”, akadaro. Nhau yakave yakarurama here kuboka iroro revanyori? Nekuti vapendi veSpanish ve14s vakambokanganwa. “Zvinhu izvozvo zvinoitika,” anodaro akasiya basa. Ane anopfuura makumi mashanu emakore ebasa kumashure kwake, pakati pepop uye kutaura.
'Pasina kudya', naManolo Quejido (Andalusian Center yeContemporary Art, Seville) Ernesto Agudo
Iyo Reina Sofía Museum inotsaurira retrospective kwaari kusvika Chivabvu 16, 2023, 'Kureba pasina chiyero'. Inounza pamwe chete zana remakore emifananidzo iyo inotora basa rake rose. Kubva pane nhema dzakasimba, kubva kumusoro kusvika kutsoka, nyanzvi inosiyanisa nemifananidzo ine mavara mazhinji inorembera mumuzinda. Kwete zvose. Pakati pavo, imwe kubva muna 2014, isina ruvara. Iro rakanzi 'Kupera', asi izwi rinoratidzika rakadzoserwa shure. Pane chinyorwa chiri pasi pejira: "Nekupenda kuisa kuguma kwaro, mufananidzo une magumo asingagumi." “Chiratidziro chisingakanganwike kwandiri, nekuti nacho chinovhara kutenderera kwese kwebasa rangu. Vane faindi. Chidzitiro chinodonha. Zvese zvava kuda kutanga zvakare." Uye anorondedzera kureurura kwapedyo: “Kwamakore gumi handina kuda kana kuti kukwanisa kuratidza basa rangu kumunhu upi noupi. Kwandiri hazvitsananguriki. Basa rangu rinotevera harifungidzike. Kekutanga ndiri kupenda ndisina kana pfungwa yezvandiri kuita”.
Murume wechidiki, pamberi pe "Pendi", 2002 (Private collection) Ernesto Agudo
Zvinoshamisa kuti izvi ndizvo zvakaitika mushure mekushanda kwenguva refu uye yakawanda. Imhaka yekusachengeteka here? "Kana. Kusachengeteka, nguva dzose. Iwe hauna chaunacho. Nzira yekupenda neimwe nzira kuzviuraya. Kupenda kunouraya mupendi, kunomuita mumwe wavose. Zvimwe chetezvo zvekunyora. Uyu mumwe muvendi, sezita rezita, zita rake ndiNadir [nzvimbo yedenga redenga rakapesana ne zenith]. Chikamu chemufananidzo wandakaita: 'Aperitif paEdheni bar'. Ini ndatova Nadir uye ndiwo mafungiro angu. " Mashoko ake ane chimwe chinhu cheapocalyptic, kuita sekunge ari kutaura zvakanaka kubasa rake. Uye Manolo Quejido: "Neimwe nzira ini ndinoonekana naye, zvinenge zvichiita kuti ndinzwe kufara."
'Pasina mazwi', naManolo Quejido, 1977 (Museum yeContemporary Art yeMadrid) Ernesto Agudo
Zvave zvakaoma kusarudza zana zana, sezvo Manolo Quejido ari muvezi asinganeti uye akabudisa basa rakawanda, iro, maererano nemuchengeti, "semunda wemavise." “Basa rake rakakomba zvikuru, netsinhirano huru,” anopa zano kudaro Manuel Borja-Villel, mutungamiriri weReina Sofía. Ane hunyoro uye ane hutsinye. Iko hakuna imwe, asi akawanda Manolo Quejido. Mafungiro ake uye zvishuwo zvinoratidzwa muchiratidziro, apo nhevedzano nemapoka emabasa makuru-mafomati anorembera. Velázquez ("anonyanya kufungidzira painter weSpanish art", maererano naBorja-Villel) aripo muhupenyu hwake hwese. Anoonekwa mumifananidzo yakaita se'Partida de damas' uye anomuratidza mu'VerazQes', kubva 'La fragua de Vulcano', 'Las hilanderas' uye 'Las meninas'. Velázquez Cubed: Paintings paVelázquez paPalacio de Velázquez, muchiratidziro chakarongedzwa naBeatriz Velázquez. Chinongoshaika ndechekuti mangwana vanopa mubairo weVelázquez. Asi haasi kungofarira Sevillian maestro. Mu '30 mwenje bulbs', anobhadhara mutero kuNhoroondo yeArt: Piero della Francesca, Ingres, Goya, Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse, Warhol, Bacon ...
Kubva pamifananidzo inopenya ye80s kusvika pakupikisa kumagariro evatengi ve90s: zvinyorwa zvechigadzirwa, masupamaketi anopa, newsprint ... Mumabasa ake makuru 'Unconsumed' (1997-1999) anomutsa kushandiswa kwakanyanya . Yake mufananidzo unotaura nezvekupenda, asi pasina kuzvitora. Inoisa mupendi, mufananidzo uye chiito chekupenda pachiyero chimwe chete. Akaswedera pachiitiko chaicho chekupenda uye akaongorora zvine hungwaru zvingaita zvepurasitiki zvekupenda. Kune pendi yependi uye pendi yakapendwa. Anofarira hukama pakati pekufunga nekupenda. Uyewo, masvomhu (Möbius), uzivi (Nietzsche, Heidegger, Lacan, Bataille), nhetembo ... Hapana chinhu chisingazivikanwi kwaari. Kuda kuziva kwake hakuperi.
