Spanish painter and graphic artist who was part of the New Figuration movement in Madrid at the end of the 1970s. He moved to live in Madrid in 1964, when he began painting. Here he joined the group of artists who exhibited at the Buades gallery in Madrid. Over the next ten years he experimented with the avant-garde languages of the time. His early work is also closely linked to the political commitment of the Spanish artistic context of the 1970s.
His work was born from the need to reflect on the social function of art. In his first period we can highlight a clear influence from the artistic group Equipo 57, but later he was situated between Pop Art and neo-expressionist painting. His work is characterised by bright colours, full of festive joy and vibrant brushstrokes. In Quejido we find a reaction to the darker character of informalism. He shows an ironic and provocative attitude in his works.
The Suñol Soler Collection keeps 2 paintings by the artist in its reserve: El beso (1980) and El pozo (1980). The latter was loaned by the Suñol Foundation to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) for the 2022-2023 exhibition ‘Distance without Measure’, which pays tribute to the artist’s career. His work was also shown in group exhibitions by the foundation: ‘Coloquios’ and ‘Los esquizos de Madrid: Figuración madrileña de los ‘70’ (in collaboration with the MNCARS) in 2009 and ‘5è Anniversari. 27 obres, 18 autors’ (2011-2012).
List of artworks
El beso , 1980
El pozo , 1980
El beso , 1980
El pozo , 1980
Documents and Memory
Act 24: Josep Suñol Collection's archive
Get a better understanding of the reality of culture in the private sphere but with a public ethos.
5th Anniversary
Josep Suñol's Collection
A fresh insight into his collection that can help us understand the function of art in society.
Los esquizos de Madrid
Selection of art that deals with the complex cultural and social environment in Madrid at the end of Franco's rule and the first years of the democracy.
Dialogues
First part
An idea that ran right through the 20th century: confrontation implies both affinities and discrepancies with initially similar subjects.
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Manolo Quejido. Distancia sin medida [Distance without measure]
2022
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid
The Schizos of Madrid. Madrid's Figurative Movement in the 1970s
2009
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid / Fundació Suñol, Barcelona
Les Escales
In 1976 Josep Suñol moved his residence to Les Escales, an address specially designed to house his growing collection of works of art.
Dialogue
Helena Tatay and Valentín Roma
Helena Tatay and Valentín Roma offer us a guided tour of the exhibition Act 24: Documents and Memory. Josep Suñol Collection's Archive.
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