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Eugenio Ampudia - Shelter
Artist Biography: Eugenio Ampudia is a Spanish contemporary artist born in Valladolid in 1958. He studied Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country and later at the Academy of Spain in Rome. He is known for his work that questions the boundaries of art and life, using a variety of mediums, from installation to performance to video art. Ampudia has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Spain and around the world, including the Venice Biennale, the São Paulo Biennale and the Documenta in Kassel. He has also been awarded several prizes, including the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Spain.Overall, Eugenio Ampudia's work challenges the conventional perception of art and reality, opening up new possibilities for interaction and critical reflection. His work has been recognized by critics and audiences around the world, and has left a significant mark on Spanish and international contemporary art.
In this edition of ARCO, Eugenio Ampudia presents Refugio, a project that recreates a standard temporary construction model in refugee camps using the emblematic painting Guernica (1937) by Pablo Picasso. Guernica, which depicts a bombing of the population during the Spanish Civil War, became from the beginning a symbol of denunciation of the horrors of war. For the realization of this project, the starting point was a print of Guernica in its real size (3.49 m. x 7.77 m) which was then divided into nine sections: two to make the roof, four for the walls, another two for the door on both sides and one more to make a step. The dimensions of the shelter are 271 cm high, 250 cm long and 155 cm wide, although the roof with its eaves adds 15 cm on each side. Thus, the painting itself becomes a shelter. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Picasso's death and we are immersed in a war in Europe. The possibility of building a shelter from a piece of art that evidences the emergency situation in which we find ourselves makes us reflect on the role of art and the fragility of our existence.
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