Inside and out - Two Faces of Spain Informalism painting (The National Museum of Western Art)

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Exhibition was held as part of the 400 anniversary Japan Spain exchanges. Reina Sofia Spain, Madrid holdings , 14 works of painters of Spain nformalism of four people , was on display at the venue of the permanent exhibition of the National Museum of Western Art .

Of the four people , two men remain active in Spain in Franco regime , the other two went to the United States . Named outside , inside and comes from there .

At the entrance of the venue , the message of the Prince Felipe of Spain , exhibition Become a panel reverently . Next to it immediately , Movies of Antonio Saura , that portrait , imaginary of Philip II are on display .

This work , as parody like , king of the heyday of the Spanish Habsburgs , upper body image of Philip II , are depicted in the style of doodle children . Comparison with the message of the Prince , in the direction that fancy anything , I had good representation , the character of this exhibition .

It would be nice to say that Antonio Saura, the protagonist of this exhibition.

Work called "big crowd", 5 m side, two meters of vertical, had overwhelmed the works of painters of the other three.

Some of the large canvas, in representation of the unique Saura, face of countless people are drawn. Exactly, it's the crowd. The white of the canvas, color, only black and gray. Extra, the black and white, is to produce a non-personality of the large crowd.

Even Franco regime, Saura, remained active mainly in Madrid. Painter of the Lonesome, Antoni Tapies another.

And impressed with "The Book of Tea" of Okakura Tenshin, Tapies, had a deep interest in Japanese culture. I was also carried out and exchange Shuzo Takiguchi, and writers of concrete.

"The big varnish on wood", on top of the canvas made ​​of wood literally, exactly, varnish, are painted to form a Anforumeru also: 3.5 m side, of 2 m length.

Rather than draw something, works to direct attention to the material itself that is drawn, intent of Tapies is clearly shown.

Subsequently, the work of artists of two people outside.

Over the 30's in the United States, Jose Guerrero, was active in the land a long time. Had on display, two works with black cry,, that black land,.

"Black cry", such as animal drawn in black, like a form of mouth, shouting something. Despite its title, such as a picture of a child, an impression that was heartwarming.

"Black Land", this place in terms of the color, brown, orange, white is won, black, are used effectively here and there.

Rather than words in any work , and black , is , as representing the contents of the picture , it seems to represent the image that writers have to work .

Finally, Esteban Vicente . The study in Paris , and interacting with Dufy and colleagues Picasso , and from across the New York , de Kooning , and Mark Rothko , et al , and was active as a painter to lead America abstract principle .

Literally , work called , "in gray and pink" , abstract paintings in gray and pink . The work called "Sagaponakku" , how full of naturally the sea that you have lived is depicted keynote of green and blue .

It is not possible when the previously visited Madrid , too deprived of their time in the Prado Museum , visit the Reina Sofia and since then , it was much regret .

In this exhibition , I feel that I was able to slightly , to reward the regret was . In addition, the painters of the four , the writers , I felt like some sense of intimacy , something fateful .