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Antonio LópezAntonio LópezA genius at the Thyssen
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One of the most important exhibition of the year, the Antonio López´s exhibition, took place in Madrid last summer.
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Initially he learnt to paint with his uncle, who was also a painter
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Between the realism and the
surrealism: 1953-1965
Carmencita playing
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Atocha, 1964
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Hiperrealism: from Hiperrealism: from 19651965
• Intimate spaces of the house• The city of Madrid
• The trees• The human figure
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Refrigerator, 1968
New refrigerator, 1991-1994
Intimate spaces of the houseIntimate spaces of the house
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He identifies the temporality and the deterioration of the material
Sink and mirror, 1967 Toilet and window, 1968-1971
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Woman in the bathroom, 1968
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The city is the most repeated theme at differents stages of his career.
The city of MadridThe city of Madrid
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The artist looks at the city while others are sleeping.
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The artist depends on the natural light and its variations. He has to work a certain time each day, for a few weeks a year.
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Lucio´s terrace, 1962-1990
He says that: “A work is never finished, it only reaches the limit of the own posibilities”. And “Art doesn´t need explanation, just the sensitivity of the viewer”
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The treesThe trees
1961, Quince, 1962
The tree is the other side and the antidote to the city
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The human The human
figurefigure
Sculpture has become so important to him as painting, sometimes maybe more, specially the human figure.
María asleep, 1964 Andrés running, 2004
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His most recent work is called “Day and night”, and shows the face of one of his granddaughters.
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Night, 2008 Day, 2008
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Man lying, 2011Female figure (Eve), 2010
The latest works…
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