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Antonio Antonio López López A genius at the Thyssen

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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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