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Valencian Artists from the 60s Gather at MuBAV to Discuss 'Modern Times'

The round table featured Rafael Armengol, Javier Calvo, José María Yturralde, and Aurora Valero, key figures in plastic arts renewal.

Generic image of a microphone on a podium in a museum hall, representing a cultural round table.
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Generic image of a microphone on a podium in a museum hall, representing a cultural round table.

The Museum of Fine Arts of València (MuBAV) has organized a round table as part of the 'Modern Times' exhibition, bringing together artists who were key figures in the Valencian plastic arts renewal during the 1960s.

The session included the participation of prominent artists such as Rafael Armengol (Benimodo, 1940), Javier Calvo (València, 1941), José María Yturralde (Cuenca, 1942), and Aurora Valero (Alboraia, 1940). Additionally, Amparo Iranzo, daughter of Anzo (1931-2006), and Francisco Sebastián Nicolau, son of Francisco Sebastián (1920-2013), also joined, as reported by the Generalitat.
The director of the MuBAV, Pablo González Tornel, and the president of LaVAC Association of Contemporary Art Galleries of the Valencian Community, Reyes Martínez, moderated the discussion. They reviewed with the protagonists one of the most brilliant moments in the recent history of art in the region.
The participants discussed the challenges of creating art during the Franco regime, the transformation of the Valencian cultural landscape in the 1960s, and the hopeful opening that followed with the beginning of democracy in Spain. From Armengol's pop culture to Valero's material expressionism or Yturralde's radical geometrism, each artist represents the diverse possibilities that plastic arts have offered in recent decades.
This colloquium was held within the framework of the exhibition 'Modern Times. The contemporary collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of València', which aims to bring the public closer to the most personal contents of this public collection. The exhibition, which can be visited until May 31, brings together 48 works by 32 artists from the 1940s to the 1970s.
The exhibition is divided into three sections: New Figuration, Post-war Abstraction, and Landscape and Still Life. It includes works recently acquired by the Generalitat, such as 'Retrato de hombre' by Rafael Solbes, 'Naturaleza muerta' by Juana Francés, or 'Cabeza demente' by Darío Villalba.

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