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  • Anyone who does not know the work of the Bilbaíno artist Ignacio Goitia will be very surprised if he travels through the Rekalde Hall, as the exhibition, which so far has not left any visitor indifferent, is located in that gallery in the centre of Bilbao until 26 January. It can be said that Goitia paints in great detail the most pompous buildings in the world, in large-format paintings, coloring realism. It can also be said that he is fond of painting animals, giraffes, elephants and horses.
Argazkia: Rekalde Aretoa.
Argazkia: Rekalde Aretoa.

14 January 2020

The point is that it combines these elements in the same frame, with total naturalness, appearing as if the impossible scenes were real. In the decorated lounge of a stylish palace, the spectator is believed to be looking at the paintings of a pair of giraffe walls, they are such realistic images. Or in the geometric streets of deserted cities, the English knights, with their dogs, were proud to walk.

Ignacio Goitia travels frequently, the great city likes to meet new environments. He absorbs everything he has seen in his travels and confuses it in scenes that seem absurd. It seeks to break the established order through art, seeking alternatives to symbols, architecture, urban space and power, without giving up the classical and cultured technique.

The figure that chooses is shown in picture, in different but repetitive scenes. There are giraffes in one series, U.S. style policemen in another, aristocratic characters, half-naked men dressed in leather... The latter met them at the Folsom Street Fair meeting held in San Francisco de California, where their naturalness and disinhibition fascinated Goitia. In the paintings you can see the street talking quietly, both in the museum and on the expensive carpet of the palace, perfectly integrated.

In fact, this is a retrospective sample, as the leaders of Rekalde, with the help of Goitia itself, have collected a significant sample of their artistic trajectory since 1988. This is a unique occasion to get to know the curious style of this artist and the amazing details of his paintings, as well as enter for free.


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