Volume II — Number 71
November 2014
Monthly Newsletter
Mark Matthews Bittersweet, but less sweet.
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M. A. Carretero.
As reported on inside pages, last October 15 at the MAVA opened the exhibition "Three Centuries of Sculpture".
This is, say, the sweet taste of the event.
An exhibition of works in bronze, basically, and they are commemorating the first 120 years of existence of the Codina Foundry, a prestigious casting workshop based art works in Madrid.
First, I wonder what makes this exhibition at the Museum of Art Glass Alcorcon?
Municipal Museum of Alcorcon".
But behind a sour sour taste, He forgets that the name of the occasion of this "magna" the museum is the Art Glass exhibition. Alcorcon. ¿Errata produced by a slight oversight? So little respect he deserves our museum that gives you just call one Yes, of course, clear that it is way or another? a unique opportunity to Irrelevant to mention so wise present these wonderful phrase "the scalded cat flees works in the town of to the cold water." Alcorcon, missing more. And irrelevant because they
But there are also sculptures in plaster, resin, But in this place? Why? steel, stone, clay and fiberglass. Elaborating on the issue of disturbing causes, expose a Also, a large group of bronze platelets appear to few words said, as volapié, the Deputy Mayor and have a great value for the Councillor for the Arts in our Foundry is exposed. Municipal Corporation, as Complete the exhibition a well as President of the number of photographs that Spanish Association of reflect different moments in Painters and Sculptors the life of the workshop. during the presentation this Among the firms that have exhibition. He said he will try made the exhibited works to get there in a Museum Nuestra sede: are those of Benlliure (at Sculpture Alcorcón. Castillo Grande de the luxurious catalog figure What are to him the glass S.J. de Valderas Avda. Los Castillos, s/n this illustrious name in sculptures preserved in the lowercase), John 28925 ALCORCÓN. MAVA? A hobby? Christopher (a native, like (MADRID) Something is broken? info@amigosmava.org my father, the beautiful But the background is not village of Ohanes in Alpujarra), Victorio Macho your subconscious despise the glass and you put those Cesar Manrique, Oteiza traps on the road, what is and Auguste Rodin. The important and unfortunate to other 48 artists complete think of replacing the glass the collection. sculptures made by the other, which he did that values.
remind regular readers in the editorial of some of the previous newsletters I denounced the inexplicable assignment by the government team of our present Municipal Corporation to Madrid for most of the top floor of the Museum installation, initially, of a Family Meeting Point and, thanks to the refusal of the professionals in the multidisciplinary team of the new center, he stayed only a Family Counseling. That is because it has managed to make the "clip" that you can go to our dear acogotando Glass Art Museum: it was begun by the top floor and has continued through the basement and ground floor.
Maybe despite all these speculations and disquisitions is reached not jeopardize the existence of Another important indication the precious collection of that increases the sour taste glass sculptures that form of the event is that our the collection of MAVA, but Mayor, in the Presentation "who Forewarned is which includes the forearmed." aforementioned lavish exhibition catalog, uses the term "Castle Valdez