Menhirs. Elena Asins

Menhires, a work by Elena Asins, was donated by the artist to the Museum in 2015. The piece, consisting of 40 lacquered wooden menhirs, is the result of the artist's reflection on emptiness.

OPENING APRIL 18, 8:00 PM

MASTERCLASS APRIL 20, 12 PM

Elena Asins reflects on time, on the past transferred to the present in a sculptural exhibition centered on the figure of the menhir. Menhires is a sculptural work composed of 40 lacquered wooden menhirs, measuring 24x24x24, dating from 1995. Asins explained at the time that "this cut follows an imaginary grid in which an extraction is made for the void that covers four parts of a surface and half of the surface behind it." The artist donated this work to the Museum in 2015, and it has been part of the collection ever since.

ELENA ASINS

Elena Asins (Madrid, 1940 – Navarre, 2015) was a visual artist, writer, lecturer, and art critic. She based her visual language on systematic computer calculations. She was one of the first Spanish artists to use technology as an ally of art. Asins has exhibited in museums and private and public collections, including the Reina Sofía National Art Museum, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art, and the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, among others. In 2006, she received the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts from the Spanish Government, and in 2011, she received the National Prize for Visual Arts.