Pintura (Gente corriendo) (Painting [People Running])
Juan Genovés
Valencia, Spain, 1930 - Madrid, Spain, 2020
- Date:1975 (June)
- Technique:Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions:125 x 140 cm
- Category:Painting
- Entry date:1988
- Observations:Entry date: 1988 (from the redistribution of the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo [MEAC] collection)
- Register number:AS08098
This work was made the year of Franco’s death and surfaced as a critique of Spain’s political regime at the time, representing a group of people being pursued as they run during an Anti-Franco march. The detail with which Juan Genovés portrays the scene, together with the use of black and white, refers to an image of documentary journalism, bringing us close-up to the fear that reigned in this period and permeated the events the artist attended.
