INTERNATIONAL ART COMPETITION
OF THE EXTREMADURA

Prize-winning paintings of Salón de Otoño de Pintura de Plasencia
trough June 20th, 2008

On June 6th, 2008 the president of the Caja de Extremadura, Jesús Medina, did open the exhibition of the winners 1979 - 2006 of the international art contest for painting of the Caja de Extemadura in presence of his Excellency, the ambassador of Spain Gabriel Busquets Aparicio and several guest from the Iberian peninsula and from Germany. Of great importance was the candidacy of the Spanish city Cáceres as cultural capital city of Europe 2016.

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The works of this exhibition shown in Art Center Berlin, are among the inventory of Caja de Ahorros de Extremadura. Over the last 25 years this collection of art was built with prize-winning paintings of Saloacute;n de Otoño de Pintura de Plasencia (autumnal salon of painting in Plasencia). It is an attempt to show this regenerative movement in contemporary Spanish painting of this period of time; a cultural obligation to open to the public the current reality of present Spanish painting. Possibly a cause for wider consideration and analysis. This exhibition gives an important insight in present painting's development of our country, beyond doubt of apparent interest not only for experts but for a wide audience.


With our efforts for the collection Caja de Extremadura already exhibited in Lisbon, Rome, Madrid and Seville- we want to emphasize the importance of the competition of art Salón de Otoño. Among other things it is standing out due to Spain's most diversified financial awards. By now Salón de Otoño has certainly secured itself a prestigious position in the cultural scene. Of particular importance is the award's range. First covering just Iberian Peninsula, that is Spain and Portugal, it will be open for all European artists from this year on. The strong roots and the modernization of our painting, our young creative's progress and their impact on today's aesthetic taste becomes manifest in the collection here at Berlin.


This unique exhibition of prize-winning acts from Salón de Otoño de Pintura de Plasencia is an inspiring informative way of getting to know contemporary Spanish art. In accordance with today's mission of art, these awarded artists exhibit by their acts plurality of styles and designs, miscellaneous vibrations in terms of colour and highly diversified harmonies in each painting's composition.

Sincere thanks to Instituto Cervantes and Extremaduran government, who made this exhibition possible by their generous co-operation.


Jesús Medina Ocaña

Chief executive officer of Caja de Extremadura



The Artists:


DANIEL MERINO

(Madrid, 1941)


VEGA OSSORIO

(Mérida, Badajoz, 1945)


JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ DE MOLINA

(Badajoz, 1956)


JORGE LUDUEÑA

(Buenos Aires, 1927-1997)


HILARIO BRAVO

(Cáceres, 1955)


NÚÑEZ ARIAS

(Castropol, Asturias, 1949)


JOSÉ SÁNCHEZ CARRALERO

(Cacabelos, León, 1942)


PEDRO PROENÇA

(Lubango, Angola, 1962)


SALVADOR MONTÓ

(Valencia, 1964)


JOSÉ DE GUIMARÃES

(Guimarães, 1939)


JESÚS ALONSO

(Bilbao, 1958)


JOSÉ MANUEL CIRIA

(Manchester, 1960)


MANUEL VILCHES

(Badajoz, 1963)


ANTÓN PATIÑO

(Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, 1957)


FERNANDO MAZA

(Buenos Aires, 1936)


PEDRO GAMONAL

(Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres, 1960)


JUAN GIRALT

(Madrid, 1940-2007)


MIGUEL GALANO

(Tapia de Casariego, Asturien, 1956)


JULIÁN GIL

(Logroño, 1939)


ALBERTO REGUERA

(Segovia, 1961)


PEDRO OSAKAR

(Pamplona, 1965)