Exhibitions in Sales (2020)

SALÓN ANTONIO WELCOME. FROM 12 DE MAYO TO 14 DE JUNIO

The Bullfighting Center of the Community of Madrid prepares a great exhibition on the figure of José Gómez Ortega "Gallito" on the occasion of the centenary of his death in the bullring of Talavera de la Reina. The exhibition will be inaugurated at the start of San Isidro and will be exhibited throughout the fair distributed between the Antonio Bienvenida Room and the exterior showcases of lines 1, 2 and 10. In parallel, a calendar of cultural events will be developed (conferences, round tables and projections) that will delve into the figure of "Joselito".

The exhibition will feature works of art - some unpublished - about the Sevillian bullfighter that will be signed by prestigious artists such as Diego Ramos, Humberto Parra, Robert Ryan and César Palacios, among others, in addition to new bullfighting painting values ​​that will make a Free interpretation of the figure of "Gallito". Artistic funds from the Bullfighting Center will also be used with works by Roberto Domingo, Manuel Benedito, Ricardo Marín, Eloy Morales or “Jano”.

On the other hand, from the CAT, original or lesser-known photographs of “Joselito” are being selected with which several large-format panels will be designed that will tell life and some personal and professional anecdotes of the right hand, as well as demonstrate what the century XXI still owes the so-called "king of bullfighters." As it happened with the exhibition on the centenary of the birth of "Manolete" (San Isidro 2017) The idea is to focus not only on the Bullfighting of the youngest of the Roosters, but also on his personality and on what Modernity owes him.

Finally, the exhibition will be complemented with personal items, such as the grana and gold vest he wore during his last afternoon in Talavera, a complete terno given for the occasion by the Bullfighting Museum of Valencia, the naturalized head of a Miura from the Museum of Ávila , sketches of the mausoleum of "Gallito" sculpted by Mariano Benlliure, posters, books, press clippings of the time, etc.

This exhibition, produced entirely by the Center for Bullfighting Affairs, will be the “main course” of the cultural program of the next San Isidro 2020.

ANTONIO WELCOME ROOM. COMMUNITY MINI-FAIR

For the mini-fair of the Community of Madrid (May 1, 2 and 3), the Antonio Bienvenida Room will host an exhibition of bullfighting toys by an artisan workshop in Villarreal (Castellón) where its managers create a range of products on a scale that reproduce the bull festival with total realism, from the work in the fields to the fight in the plaza, without forgetting popular celebrations as international as the running of the bulls in Pamplona.

HALL ANTOÑETE. FROM THE 12 TO THE 22 OF MAY 

Joint exhibition of two visual artists with enormous visual strength. On this occasion, Enrique Cruz-Calonge pays tribute to his father, Honorio Cruz, ¨El Torero de Campo de Criptana. "His works are made with mixed media: acrylic, airbrush and collage. Cruz-Calonge has held exhibitions throughout Spain, Frankfurt , Berlin, Costa Rica, Miami, and currently developing his career between Mexico City and Madrid, his style is based on abstract expressionism and symbolism.

For his part, Miguel Caravaca was born in the central neighborhoods of Madrid in the 80s. He was interested from a very young age in painting and drawing, as well as in the urban culture that in those years exuded in his hometown. In this exhibition in Las Ventas, Caravaca proposes the spectator to attend the number one plaza in the world, in order to witness a bullfight through his painting. The artist uses a pictorial language that incorporates different elements sifted by urban art and the influences of cubism, to capture - from a contemporary mechanism where color, line and composition focus all interest - a language of his own endowed with plasticity And beauty.

HALL ANTOÑETE. FROM 23 DE MAYO TO 3 DE JUNIO

The Catalan sculptor Antoni Areny brings this San Isidro to Las Ventas his "Taurus" collection, centered on the figure of the bull, an animal that has taken a leading place in the agricultural and livestock economy, modern language and symbology. In his work, Areny makes a nod to Mediterranean history and the great classical myths.

He shares a room with the multifaceted Murcian artist Pepe Yagües, whose exhibition is entitled "Life is a bull: I charge, therefore I exist." Yagües investigates and shows the reason, the Being of the Bull, as a fundamental face-to-face argument in the culture of Greco-Roman Antiquity, including the component of dance, choreography of life and death, not without eroticism, so present in contemporary bullfighting.

HALL ANTOÑETE. FROM THE 4 TO THE JUNE 14

Mer Fidalgo is a self-taught artist who explores the hyper-realistic sphere through pencil drawing. He focuses his work and effort on getting a vision as realistic as possible of the great figures of bullfighting, trying to make the viewer doubt whether he is facing a work done in pencil or a photograph. 

The first time that the Venezuelan Yvon Gil had the opportunity to contemplate a dress of lights, she was struck by this wonderful and exquisite craftsmanship, such as goldsmith jewelery. Since then, he has also applied hyper-realistic techniques to capture, in detail, the lights and shadows of the bullfighters suits.