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The set of cave art of the Mediterranean arch in the Iberian Peninsula is one of the most recognized Levantine contributions to the World Heritage Site, and the idol of La Serreta is identified with Cieza throughout the world.
But cave paintings go beyond borders to universally identify the first humans of our species, Homo sapiens, and our first art.
The fusion between rock and painting is more than a characteristic detail of Palaeolithic art: it is a premeditated gesture that intimately unites nature and plastic creation.
An exhibition at the Siyâsa Museum presents, through works by eleven contemporary artists, a sample of how they have been inspired by the cave paintings of prehistoric shelters and caves in Cieza.
It is an initiative of the Department of Museums that under the title 'Tonnage-Art.
Artistic tribute to the painters of Prehistory in Cieza 'is presented on the occasion of the Day of Rock Art in Europe.Art, creativity and celebration came together this Thursday at the Siyâsa Museum to fill with painting and sculpture the Arab houses rebuilt to scale on the ground floor, whose rooms were decorated with works by Rafael Torres, Antonio Moreno, Mariano Rojas, Paulina Real, Jesús Inglés , Pascual Lucas Motellón, Maximina Espeso (three pieces), Irene O.
Ramírez, Andrés Puig, José Antonio Lucas and Daniel de la Cruz, five of whom belong to the Association of Artists of Cieza.
In an opening ceremony chaired by the Councilors of Museums and Tourism, Conchi Villa and Antonio Moya, the presentation was given by Joaquín Salmerón, director of the Municipal Museum Service, who highlighted the suitability of commemorating the Day of Rock Art in Europe ,in a museum space that guards the archaeological objects found in prehistoric shelters and caves in Cieza.
"We have chosen to do it in a different way with artists from within and outside the Region who have worked on this issue," he explained.During the official opening conditioned by a limited capacity, in which the artists Pascual Lucas Motellón, Mariano Rojas and José Antonio Lucas participated together with representatives of the Association of Artists of Cieza, the Councilor for Museums wanted to highlight the quality of the works exhibited that they reproduce, in his words, "the most iconic images of cave art in Cieza" such as the idol with an ancoriform head and radiated body, found in the natural cavity of La Serreta.
And it is that the shelters and caves documented in the municipal term were used to draw, paint and engrave animals and signs, and to celebrate rites associated with the realization of these images or that needed their presence.
The first artists in history left an enigmatic legacy, but developed with great technical diversity,stylistic and conceptual.
In this sense, the municipal manager took the opportunity to once again influence the value of this type of cultural initiatives to bring heritage to all citizens.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza
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