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The mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sanchez accompanied by the president of the CAM, and the sculptor Ángel Martínez, Juan José Quirós have presented this morning at the territorial headquarters of the bank in Murcia, the sketch made of a new bronze sculpture created to pay tribute to the fifty years of independence the town lumbrerense.
To create this sculpture the city of Puerto Lumbreras has enjoyed the cooperation of the Social Work of the bank Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, thanks to the collaboration of the two entities has been unable to complete a sculpture that will have a dimensions of 2.50 meters on a steel base of 2.40 meters and is located in the rotunda of the Avenida Juan Carlos I, (opposite station) from Friday December 19 at 18:30 hours, day of its inauguration.
The sculpture shows a spiral from which emerges the figure of a woman's naked torso and broad flights in your robe with extended arms to welcome visitors arriving in Puerto Lumbreras like its creator, Juan José Quirós, 'is perhaps the greatest work I have done differently as it becomes readily apparent two aspects of my work, on the one hand, the modern and the other the strength of the prevailing classical my whole career ', also adds, "Puerto Lumbreras, pass between cultures generously of their friendship and warmth of its people, the best is the independence that comes from peace and dialogue, and I want and I have expressed, the order of the municipality and the social work of the CAM to whom I express my most sincere thanks for putting your trust in my hands. "
According to the mayor, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, 'few months ago we opened the sculpture that pays homage to "Fiftieth anniversary of Puerto Lumbreras", work is now complemented by the sculpture "Homage to Independence" and with which I am sure people will Emblem lumbrerense that pays tribute to the segregation of 1958 with an independence that knows no racial, political or religion and that seeks peace, with a sculpture that extends his arms and invites us to dialogue that will be in sight of an entire people and visitors in a public area of the municipality of great traffic flow and to be located in one of the major entrances to town. "
JUAN JOSE QUIRÓS Illanes, SANTA LUCIA.
CARTAGENA 1972.
Your journey begins in the 90's winning the first prize 'Artejoven Cartagena City' in 1992 with the work titled "Black.
A Voice Against Racism '.
In 1993, he was only 21 years, opens its first Easter happened to this city, being from that date when seizure activity begins as a carver and sculptor.
Has made a number of steps for the Easter Region of seeing in him a renewed spirit of the purest tradition of Baroque.
But we can not stay in his lavish facet of religious images, but we must know the sculptor Quirós start on 2000 with monuments dedicated to the Apostle Santiago in Cartagena, Carmen Conde monument in the heart of the port city, the monument to Nazareno de Ceuta, dedicated to pilgrims in the center of Santiago de la Ribera and more recently a tribute to the Franciscan Cehegín, as well as the relief dedicated to the Virgen del Rosario of Puerto Lumbreras, plus other busts and pictures located streets and squares throughout the Region.
Include its presence as a sculptor Salzillo year designated by the Autonomous Community of Murcia to represent the Region at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR).
It is also chosen for the institutional gift was given to His Majesty King Juan Carlos I, during his visit to Murcia, to inaugurate the exhibition "Salzillo, Witness to a Century" and its compilation of all exhibition His work in the hall of Murcia Veronicas in November last year.
With its exhibition "Timeless Bronze" at the Palace Molina de Cartagena, is currently regarded as one of the finest examples of sculpture Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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