Experience the BBK Art Route VII at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, which brings together thirty-eight works from the permanent collection. This curated selection explores how artists have represented animals as powerful cultural symbols over five centuries. Visitors can study paintings, graphic designs, and photographs that challenge human hierarchies and capture historical memory.
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This exhibition explores the symbolic and emotional presence of animals in art, bringing together thirty-eight works from the museum's collection. Spanning five centuries, these pieces demonstrate how animals serve as conduits for human history, myth, and cultural memory.
BBK Art Route VII examines the profound role animals have played in artistic creation over five centuries. Moving beyond the role of mere ornamentation, the thirty-eight works assembled—including paintings, posters, photographs, and metalwork—position animals as central symbols of emotion, dignity, and shared human history. By peering through the artists' eyes, the exhibition suggests that observing the beast is, in essence, a way to reflect on our own historical understanding of the world. The collection invites visitors to consider the animal as a form of cultural memory and a conduit for complex human emotions. Curated by José Luis Merino Gorospe, the exhibition draws from the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum's own collection to showcase how artists from various traditions have used bestiaries to navigate concepts of power, violence, and vulnerability. Each featured work, from classical portraits to modern graphic design, contributes to a narrative where the natural world and human society are inextricably linked.
The exhibition is part of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum programme. Visitors are advised to check the museum's official website for general admission details and any specific requirements for this exhibition.
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