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JUAN UGALDE (Bilbao, 1958). Untitled, 1997. Acrylic and collage on card. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Attached label from the Fúcares gallery in Madrid, on the back. Measurements: 69 x 49 cm; 73 x 53 cm (frame). Juan Ugalde began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid. In 1986 he moved to New York thanks to a Fullbright scholarship, and there he formed the group Estrujenbank together with his wife, Mariano Lozano and Dionisio Cañas. It was a group of Spanish artists recognised as one of the most important of the late 20th century. Their creative horizons seemed to have no limits, giving rise to performances, videos and the creation of a museum space, the Estrujenbank Exhibition Hall. It was in this space that a new way of understanding art was developed, transmitting it from a different point of view to the institutional and commercial art of the time. Thanks to this artistic activity, Juan Ugalde became known in the mid-eighties with a work that explored the language proposed by abstract expressionism, although nowadays his works present spaces where painting and photography come together. Ugalde's work is represented in different centres of great artistic relevance such as the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava, the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, the Artium in Vitoria, the MUSAC in León, the Coca-Cola, La Caixa, Banesto, ICO and Marcelino Botín Foundations, and in the collection of the Bank of Spain.