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La partida de ajedrez
1984
oil on canvas
81 x 65 cm
Inv. no. 1645
BBVA Collection Spain
Quejido began painting after arriving in Madrid in 1964. Initially he followed expressionistic postulates, and from there he engaged in experimentation with visual poetry and conceptual and cybernetic projects in the Calculus Centre at Universidad Complutense in Madrid. A member of the

an art movement from Madrid in the early 1970s. Its defining feature was a provocative use of colour in response to the darkness and the Informalismo of preceding periods. Its members defended the creation of art rooted in Spanish tradition, removed from the trends prevailing in Europe at the time.
movement from Madrid, in the 1970s he returned to painting, opting for a provocative and ironic figuration resonating with

An art movement that emerged at the same time in the United Kingdom and the United States in the mid-twentieth century, as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism. The movement drew its inspiration from the aesthetics of comics and advertising, and functioned as a critique of consumerism and the capitalist society of its time. Its greatest exponents are Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) in England and Andy Warhol (1928-1987) in the United States.
. Executed with a vibrant brushwork, his practice is defined by a lively, uninhibited palette.
A work from his mature period, this transparent and luminous painting shows the interior of his studio at La Nave, a centre devoted to the renewal of art in the 1980s in a former ice plant located on the edge of what in the late 19
th century had been known as La Quinta del Sordo, on the banks of the Manzanares river. La Nave housed artists from various disciplines, including painters, photographers and musicians.
The space of the studio, almost like a gallery of mirrors, is the setting for this composition, depicting an intimate scene made in shaded, imprecise tones and painted with a different light that, in this case, takes on a golden hue. The lack of definition of the space and the ethereal atmosphere endow the composition with great character.