The Center of the Carme Culture Contemporary (CCCC) presents the exhibition 'Brief history of a passion. Avelino Marín Collection, composed of more than a hundred works from one of the most important collections in Spain. The selection for the Center del Carme brings together the work of 70 artists. Includes international figures such as Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Tony Oursler, Paula Rego, Robert Mapplethorpe, Araki, Pat Andrea o Nazario; Prominent national names such as Antonio López, Oukalele, Ester Ferrer or Guillermo Pérez Villalta; and an important presence of Valencian authors such as Equipo Crónica, Eusebio Sempere, Miquel Navarro or Rosa Torres. In addition, incorporates a wide representation of contemporary artists linked to Alicante and Murcia, among them Antonio González, Rosalía Banet, Nico Munuera, José Luis Cremades, Alberto Feijoo or Sergio Belinchón.
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Brief story of a passion. Avelino Marín Collection
In 1975, Avelino Marín with just 16 years he acquired the piece that marks the beginning of the collection: two 19th century Viennese porcelains showing two women in period dress, one of them in a male suit. The first work of contemporary art that he acquired and that appears in the exhibition is the canvas 'Parabola' (1977) by Equipo Crónica and which was part of their last exhibition as a group. After several decades collecting, Avelino Marín and Luis Leao decided to build a house to house and display a good part of their collection, a project by architect Javier Peña specially conceived as a house for two collectors. The four spaces, from the direction of entry to the exit, obey a simple game of dualities that usually occurs in a house: público-privado, day-night, work-leisure, activity-rest.
The title of the exhibition Brief story of a passion refers to the character of collectors with a criterion that moves away from a mercantilist intention, guided by their passion for art and admiration for artists..
