«Equipo Crónica» - «EKIP Kronik"
Panel «EKIP Kronik» was born in Valencia in 1964, of Thomas thesis Llorenç (Tomas Llorens), developed during the last period of the dictatorship of Franco and the transition to democracy. The group included artists Juan Antonio Toledo (Juan Antonio Toledo), Manuel Valdes (Manolo Valdés) and Rafael Solbes (Rafael Solbes), but after a year Toledo left the group.
Thomas Llorenç - critic, adjacent to the "old guard" of the communist movement, the ideologist of "Estampa Popular in Valencia, was the main theoretician of activity and almost full member of the association" EKIP Kronik ". Subsequently, he became the founder of the Valencia Institute of Modern Art, one of the founders of the Center of Queen Sofia and artistic director of the Museum Thyssen-Bornemiza in Madrid. Thomas Llorenç area of interest was, first of all, museum activities, and he will play a key role in the process of democratic institution-building era.
In his early works "EKIP Kronik criticizes the Spanish dictatorship and global militarism.
"EKIP Kronik" ¡America, America, 1965:
Mickey Mouse, one of the characteristic images of American culture, a symbol of good humor of the American consumer society, the emblem of happiness. "EKIP Kronik" using the technique of Andy Warhol (multiple recurrence of the image), is placed among the Mickey Mouse mushroom exploding atomic bombs dropped on Japan.
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