'Rupestre. The first sanctuaries'. has opened its doors in the MARQ to bring to light and bring together for the first time unique and extraordinary pieces that materialise the extraordinary archaeological heritage of the province. The Member of Parliament for Culture, César Augusto AsencioThe exhibition, which can be visited free of charge from Friday until Sunday, was inaugurated as a welcoming event.
Twenty years after the inclusion of the Cave Art of the Mediterranean Arc of the Iberian Peninsula in the list of UNESCO World Heritage And it is precisely around this axis that this new MARQ project revolves. In recent decades, Alicante has stood out for its pioneering research, whose conclusions have been decisive for studies on this period in history. Now, through this initiative, the Alicante museum pays its own particular tribute to forty years of research, conservation and enhancement of rock art, which in our province alone has more than 200 groups.
Asencio stressed this, who also recalled that it is also twenty years since the opening of the Pla de Petracosthe first fenced shelter with information for visitors in our territory and an exceptional exponent of the macro schematic artexclusive to Alicante and some areas of the south of Valencia.
The event was also attended by the curators of the exhibition, the Director of Exhibitions of the Alicante museum, Jorge Solerthe archaeologist and professor of Prehistory at the University of Alicante, Virginia Barciela, y the director of the Architecture Department of the Provincial Council, Rafael Pérezas well as the technical director of MARQ, Manuel Olcinaand its managing director, José Alberto Cortés.
More from eight hundred square metresdivided into three roomsThe exhibition offers visitors the opportunity to delve deeper into this millenary art. The original exhibition design starts with a wink at the Caves of Altamira to display the Palaeolithic art through panels and pieces of movable art from the north and centre of the Iberian Peninsula, including the so-called Jarama Glutton or the Villalba plaque. In addition to this selection, there is another selection from sites in the Comunitat Valenciana, such as the Parpalló Cave in Gandía or the whole of the Tossal de la Roca de La Vall d'Alcalà (Tossal de la Roca de La Vall d'Alcalà). This FIRST ROOM culminates in a powerful graphic and audiovisual image of the three sanctuaries in Alicante: the Cova Fosca and the Cova del Reinós in La Vall d'Ebo and the Cova del Comte in Pedreguer.
The second stayThe project, centred on the Pla de Petracos, will record the essence of the Neolithic and Macro-Schematic Art. The casts of the main prehistoric sites located in the mountains of Alicante, true works of art created by the Centre d'Estudis Contestans, are accompanied by the vase with the orante from the Cova de l'Or, from the Museum of Alcoy. Finally, the third room brings together documentation from more than twenty sites and is devoted to the Levantine Art and Schematic Art which, in part of their development, were synchronous. This space exhibits unique pieces from various local and national museums, such as the glass of Costamar.
Rupestre. The first sanctuaries' culminates with an evocation of the influence of the Prehistoric Art in Contemporary Art with the work of Miquel Barceló, The painter in Bologna (1983), as the main axis, with the collaboration of the artist from Alicante Dionisio Gázquez. It is also worth noting that soundscapes of the halls created by the renowned composer from Alicante Luis Ivars and the accessibility resources The exhibition is open to all audiences.
The project, which until next January will show the essence of prehistoric art in the province of Alicante, has been carried out with the collaboration of Asisa, Foundation Cajamurcia, La Caixa and Museums Partner.
