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The exhibition 'Rupestre. The first sanctuariesexhibited by the MARQ in 2018, will receive this afternoon the prestigious German Design Award by the pioneering contribution of its architectural project to the international exhibition scene.
The Angewandte Kunst Museum Frankfurt will host the award ceremony for these prizes, which are a world reference in the world of design. This is a new recognition for the proposal designed by the director of the Architecture Department of the Diputación de Alicante, Rafael Pérezand by the architect Angel Rocamorawhose success with the public is reflected in more than 85,000 visits it received in six months.
The Vice-President and Member of Parliament for Culture, Julia ParraHe congratulated the winners "who, with their innovative proposal, have achieved the recognition that MARQ deserves, a museum that is increasingly present in international competitions, such as this prestigious institution, due to the high quality of the exhibition achieved".
The jury of these prestigious awards, which focus on outstanding achievements in different fields, is fields of design and communicationThe original and enveloping nature of 'Rupestre', especially the polygonal ceiling structure in the form of a cave in one of the rooms, has been highlighted.
The exhibition discourse focused on the pictorial tracesThe exhibition, which took place in the three temporary exhibition halls of the MARQ, invited visitors on a journey through time. The aim was to highlighting the cave paintings and explain its origin, interpretation and context, with the peculiarity of lacking tangible objects. From a walk through the Altamira CaveThe universal reference of Palaeolithic art, to the contemplation of the contemporary art of the Weeping. Miquel Barcelóthrough the macro-schematic art of the Alicante-born artist Sanctuary of Pla de Petracos in Castell de Castells.
