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TEMPORARY EXHIBITION Stone, paper and paintbrush. The reproduction of prehistoric art at the Tito Bustillo Centre (Ribadesella)

From 10 May to 29 December 2024

Curators: Santiago Calleja and Miguel Polledo

In collaboration with: Ribadeselle/Ribeseya Town Council and the Archaeological Museum of Asturias.

Centro de Arte Rupestre de Tito Bustillo hosts the exhibition on the evolution of the reproduction of prehistoric art in Asturias. The evolution of rock art reproduction techniques in the region is documented through the work carried out by artists, artists and technicians for scientific dissemination and archaeological research.

Reproductions and tracings from different periods and by different artists are on display. Francisco Benítez Mellado (Bujalance, 1883-Santiago de Chile, 1962), a draughtsman specialising in the Commission for Palaeontological and Prehistoric Research, Magín Berenguer Alonso (Oviedo, 1918-2000), painter and civil servant of the Provincial Council of Oviedo, José Prieto, Asturian painter and artist, and scientific drawings by researchers who today study this parietal art, are represented.

The exhibition has been organised in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Asturias and Ribadesella Town Council.

The following activities will take place within the framework of this exhibition:

- Calcamos el pasado workshop for all audiences (one session per month until December, on Saturdays at 16:00) and for families (on 12, 19, 25 and 26 May at 16:00).

- Guided tours by the curators of the exhibition Santiago Calleja and Miguel Polledo (one session per month until December, on Saturdays at 12:00).

- Lectures:

- 15 June. The beginnings of graphic reproduction of prehistoric art in Asturias by Marco de la Rasilla, professor of prehistory at the University of Oviedo.

- In September (date to be confirmed). Modern forms of graphic reproduction of cave art in Asturias by Diego Gárate, professor of prehistory at the University of Cantabria.