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In this piece Pablo Serrano portrays one of the themes he had been passionate about since childhood: bread. This everyday theme would be the starting point of one of his last series, Broken and Shared Bread (Pan Partido y Compartido), which would be worked on from 1978 to 1982, two years after his death. From a formal and conceptual view, this piece is a continuation of his Joint Units (Unidades Yunta)—abstract forms which, like a puzzle, fit together through a polished interior area and integrate into one piece. This is a metaphor for the necessity of giving and receiving love and of uniting with other human beings. Bread, as food of humanity, is an element of union, "a symbol, a method of understanding between peoples." Pablo Serrano states: "Broken and shared bread signifies everything I have been looking for; it simplifies communication and signifies inner reflection, self-knowledge, and work." All these ideas connect with a strong concern for humanity that permeated the totality of his work.

Details

  • Title: Geometric Bread
  • Creator: Pablo Serrano
  • Date: 1978
  • Physical Dimensions: 315 x 525 x 340 mm
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Rights: Gobierno de Aragón
  • External Link: CERES MCU
  • Medium: Cast, patinated and polished bronze
  • Photograph: Selenio fotografía
  • Cultural context: Spanish art from the second half of the 20th century. New humanism.

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