Fundación Antonio Pérez
The Sigüenza-born artist, collector, and poet Antonio Pérez established his foundation in this rambling former convent overlooking the Huécar gorge in 1998. Follow the arrows through his collection of contemporary Spanish art, including rooms devoted to striking work by Millares, Saura, and Canogar, alongside international stars including Andy Warhol, and some lovely African sculptures. His own pieces, categorized as objetos encontrados (found objects) and labeled A.P., are scattered around the airy galleries. They include roadkill drinks cans, fragments of reinforced concrete, and traffic signs in various states of decay. It’s an absorbing mix of dictatorship-era angst followed by post-Franco playfulness (for example, he titled three bells without their clappers Castrati). As a bonus, you can buy posters from previous exhibitions for just a few euros, for your own collection of found art.
The Sigüenza-born artist, collector, and poet Antonio Pérez established his foundation in this rambling former convent overlooking the Huécar gorge in 1998. Follow the arrows through his collection of contemporary Spanish art, including rooms devoted to striking work by Millares, Saura, and Canogar, alongside international stars including Andy Warhol, and some lovely African sculptures. His own pieces, categorized as objetos encontrados (found objects) and labeled A.P., are scattered around the airy galleries. They include roadkill drinks cans, fragments of reinforced concrete, and traffic signs in various states of decay. It’s an absorbing mix of dictatorship-era angst followed by post-Franco playfulness (for example, he titled three bells without their clappers Castrati). As a bonus, you can buy posters from previous exhibitions for just a few euros, for your own collection of found art.
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