Some bad news from Euskal Herria, one of its greatest artist, Eduardo Txillida has died.
Here you have the article by the BBC dedicated to him:
Noticed how they used the infamous 800 paragraph for an article about a Basque artist?
This tells you just how deep the hatred against the Basques runs in those who call the shots in the media corporations and how desperate they are to make friends with a Fascist like Aznar.
By the way, you have to excuse the BBC for not spelling his last name correctly, sadly they put the politics above the identity of a people with its own history and identity, that is why they spell it as Chillida.
Here you have the article by the BBC dedicated to him:
Basque sculptor Chillida dies
Monday, 19 August, 2002, 23:56 GMT 00:56 UK
Spain's most important modern sculptor, Eduardo Chillida, has died at the age of 78.
The Basque-born artist passed away in his sleep at his home in San Sebastian on Monday after a prolonged battle with pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.
His career saw him become one of Europe's best-known artists and his trademark giant metal sculptures were erected in places as far afield as Berlin and Texas.
In the sculptor's beloved San Sebastian, the flag on the city hall was lowered to half-mast to mourn his death.
"This had to come, we were all expecting it," said his son, Luis Chillida. "He did not suffer, but simply slipped into sleep and stayed that way."
Winner of prestigious international prizes and a member of arts academies worldwide, Chillida designed a giant monument to German reunification near the Chancellery in Berlin: two cast-iron hands weighing 88 tonnes.
In Spain, he is perhaps best remembered for his Comb of the Wind - twisted, tree-like sculptures on the coast at San Sebastian. The work featured on the now-defunct peseta coins.
Demonstrators for peace in the Basque region, where a separatist struggle with Madrid has left more than 800 people dead since 1968, have often used the monument as a focus for their rallies.
Eduardo Chillida is due to be cremated on Tuesday and his ashes interred at the Chillida Museum in the Basque town of Hernani.
Noticed how they used the infamous 800 paragraph for an article about a Basque artist?
This tells you just how deep the hatred against the Basques runs in those who call the shots in the media corporations and how desperate they are to make friends with a Fascist like Aznar.
By the way, you have to excuse the BBC for not spelling his last name correctly, sadly they put the politics above the identity of a people with its own history and identity, that is why they spell it as Chillida.
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