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This magnificent exhibition consists of 44 pieces, will run until next March 31 at the Museum of Ethnography and Natural Sciences.

The opening of the exhibition was attended by the Mayor, Enrique Jimenez, director of the Institute of Tourism in the Region of Murcia, Enrique Ujaldón, Councillor of Culture, Maria Dolores Fernandez, and the author, Juan José Quirós.

Enrique Ujaldón acknowledged that always learns new things Quirós's work, which he described as a great sculptor, capable of assuming transforming religious tradition to respond to popular desires with their innovative work and top level, able to adapt to any space imaginable.

Jimenez, described the exhibition as a fine collection of pieces, already known for photography, pictures not doing justice to the quality and perfection that emanates from each piece, and which highlight the reality of the anatomy in the works, especially calling attention to the bust of the Goddess of Wine.

The exhibition consists of 44 works, including statues and busts, cover and pagan religious themes with a sample of castings in different materials like terracotta, bronze and wood carvings that will not leave indifferent.

And to make it more attractive presentation, the author of the work, Juan Jose Quiros, invites jumillanas Jumillano and to contemplate his work and to play it live it and feel it, something unusual and welcome, it is true that some busts are so Realistically, it would have to touch them to realize that they do not breathe.

A sample of the busts and statues displayed in this exhibition, Quiros has to his credit with monuments such as the one dedicated to Carmen Conde, in Cartagena, the Tribute to Independence in Puerto Lumbreras, El Peregrino, Santiago de Bank or Homage to the Franciscans, in Cehegín, among many others, showing once again the greatness and creativity of Cartagenero that endorse a great job for decades.

Juan Jose Quiros expressed happiness for being in Jumilla, thanking all those who have made this exhibition a reality, hoping that people live exposure and encouraging visitors to touch and feel them works to live them.

This exhibition has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Department of Culture, which depends on the Ethnographic Museum of Nature and Science, together with the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia for their availability.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla