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Nestor Basterretxea

Nestor Basterretxea

Director & actor · born 6 May 1924 · Bermeo, Bizkaia, Euskal Herria

Nestor Basterretxea Arzadun (Bermeo, 1924 - Hondarribia, 2014) was a Basque artist. In the 1950s and '60s, he spearheaded along with other artists such as Jorge Oteiza, Remigio Mendiburu, or Eduardo Chillida, an avant-garde artistic movement concerned with the crisis of Basque identity, and formally a special focus on large volumes and the concept of emptiness.

Where to start: Mother Earth (1968).

As director 4

As actor 1

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