UManuel Felguérez wazalelwa epulazini laseSan Agustín del Vergel, eValparaíso, eZacatecas. Ngo-1928 kwaba nezikhathi ezazinenkinga enkulu, eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambi kokuphela kwezinguquko, kepha umhlaba wawungavikelekile futhi nezicelo zezolimo zazisakazeka ezweni lonke.
“Ubaba wayala amabutho athile ukuthi avikele i-hacienda, ngoba abalimi bafuna umhlaba ngonya. Enye yezinto engizikhumbulayo okokuqala kwaba yizimpi phakathi kwezibhamu 'ezithembekile' ze-hacienda nama-agraristas. "
Ngenxa yezizathu zokuphepha umndeni wathuthela enhlokodolobha kanti ubaba wakhe wazama ukuxoxisana ngamabhondi e-Agrarian Debt, kodwa ngonyaka olandelayo washona. “Ngangineminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala, umama wayengafuni ukubuya washiya ipulazi. Ngabuyela eValparaíso eminyakeni engamashumi ayisithupha kamuva ngoba bangenza indodana eyintandokazi yendawo futhi banika iNdlu Yesiko igama lami. Uma bengingabuyi ngaphambili, kungenxa yokuthi umama wayehlale engitshela: 'ungayi eValparaíso ngoba bazokubulala.'
Izifundo zamabanga aphansi, ezesibili nezokulungiselela zenziwa nabazalwane bamaMarist. Ngo-1947 waya emhlanganweni wamazwe omhlaba wama-scouts owawuseFrance. "Kulowo mhlangano sahambela amazwe amaningi kwathi ekugcineni kohambo lwami ngathatha isinqumo sokuzinikela kwezobuciko njengendlela yokuphila."
Lapho ebuyela eMexico wangena e-Academia de San Carlos, kodwa akazange ayithande indlela yokufundisa futhi wabuyela eParis ukuyofunda eGrande Chaumiere, lapho uZadquine umqophi wama-cubist amamukela khona njengomfundi. Yilapho ahlangana khona nomdwebi uLilia Carrillo, owashada naye kamuva.
I-taxidermist, isazi semvelo ngesidingo, ingcweti, umhambi, umcwaningi kanye nothisha, uFelguérez okokuqala kwengane ethola umhlaba nsuku zonke futhi, ilangazelela ukuzwa, idlala ngendaba, isuse futhi igqoke, izingalo futhi ikhiphe izikhali, ifune amathumbu akhe ukuthola imfihlo yobuhle bamafomu. Ukuhlala kwakhe e-Europe kumholela ekuthomalalisweni nasekuhambeni kwesikhathi kwe-geometrism ngezindlela zayo eziyisisekelo: isiyingi, unxantathu, unxande kanye nesikwele; ngokuzihlanganisa uzothuthukisa ulimi lwakho.
Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisithupha uFelguérez wenza izindonga ezungeze amashumi amathathu ngokususelwa kuzinsimbi zensimbi ezilahliwe, amatshe, isihlabathi namagobolondo. Phakathi kwabo kukhona i-cinema "Diana" kanye ne-spa "Bahía". “Kwakuwuhlelo lwami lokuzikhangisa nokuzenza ngaziwe. Ngikhokhise ubuncane, okudingekayo ukuze uphile. Ekugcineni ngavala indawo yokusebenzela ngabuyela e-easel, kodwa ngangivele ngaziwa kuzwelonke nakwamanye amazwe futhi konke kwakuhluke kakhulu. "
“Angikaze ngizame ukuziphilisa ngobuciko, ngenza imfundiso ephilayo. Ngangiwuthisha eNyuvesi manje sengithathe umhlalaphansi. Angikaze ngithande kuya ngokuthengisa. Ukuthengisa umsebenzi wakho kuyakhathaza kakhulu: ngidwebe ngapenda futhi imidwebo yaqoqwa. "
Lokhu kumholela ekutheni akhulume ngeMuseum of Abstract Art enegama lakhe futhi eyasungulwa ngo-1998 edolobheni laseZacatecas: “Ngaleso sikhathi, uma wayenokuthile, kwakuwumsebenzi wokuziphilisa, kanti esimweni sokubaza wayengenayo indawo ligcine ”. Ngo-1997, uFelguérez nomkakhe uMercedes banquma ukunikela ngeqoqo elibalulekile lomsebenzi wabo wokwakhiwa kwesigcinamagugu. Ngokuhlanganyela kukahulumeni wesifundazwe saseZacatecas, esasimisela isakhiwo okwakungokwesikole samabanga aphansi futhi kamuva saba yindawo yamabhalane nejele, umsebenzi wokulungisa kabusha waqala ukusivumelanisa nemisebenzi yaso emisha njengomnyuziyamu wobuciko.
Leli qoqo lenziwe ngemisebenzi eyi-100 eyenziwe ngumculi, ehlanganisa izigaba ezahlukahlukene zomsebenzi wakhe omude, kanye nemisebenzi eyenziwa ngabaculi abangaphezu kuka-110, abezwe nabangaphandle. Le mnyuziyamu ihlukile ngohlobo lwayo ngenxa yetimu yayo kanye nokukhethwa okuqinile kwemisebenzi ekhonjiswayo.
Ubucwebe obuthwala umnyuziyamu yi-Osaka Mural Room. "Ngesikhathi senza lo msebenzi, sithole indawo enkulu kakhulu, igumbi elingamamitha-skwele angama-900, futhi lapho kwenzeke kithi ukuthi sibeke imidwebo emikhulu eyishumi nanye eyenziwe ngesicelo sikaFernando Gamboa seMexico Pavilion e-Osaka 70 World Exposition."
Ngemuva kweminyaka ipendiwe, le midwebo ehlanganisiwe iyahlanganiswa futhi ikhonjiswe ndawonye okokuqala eMexico egumbini lomnyuziyamu eliba yi "Sistine Chapel of Mexican Abstract Art."
