Chillida's Iron Works Meet Industrial Memory at La Térmica Cultural in Ponferrada

Key facts

• Eduardo Chillida. Pensar con las manos is on view at La Térmica Cultural in Ponferrada, in the Sala Condensadores, until 10 January
• The exhibition was organised by the Fundación Ciudad de la Energía (CIUDEN) and conceived specifically for the venue
• It brings together 125 pieces, including sculptures, drawings, collages, gravitations, artist's books, sketches, photographs and audiovisual material
• Lo profundo es el aire XVII is made of pink granite from India and weighs four tonnes
• Consejo al espacio VIII, in corten steel, weighs more than 21 tonnes
• About fifteen sculptures in small, medium and large format use alabaster, chamotte clay and iron
• More than a hundred works on paper are included, and the 1985 audiovisual A Portrait of an Artist is screened
• Curator Alicia Vallina links the show to the Bierzo region's coal extraction and steelmaking tradition
• The project was realised in collaboration with Estudio Herreros, with the Sala Condensadores central to the display
• Conchi Fernández Díez directs CIUDEN's Área de Museos, Patrimonio y Cultura