Image: MACVAC Vicente Aguilera Cerni Museum of Contemporary Art. Villafamés, Vilafamés
The MACVAC Vicente Aguilera Cerni Museum of Contemporary Art in Vilafamés, Spain, has announced the addition of a work by Fernando Sánchez Buenache to its collection. The acquisition is ‘Pajalitos’, a 2022 mixed-media work measuring 300 by 120 centimetres.
The announcement, dated September 2, identifies the artist as Fernando Sánchez Buenache, while its headline refers to him as Fernando Buenache. It describes him as an Indigenous artist and as a major naïf artist. No further biographical information, including his place of origin, dates of birth or exhibition history, is provided in the available material.
‘Pajalitos’ is recorded as having been made in 2022 and in mixed media. Its vertical dimensions—300 centimetres high by 120 centimetres wide—indicate a substantial work, but the museum’s announcement does not provide a visual description, details of the materials used, or information about the imagery and process involved.
The acquisition expands the holdings of MACVAC, whose full name is the Vicente Aguilera Cerni Museum of Contemporary Art. The institution is based in Vilafamés, a town in Spain, and is identified in the supplied institutional information as a small contemporary-art museum. The available announcement does not state how the work entered the collection, whether it was donated or purchased, or whether the acquisition forms part of a broader collecting initiative.
The museum has not supplied details of an exhibition connected to the acquisition. There is no confirmed display date, installation information or indication that ‘Pajalitos’ is currently on view. The announcement also does not say whether the work will be incorporated into a permanent presentation, included in a forthcoming exhibition or made available through an online collection record.
The source material is limited to the work’s title, date, medium and dimensions, together with the museum’s brief characterization of Buenache’s practice. Further information about the artist, the work’s subject matter and its place within the MACVAC collection has not been provided.
