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The woodwork by Julio Alpuy (1919-2009) carried out in the 1960s arose from Alpuy's search for a new language to express his ideas, and the change of material was fundamental in finding that new path. After a stay at Fonseca's house in East Hampton, which gave him a change of environment from New York, Alpuy adopted wood as a new expressive medium and decided to dedicate himself to relief. There was also a change in the theme, abandoning the urban and putting the emphasis on the natural.

As medium he used woods that had their own history. He collected them from the street or from …