Equipo Crónica

Equipo Crónica was a Spanish art collective formed in Valencia in 1964 and active until 1981. It was originally composed of Rafael Solbes, Manuel Valdés, and Juan Antonio Toledo, although Toledo left the group shortly after, leaving Solbes and Valdés as the remaining members. Their emergence was linked to Estampa Popular de Valencia and to a context of critical renewal of figuration during the last years of Franco's regime.

Their work is associated with Spanish Pop Art, but with a strong political and social dimension. Through painting, graphic work, sculpture, and other media, the group re-used images from art history, mass culture, the press, and Spanish history to construct an ironic and critical view of power, memory, repression, official culture, and the media. Their work was especially important for connecting the Pop language with a critical reading of Spanish reality.

The work of Equipo Crónica is part of collections such as the IVAM, which holds over a hundred works by the group; the Museo Reina Sofía; the MACBA; the Banco de España Collection; and the "la Caixa" Foundation Contemporary Art Collection.