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Manolo Valdés In Glass

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By (author): Kosme de Barañano Manolo Valdés

For over half a century, Valencia-born, New York-based Manolo Valdés has been a prominent international figure in the arena of contemporary art, known for his work in the mediums of sculpture, painting, drawing and collage. In this striking and imposing publication, designed in close dialogue with the artist by Peter B. Willberg and produced in Italy, Valdés presents a body of thirty-five sculptures created in 2020 and 2021. Along with wood, alabaster, aluminium, steel and resin, the primary medium employed in this body of work is glass, following a significant and intense period of research and experimentation. The resulting works are engaging contemporary portrait busts that make reference to the history of modernist painting and sculpture, taking inspiration from imagery and objects by twentieth-century masters such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Constantin Brancusi. Developing his recipes for their fabrication materials, processes, conditions and timings with both care and flair, Valdés has created sculptural glass busts in a range of amber oranges, ruby reds, emerald greens, sapphire blues, and onyx blacks, all of which almost seem to glow with what Dr Kosme de Barañano, the books author, describes as an inner light. Barañanos comprehensive and illuminating essay not only investigates aspects of the history of glass making and its use as a material by artists past and present, but also traces the evolution of the language and forms of Valdéss glass and mixed-media works across a number of key exhibitions and bodies of work over the course of the past two decades. These include his monumental sculptures at the New York Botanical Garden in 2012 and his dramatic solo presentation in the Place Vendôme in Paris in 2016, both of which offered opportunities to see the artists large-scale sculptural works in outdoor settings. Discussing the significance of 'Cabezas' (heads) in his oeuvre, Barañano asserts: These glass Cabezas are tremendously sombre and simple works from which emanates a profound silence.This large-format publication, which is illustrated by specially commissioned photography by Tom Powel, documents many of the sculptures from different angles and by means of details, revealing not only the subtleties and qualities of the surfaces of the abstracted, humanlike glass heads, but also the curious and eclectic appendages that regularly appear to burst forth from them like unorthodox fascinators or eccentric jewellery, from nails and steel rods to glass or metal butterflies and wooden geometric forms. With a timelessness that speaks of civilisations long gone and a modernity that simultaneously seems to look to the future, Valdés has created a body of sculpture in glass that transcends time, touching on the metaphysical nature of the human mind and its outward manifestation in the physical world. Manolo Valdés (b.1942, Valencia) is one of the most significant post-war Spanish artists. A key member of the Equipo Crónica until 1981, in 1989 he moved to New York. Major solo exhibitions include the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Reina Sofía, Madrid, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Château Royale de Chambord, France. See more
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  • Dimensions: 270 x 340mm
  • Publication Date: 12 May 2022
  • Publisher: Anomie Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781910221372

About Kosme de BarañanoManolo Valdés

Manolo Valdés (b.1942 Valencia) is one of the most significant post-war Spanish artists. A key member of the Equipo Crónica until 1981 in 1989 he moved to New York. Major solo exhibitions include the Guggenheim Bilbao the Reina Sofía Madrid the New York Botanical Garden and the Place Vendôme Paris. Kosme de Barañano is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Altea Spain. A former professor at the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao) and in Heidelberg Germany he served as Deputy Director of the Museo Nacional Reina Sofía Madrid Spain and Executive Director of IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno) in Valencia Spain.

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