Manolo Vald茅s: The Luminous Details
Contini Art Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by the acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Vald茅s, on view at Calle Larga XXII Marzo 鈥� Venice. Among the most significant artists of the XXI Century, Manolo Vald茅s is an eclectic, multifaceted artist, whose continuous artistic and formal research conjugates with artistic influences from art history.
The exhibition brings together his latest works, 40-50 pieces exploring the life and the distinctive language of this great artist. The new works, all of which created for the exhibition at Contini Art Gallery, depict beautiful, stylized figures in the artist鈥檚 well-known signature style. Vald茅s, famous for depictions of women in all media, has created some of the most communicative works of his storied career. Charming female heads in aluminum, bronze or alabaster, paintings and large-scale collages as Perfil II, which weds a late Matisse collage technique to Renaissance-style drawing. The blue bronze visage in Mariposas Azules is adorned with dozens of massive butterflies in a sculpture that is as uplifting as it is profound. The exhibition also includes sculptures from the Las Meninas series, which are based on the famous painting by Diego Vel谩zquez. The recurring, 鈥渟emiabstracted鈥� Reina Mariana, is translated into three dimensions, rendered in bronze, and presented in isolation, containing references to its original context and yet possessing a life of its own.
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Contini Art Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by the acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Vald茅s, on view at Calle Larga XXII Marzo 鈥� Venice. Among the most significant artists of the XXI Century, Manolo Vald茅s is an eclectic, multifaceted artist, whose continuous artistic and formal research conjugates with artistic influences from art history.
The exhibition brings together his latest works, 40-50 pieces exploring the life and the distinctive language of this great artist. The new works, all of which created for the exhibition at Contini Art Gallery, depict beautiful, stylized figures in the artist鈥檚 well-known signature style. Vald茅s, famous for depictions of women in all media, has created some of the most communicative works of his storied career. Charming female heads in aluminum, bronze or alabaster, paintings and large-scale collages as Perfil II, which weds a late Matisse collage technique to Renaissance-style drawing. The blue bronze visage in Mariposas Azules is adorned with dozens of massive butterflies in a sculpture that is as uplifting as it is profound. The exhibition also includes sculptures from the Las Meninas series, which are based on the famous painting by Diego Vel谩zquez. The recurring, 鈥渟emiabstracted鈥� Reina Mariana, is translated into three dimensions, rendered in bronze, and presented in isolation, containing references to its original context and yet possessing a life of its own.
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