Manolo Valdes
Manolo Valdes was born 1942 BirthValencia, Spain.
Lives and works in HomeNew York and Valencia.
Categories: Painting Sculpture Objects Printmakers
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Portrait of a Woman
…Valdés needs an art-historical model as his inspiration for the creation of a new,
completely autonomus work of art. Valdés needs the challenge of
a masterpiece of the past, and this is possible only through adirect
confrontation with the original. Illustrations in a book and other reproductions
may of course serve him as an aide-mémoire, but they lack the aura of the original.
"Every time I enter the Prado", says the artist,
"I discover new possiblities for my work."
Manolo Valdés is one of the few artists today who has successfully mastered the disciplines of drawing, painting, sculture and printmaking…
Just after being invited to participate in the bench project, Valdes visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Then he went to a park bench, put down his bag, took off his hat and, as the bench reflects so well, was inspired…
Se muestra al pintor, al escultor, al dibujante y al constructor de objetos difíciles
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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