The museum offers an exciting view of 14 artist of contemporary Spanish sculpture under the subtitle ?Realm of Silence?.
With the change that classical sculpturing went through in the 19th century it is now been viewed as the most innovative, radical and fruitful form of art today. Minimalism is sculpturing gave the whole art form a different point of view in a way of combining art, different materials and forms. Rosalind E. Krauss points this out in her famous essay from 1979 ?Sculpture in the expanded field? and informs about the basic shape of art in the 60's and 70's. There has been a shift from the ?ornamental luggage? of the outside shape to the experience spectators make with the symbiosis of sculptures and the spaces they are installed.
Especially political change in the 80's gave the Spanish art a whole new perspective and opened it internationally. By showing 14 artists with a different background and their approach to art the exhibition in Segovia tries to give impulses in the debate of Spanish art today. The well known art historian and Professor Francisco Calvo Serraller focused on the first decade of the new millennium.
Serraller starts with the roots of important sculptors of the 20th century (Picasso, Julio González, Oteiza and Chillida) and shows their impact on the historic Avantgarde and artistic tendencies of the 60's and 70's. However today artists try to get rid of these ?Heroes? and are looking for an international dialogue. Serraller did an excellent job in creating a harmonic dialogue between the very different artists and their pieces.
For example he placed the heads of the existentialistic realism of Antonia López (Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, 1936) next to the architectural pieces of Juan Navarro Baldeweg (Santander, 1939). The sculpture made by Jaume Plensa (Barcelona, 1955) makes you think about the ?condition humaine?, whereas the complex and dynamic structures of the Blanca Munoz (Madrid, 1963) draw our attention towards the cosmos.
Opposite to this is the incomparable picture language of Francisco Leiro (Cambados, Pontevedra, 1957), which is deeply enrooted to the mythology of our ancestors. Mediterranean animalism is shown in the mix of materiality of ceramic by Miquel Barceló (Felanitx, Mallorca, 1957). Contrary o this you can see art by Susana Solano (Barcelona, 1946) and Elena del Rivero (Valencia, 1949). Naia del Castillo (Bilbao, 1975) is looking at the gender role, the strategies of seduction and the stereotypes today.
Artists shown in this exhibition: Antonio López (Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, 1936), Juan Navarro Baldeweg (Santander, 1939), Eva Lootz (Viena, Austria, 1940), Susana Solano (Barcelona, 1946), Elena del Rivero (Valencia, 1949), Jaume Plensa (Barcelona, 1955), Cristina Iglesias (San Sebastián, 1956), Miquel Barceló (Felanitx, Mallorca, 1957), Francisco Leiro (Cambados, Pontevedra, 1957), Pello Irazu (Andoain, Guipúzcoa, 1963), Blanca Muñoz (Madrid, 1963), Javier Pérez (Bilbao, 1968), Sergio Prego (San Sebastián, 1969), Naia del Castillo (Bilbao, 1975).
Everyone who wants to experience this high level of Spanish sculpturing shouldn't miss this.
Duration: 30.9.2009 ? 21.2.2010
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vincente, Plazuela de las Bellas Artes, 40001 Segovia , Spanien
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October 2009
Contemporary Spanish sculpture 2000 -2010 at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vincente in Segovia (E)
Cristina Iglesias ?Sin título? (Celosía VI), 2002, Madera, resina y polvo de cobre, 250 x 950 x 500 cm, Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, París, Francia
