Manolo Valdés – in Glass

Manolo Valdés, Kosme de Barañano, Peter Willberg

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English

Anomie Publishing
01 August 2022

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Sculpture; Ceramic arts, pottery, glass; Individual artists, art monographs

A large-format publication documenting a body of sculptural works in glass and mixed media created in 2020-21 by internationally acclaimed, New York-based Spanish artist Manolo Valdés (b.1942, Valencia). The book's author, Dr Kosme de Barañano, discusses the abstracted, humanlike busts, contextualising them in the artist's wider practice.

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.

AUTHOR: 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.

65 illustrations

By: Manolo Valdés, Kosme de Barañano
Other: Peter Willberg
Imprint: Anomie Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 340mm, Width: 270mm,
ISBN: 9781910221372
ISBN 10: 1910221376
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 August 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

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.

Reviews for Manolo Valdés – in Glass

"""Manolo Valdés In Glass is a stunning coffee table compendium of the artist's latest sculptures, made using molten glass... Glossy and arresting, [it] is a gallery of modern sculptural delights.""-- ""Foreword Reviews"""