www.ambiente.us FEBRUARY / FEBRERO 2008
Renowned Spanish Artist Exhibits Works on Washington Avenue in Miami
Beach
Miami Beach, FL.-The City of
Miami Beach and Marlborough
Gallery are pleased to present
an exhibition of monumental
bronze sculptures by the
renowned Spanish painter and
sculptor, Manolo Valdés. The
exhibition features nine works.
The exhibition opened on
November 3rd and will continue
through February 28, 2007 and
is free and open to the public.
“We are thrilled to bring a
breathtaking exhibition by
acclaimed Spanish artist
Manolo Valdés to Miami Beach
for the first time,� said Jeremy
T. Chestler, Chairperson of City of Miami Beach Art in Public Places. “Mr. Valdes is a luminary in the art
world and his monumental works will be a cultural force on the beach.�
The exhibition consists of four sculptures depicting female heads, their calm facial composure and
structured equilibrium offset rhythmically by dynamic ornamental head-pieces. Two of the four works, all of
which measure over thirteen feet high, were recently on display in New York’s Bryant Park.
Accompanying these forms are five elegantly imposing figures based on Diego Velázquez’ Reina
Mariana from the painting Las Meninas. In these works, Valdés draws inspiration from an art-historical
motif, as he does in much of his work, using his own visual language to skillfully play tribute to one of the
great masters.
Valdés’ approach to art is to use the past and present "como pretexto." He focuses not on the subject,
but on the way the art is created. For Valdés, the subject is simply the first step. As explored in his regal
sculptures on Washington Avenue in Miami Beach, his work is about the process and journey in creating the
art.
Valdés has received honors and commissions from Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Venezuela.
In 2005, a large exhibition of his sculptures of both Infanta Margarita and Reina Mariana opened to critical
acclaim in Paris at the Palais Royal, then traveling to Switzerland and Spain. In 2006, several of these
sculptures were featured at the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona, the first West Coast venue for Valdésâ
€™ work. Most recently, a group of Las Meninas were on view during the Helsinki Festival in Finland, from
May-September 2, 2007. In 2002, as part of Parks & Recreation’s public art program, Valdés exhibited
a monumental bronze sculpture entitled La Dama on Park Avenue. Currently a traveling exhibition entitled
Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture, is on view in Barcelona and will continue to Bilbao and Saragossa
in 2008.
Valdés completed two of his most important commissions to date in 2003: three monumental bronze
sculptures, Las Damas de Barajas, which were created for Madrid’s highly acclaimed new international
airport, and La Dama del Manzanares, which presides majestically over Madrid’s Parque del
Mazanares and is his largest sculpture at 45-feet high. In 1999, Valdés was the official representative of
Spain at the Venice Biennale. Recent retrospectives of Valdés’ paintings, sculpture and graphic work
have been held at the Guggenheim Bilbao in 2002 and Madrid’s Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofia in 2006. An important solo exhibition at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul, France, was also held in
2006.
Valdés’ work may be found in more than 40 public collections, among them: Peggy Guggenheim
Collection, Venice,Italy; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Menil Foundation, Houston, Texas;
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Modern Museet Art, Stockholm, Sweden; Musée National d’Art
Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Museo Nacional Centre de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid,
Spain; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
The City of Miami Beach established an Art in Public Places program in 1984, following the example of
successful programs in cities such as Philadelphia and Seattle. By ordinance, 1.5 percent of the cost of city-
owned construction projects is set aside for "works of art in public places other than museums which enrich
and give diversion to the public environment." To carry out this mandate, seven citizens of Miami Beach with
special expertise and experience in the arts are appointed by the City commissioners to the Art in Public
Places Committee.
Founded in London in 1946, Marlborough Gallery is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading
contemporary art dealers. Marlborough’s Midtown Manhattan gallery opened in 1963 and over the
course of four decades has held important exhibitions by David Smith, Kurt Schwitters, Ben Nicholson,
Wassily Kandinksy, Adolph Gottlieb, Barbara Hepworth, Jacques Lipchitz, Franz Kline, Francis Bacon,
Richard Avedon and Larry Rivers, to name a few.
In addition to the new Marlborough Chelsea, which just opened at 545 West 25th Street, New York,
Marlborough is a global organization that comprises Marlborough Fine Art, London; GalerÃa Marlborough,
Madrid, with an annex in Barcelona, Spain; Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo; GalerÃa A.M.S Marlborough,
Santiago, Chile, as well as its long-established site in New York City at 40 West 57th Street. Marlborough is
proud to support this exciting exhibition in Miami Beach of works by Manolo Valdés. Marlborough Chelsea,
New York, will present an exciting exhibition of recent paintings and sculpture by Manolo Valdés that opens
on February 7, 2008 and continues through March 8th.
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Renowned Spanish Artist Exhibits Works on Washington Avenue in Miami
Beach
Miami Beach, FL.-The City of
Miami Beach and Marlborough
Gallery are pleased to present
an exhibition of monumental
bronze sculptures by the
renowned Spanish painter and
sculptor, Manolo Valdés. The
exhibition features nine works.
The exhibition opened on
November 3rd and will continue
through February 28, 2007 and
is free and open to the public.
“We are thrilled to bring a
breathtaking exhibition by
acclaimed Spanish artist
Manolo Valdés to Miami Beach
for the first time,� said Jeremy
T. Chestler, Chairperson of City of Miami Beach Art in Public Places. “Mr. Valdes is a luminary in the art
world and his monumental works will be a cultural force on the beach.�
The exhibition consists of four sculptures depicting female heads, their calm facial composure and
structured equilibrium offset rhythmically by dynamic ornamental head-pieces. Two of the four works, all of
which measure over thirteen feet high, were recently on display in New York’s Bryant Park.
Accompanying these forms are five elegantly imposing figures based on Diego Velázquez’ Reina
Mariana from the painting Las Meninas. In these works, Valdés draws inspiration from an art-historical
motif, as he does in much of his work, using his own visual language to skillfully play tribute to one of the
great masters.
Valdés’ approach to art is to use the past and present "como pretexto." He focuses not on the subject,
but on the way the art is created. For Valdés, the subject is simply the first step. As explored in his regal
sculptures on Washington Avenue in Miami Beach, his work is about the process and journey in creating the
art.
Valdés has received honors and commissions from Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Venezuela.
In 2005, a large exhibition of his sculptures of both Infanta Margarita and Reina Mariana opened to critical
acclaim in Paris at the Palais Royal, then traveling to Switzerland and Spain. In 2006, several of these
sculptures were featured at the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona, the first West Coast venue for Valdésâ
€™ work. Most recently, a group of Las Meninas were on view during the Helsinki Festival in Finland, from
May-September 2, 2007. In 2002, as part of Parks & Recreation’s public art program, Valdés exhibited
a monumental bronze sculpture entitled La Dama on Park Avenue. Currently a traveling exhibition entitled
Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture, is on view in Barcelona and will continue to Bilbao and Saragossa
in 2008.
Valdés completed two of his most important commissions to date in 2003: three monumental bronze
sculptures, Las Damas de Barajas, which were created for Madrid’s highly acclaimed new international
airport, and La Dama del Manzanares, which presides majestically over Madrid’s Parque del
Mazanares and is his largest sculpture at 45-feet high. In 1999, Valdés was the official representative of
Spain at the Venice Biennale. Recent retrospectives of Valdés’ paintings, sculpture and graphic work
have been held at the Guggenheim Bilbao in 2002 and Madrid’s Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofia in 2006. An important solo exhibition at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul, France, was also held in
2006.
Valdés’ work may be found in more than 40 public collections, among them: Peggy Guggenheim
Collection, Venice,Italy; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Menil Foundation, Houston, Texas;
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Modern Museet Art, Stockholm, Sweden; Musée National d’Art
Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Museo Nacional Centre de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid,
Spain; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
The City of Miami Beach established an Art in Public Places program in 1984, following the example of
successful programs in cities such as Philadelphia and Seattle. By ordinance, 1.5 percent of the cost of city-
owned construction projects is set aside for "works of art in public places other than museums which enrich
and give diversion to the public environment." To carry out this mandate, seven citizens of Miami Beach with
special expertise and experience in the arts are appointed by the City commissioners to the Art in Public
Places Committee.
Founded in London in 1946, Marlborough Gallery is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading
contemporary art dealers. Marlborough’s Midtown Manhattan gallery opened in 1963 and over the
course of four decades has held important exhibitions by David Smith, Kurt Schwitters, Ben Nicholson,
Wassily Kandinksy, Adolph Gottlieb, Barbara Hepworth, Jacques Lipchitz, Franz Kline, Francis Bacon,
Richard Avedon and Larry Rivers, to name a few.
In addition to the new Marlborough Chelsea, which just opened at 545 West 25th Street, New York,
Marlborough is a global organization that comprises Marlborough Fine Art, London; GalerÃa Marlborough,
Madrid, with an annex in Barcelona, Spain; Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo; GalerÃa A.M.S Marlborough,
Santiago, Chile, as well as its long-established site in New York City at 40 West 57th Street. Marlborough is
proud to support this exciting exhibition in Miami Beach of works by Manolo Valdés. Marlborough Chelsea,
New York, will present an exciting exhibition of recent paintings and sculpture by Manolo Valdés that opens
on February 7, 2008 and continues through March 8th.
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