Global Village Landshut, Germany

 

Some pics of my works at Global Village group exhibition, in Landshut, Germany. I'm so proud to be a part of such a great event. After Landshut the exhibition will move to Danemark

 From 27 June to 6 July 2014 I participate with a couple of works (great capitalist selfportrait and little Martyr) in the group show GLOBAL VILLAGE 2014 – an exhibition IRL – in Landshut, Munich, in Germany.

Global Village 2014 is an international group show of contemporary art with 60 artists from around the world.
Read more about this exciting project here

I look so much forward to exhibiting with these great artists:

Alain Poussot (Switzerland) - Albert van Loon (Netherlands) - Aleksandra Striapunina (Russia/Netherlands) - Amir Zainorin (Malaysia/Denmark) - Amira Al-Sharif (Yemen) - Ana Carvalho (Portugal) - Angel Miov (Rep. Macedonia) – Aniqa Fatima (Pakistan) - Arno Rollenberg (Netherlands) - Aysel Amirova (Azerbaijan) - Bea Peter (Switzerland/Netherlands) - Bente Bundsbaek (Denmark) - Bjorn Eriksen (Denmark) - Carly Schmitt (USA/Germany) - Carmen Heemels (Netherlands) - Catriona Stanton (Australia) - Chloe Coomans (Belgium) -Christine Fössmeier (Germany) - Cora de Lang (Argentina/Germany) - Danny Germansen (Denmark) - Denise Frechet (France) - Diane Meyer (USA) - Edth van Campfoort (Netherlands) - Elio Rodriguez (Cuba) - Evelien de Jong (Netherlands) - Frans Vendel (Netherlands) - Fred Michiels (Belgium) - Genevieve Holloway (USA/Netherlands) - Grietje Bouman (Netherlands) - Irene Anton (Germany) - Iris Perez (Dominican Republic) - Jaap Borgers (Netherlands) - Jan van Well (Netherlands) - Jelili Atiku (Nigeria) - Jeroen Molenaar (Netherlands) - Jeroen van Paassen (Netherlands) - Joan Priego (Spain) - Joe Bochynski (USA) - Jonna Pedersen (Denmark) - Jos Poeder (Netherlands) - Jouni Vesanen (Finland) - Kashmiri Khosa (India) - Katrine van Klaveren (Netherlands) - Kim Demane (Sweden/Netherlands) - Lakisha Fernando (Sri Lanka) - Li Lihong (China) - Maartje van den Heuvel (Netherlands) - Madina Abova (Russia) - Maja Kirovska (Rep. Macedonia) - Manish Strestha (Nepal) - Mansoor Chitzen (Iran) - Maria Wolfram (Finland) - Marko Gavrilovic (Serbia) - Markus Wimmer (Germany) - Mikko Snellman (Finland) - Monika Loster (Germany) - Niki Hare (UK) - Norbert Wille (Netherlands) - Odine Lang (Germany) - Orhan Rashtana (Belgium) - Pike Räsänen (Finland/Netherlands) - PJ Bruyniks (Netherlands) - Robert Roelink (Netherlands) - Sabina Shikhlinskaya (Azerbaijan) - Serge Hamad (France/USA) - Shamsia Hassani (Afghanistan) - Teppo Korte (Finland/Netherlands) - Tom Hughes (USA) - Uli Schmid (Germany) – Wrongpong (UK) - Zara Alexandrova (Bulgaria/Austria) - Zindzi Wijminga (Netherlands)

The exhibition will travel to Denmark in August 2014.

Contortionists of Siam #6

 This is CONTORTIONISTS OF SIAM #6 carved in wood. 107x61x49cmts

Contortortionists and Siamese contortionists is a main topic in my work. In our west society dominated by the way of prodution of the postfordist capitalism work has become a way of virtous performance that has no longer the production of valuables as a result
As the philosopher and semiologist Paolo Virno argues the charasteristics of the virtuous performer - pianist, dancer, actor...- such as improvisation, comunication, are nowadays in the foundation of the interllectual mass work.
A new kind of work that is structured in the same way of a public sfere were all of us as workers we are countinously exposed to the presence and the look of the Other
I think that because of the demands of flexibility and constant training. And due of the deep crisis the figure of the contortionist has become the paradigm - among all performers- of the new social precariat
As contortionists we twist and turn following the working market requirements
As Siamese contortionists our intellectial work faces us to the look of the Other, that is just another Self, twisting and mixing with us in our everyday's pirouette since we no longer know where the Self finishes and where the Other starts.
As fragmented contortionists we adquire new skills and we remove our useless organs.
Flexibility, constant training, precious employment...
to look at the grotesque figures of 'the secret life of a contortionist' it's to look at ourselves

The Art of Fugue

 

This is the Art of Fugue  my new wooden sculpture. The torso is 84x163x28 cmts and legs are 94x49x31 cmts, all carved in wood and painted

Global Village 2014

I'm proud to take part with 2 works, Little Martyr & Great Capitalist Selfportrait, at the event Global Village 2014.
Global Village is showing 60 international artists from all over the world.
From 17th May to 25th May it will take place at Fort Abcoude, Holland.
Then in July it will move to Landhust in Germany and in August Global Village it will be at the Kulturhuset of Broden in Denmark.

2 of hearts

This is my latest  relief.  It's called 2 of hearts 95x61x6cmts, wood & paint.
I find that relief is a very interesting languaje between sculpture, drawing and painting.

Merman

This is called Merman (triton). It's a little sketch for a bigger sculpture, it's carved in wood and painted, 38x20x9cmts. In fact this Merman is inspired in the pose of the spanish bullfighter that I used before for my little martyr

This is a project sketch I did for my wooden sculpture "little martyr"its made of epoxi resin and wood 39x23x9cmts

wood-carved reliefs

Lately I've been experimenting with a new languaje, the relief.
I find the relief a very interesting languaje between sculpture, drawing and painting.
I try to approach in a very contenporary way to the relief, here are some examples of my approach:

Picture1 is....Saint Sebastian 107x 61x 8cmts
Picture2 is ... Damocles  121x80x10 cmts
Picture3 is...  Multipication of bread and fish.  120x80x14cms

Uroboros

Uroboros is a small wood-carved sculpture 10x60x18 cmts

This is the Little Martyr... This sculpture can be shown with or without the knife, public has to decide if the knife has to be or not on the sculpture's chest.
It's carved in wood and painted 120x60x52cms with knife.. 91x60x52cms without knife

3 gracias, 3 graces... wood, 60x51x12cms

This is sculpture is small 45x25x25 cmts and its carved in wood. It's called The strategy of flexibility

 

Damocles, carved wood, paint, 90x25x30 cmts