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MANOLO VALDÉS (Valencia, 1942). "Las Meninas", 1984. Rug designed by the artist. Virgin wool. 100% pure. Exemplary 82/125. It has a label on the back and a handwritten signature. Measurements: 170 x 240 cm. Manolo Valdés has made during his career exclusive designs for the realization of carpets even collaborating with the Royal Tapestry Factory. In this particular case, the carpet, which belongs to a series of 125 examples, has the design of the Valencian artist, recreated in virgin wool. The piece has the personal and irreverent style of Valdés who reinterprets the myths approaching figures such as Picasso and Velázquez, which in this work are evident through the figure of the Menina. Although the composition and aesthetics are close to the work "Dances for fear" by Paul Klee. Manolo Valdés introduced in Spain a form of artistic expression that combines political and social commitment with humor and irony. He began his training in 1957, when he entered the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia. However, two years later he abandoned his studies to devote himself fully to painting. In 1964 he founded the artistic group Equipo Crónica, together with Juan Antonio Toledo and Rafael Solbes, in which he remained until the latter's death in 1981, despite the fact that Toledo had left the group two years after its foundation. Since then he has settled in New York, where he currently resides and where he has continued to experiment with new forms of expression, including sculpture. Among the numerous awards Manolo Valdés has received are the Lissone and Biella of Milan, the silver medal of the II International Biennial of Engravings of Tokyo, the award of the Bridgestone Art Museum in Lisbon, the National Prize of Plastic Arts, the medal of the International Festival of Plastic Artists of Baghdad, the Decoration of the Order of Andres Bello in Venezuela, the award of the National Council of Monaco, the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts, the Award of the Spanish Association of Art Critics and the Best Printmaking Artist Award, among others. Formally, Valdés creates a large format work in which lights and colors express tactile values, due to the treatment given to the materials. His work forces the viewer to delve into memory and search for significant images of the history of art. He is represented in some of the most outstanding museums around the world, such as the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Metropolitan, the MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Georges Pompidou Center and the Fons National d'Arts Plastiques in Paris, the Kusnthalle in Hamburg, the Kunstmuseum in Berlin and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao, among many others.
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MANOLO VALDÉS (Valencia, 1942). "Las Meninas", 1984. Rug designed by the artist. Virgin wool. 100% pure. Exemplary 82/125. It has a label on the back and a handwritten signature. Measurements: 170 x 240 cm. Manolo Valdés has made during his career exclusive designs for the realization of carpets even collaborating with the Royal Tapestry Factory. In this particular case, the carpet, which belongs to a series of 125 examples, has the design of the Valencian artist, recreated in virgin wool. The piece has the personal and irreverent style of Valdés who reinterprets the myths approaching figures such as Picasso and Velázquez, which in this work are evident through the figure of the Menina. Although the composition and aesthetics are close to the work "Dances for fear" by Paul Klee. Manolo Valdés introduced in Spain a form of artistic expression that combines political and social commitment with humor and irony. He began his training in 1957, when he entered the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia. However, two years later he abandoned his studies to devote himself fully to painting. In 1964 he founded the artistic group Equipo Crónica, together with Juan Antonio Toledo and Rafael Solbes, in which he remained until the latter's death in 1981, despite the fact that Toledo had left the group two years after its foundation. Since then he has settled in New York, where he currently resides and where he has continued to experiment with new forms of expression, including sculpture. Among the numerous awards Manolo Valdés has received are the Lissone and Biella of Milan, the silver medal of the II International Biennial of Engravings of Tokyo, the award of the Bridgestone Art Museum in Lisbon, the National Prize of Plastic Arts, the medal of the International Festival of Plastic Artists of Baghdad, the Decoration of the Order of Andres Bello in Venezuela, the award of the National Council of Monaco, the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts, the Award of the Spanish Association of Art Critics and the Best Printmaking Artist Award, among others. Formally, Valdés creates a large format work in which lights and colors express tactile values, due to the treatment given to the materials. His work forces the viewer to delve into memory and search for significant images of the history of art. He is represented in some of the most outstanding museums around the world, such as the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Metropolitan, the MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Georges Pompidou Center and the Fons National d'Arts Plastiques in Paris, the Kusnthalle in Hamburg, the Kunstmuseum in Berlin and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao, among many others.
