Manolo Valdés facts for kids
Manolo Valdés (born March 8, 1942) is a famous Spanish artist. He lives in New York and creates amazing art using paint, sculptures, and different materials mixed together. His art often uses humor and clever ideas to talk about important social issues.
About Manolo Valdés
Manolo Valdés was born in Valencia, Spain, on March 8, 1942. When he was 15, in 1957, he started studying art at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. He studied there for two years.
In 1964, he helped start an art group called Equipo Crónica. He worked with two other artists, Joan Toledo and Rafael Solbes. He stayed with this group until 1981, when Rafael Solbes passed away. Today, Manolo Valdés lives and works in New York City. He also has homes in The Hamptons and Miami.
Manolo Valdés's Artworks
Manolo Valdés is inspired by famous artists like Velázquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Matisse, and Picasso. He creates large artworks where the light and colors make you feel like you can almost touch them. His art is strong and often includes symbols from art history. Valdés makes paintings, huge sculptures, etchings (a type of printmaking), and collages.
Exhibitions and Awards
Besides the art he showed with his group, Equipo Crónicas, Valdés had more than seventy exhibitions between 1965 and 1981. These included both solo shows and group shows. His art has been displayed in many important art galleries and museums around the world. Some famous places include the Guggenheim in New York and the Hirschhorn in Washington, D.C. His work has also been shown in major art cities like London, Paris, Milan, and Seoul.
Valdés has won many awards for his art. These include the Lissone and Biella awards in Milan in 1965. He also received a silver medal at the second International Prints Biennial in Tokyo. Other awards include the Alfons Roig Award in Valencia and the National Award for Plastic Arts in Spain. In 1993, he received the Medal of the Order of Andrés Bello in Venezuela.
The famous thinker Zygmunt Bauman called Manolo Valdés one of the best artists of "liquid art." He wrote about this in his book Liquid Life.
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See also
In Spanish: Manuel Valdés Blasco para niños
