MIQUEL NAVARRO (Mislata, Valencia, 1946). "3-8", 2004. Sculpture in polychrome aluminum, copy 3/8.

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  MIQUEL NAVARRO (Mislata, Valencia, 1946). "3-8", 2004. Sculpture in polychrome aluminum, copy 3/8. Unique piece, signed and dated on the base. Exhibitions: - Miquel Navarro. Dolmen. Archaeology of pleasure and sadness, Fernández-Braso. 2021. - Fernández - Braso at ARCOmadrid 2016, Fernández-Braso. 2016. Measurements: 135 x 56 x 34 cm. This piece, made of iron, stands out for its rotundity, given by the material and its treatment. The organic and machinic elements interpenetrate in this sculpture full of edges but also of zoomorphic suggestions. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of San Carlos (Valencia). He began as a painter in 1964, making drawings and paintings on paper. In 1968 he made reliefs in rubber and plastic, and in 1972 he definitively opted for sculpture. However, his beginnings in the field of painting left their mark on his production, especially in wall reliefs. His work moved towards installations and assemblages, in the form of sculptural landscapes, although in the seventies he alternated assemblages with more traditional, autonomous sculptures. In 1980 he exhibited for the first time in New York. In this decade he experimented with new artistic manifestations, creating the scenographies for the plays "Vente a Sinapia", by Fernando Savater, and "Absalón", by Calderón de la Barca, both at the Teatro Nacional de Madrid. In 1984 a 23-meter fountain was inaugurated in a public square in Valencia, commemorating the bringing of drinking water from the Júcar River to the city, but he never gave up stagings, one of which "LA Ciudad" was exhibited in Grasz (Austria), Madrid and London. The influence of Russian constructivism and the work of Julio Gonzalez are also perceptible in his works of the last decade. His "Cities", which he has been developing since 1972, are complex installations, made with multiple pieces of ceramic materials and mainly clay -material full of cultural connotations and easy malleability. Refractory, zinc, lead, wood, plaster or marble are also extensively used by Navarro. As Garrido Moreno pointed out, the use of iron was especially important for the evolution of his work, allowing him to channel the architectural conception of his cities into simple geometric forms, losing part of their anecdotal character and becoming more schematic and essential. In these cities he usually emphasizes a vertical element that, over time, has become independent until it has become an isolated piece. In his career we can highlight the National Prize of Plastic Arts, obtained in 1986, the Alfons Roig Prize (Diputación de Valencia, 1987), the CEOE Prize for the Arts (1990) or the National Prize of the Association of Art Critics (AECA) ARCO'95.
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