ART IN ARCHITECTURE: THREE SPANISH ARTISTS
PRESS RELEASE
During 1983, the Pori Art Museum, the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä and the Finnish Museum of Architecture in Helsinki will host an exhibition which, through three artists, will give an example of the relationship between art and architecture and environmental design in contemporary Spain. Spain has a long and varied tradition in this respect, which architect Francisco F. Longoria describes in an introductory article in the exhibition brochure. In today’s technologically advanced and urbanised society, the continuation of this tradition is seen as important in Spain, and many contemporary artists work closely with developers, architects and environmental planners. Amadeo Gabino, José-Luis Sánchez and Joaquin Vaquero-Turcios, the three artists in the current exhibition in Finland, are three major figures in their field.
Amadeo Gabino (b.1922, Valencia) studied art from 1939-58 in Rome, Paris, Hamburg and New York on scholarships from those countries and at the San Carlos School of Art from 1939-44. Gabino has participated in the Milan Triennale (Grand Prize 1954), the Alexandria, Venice and Sao Paulo Biennales, among others. His works are in numerous museums, including the State Art Gallery and the State Art Collections, the Hamburg Art Gallery in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Geneva Art Museum and the Brooklyn Art Museum.
José-Luis Sánchez (b. 1926, Albacete) studied sculpture under Angel Ferrant at the Madrid School of Fine Arts and has also completed postgraduate studies in the fields of art, glass, ceramics, etc. Since 1975 he has been a professor at the Madrid School of Art. Sanchez has concentrated particularly on architectural sculpture and is one of the most sought-after sculptors in Spain today.
Joaquín Vaquero-Turcios (b.1933, Madrid) studied art first in Spain and later in Italy, where he lived for 15 years. He also studied architecture at the University of Rome. In addition to oil paintings, he has made numerous large frescoes and architectural sculptures in several countries. He has participated in the Venice, Sao Paulo and Paris Biennales. In 1963 he won first prize in painting at the III Paris Biennale and in 1967 he was elected a member of the Academy of Art and Design of Florence.
The exhibition “ART IN ARCHITECTURE” is part of the cultural exchange agreement between Finland and Spain. Recently, the Finnish exhibitions “FASHION AND STRUCTURE” and “ALVAR AALTO” have been organised in Spain in the framework of cultural exchange.
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