Sculpture "La Libertad"
Sculpture "La Libertad"
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limited, 3,999 copies | signed | numbered certificate | bonded bronze + stone | patinated | total size 52 x 10 x 25 cm (h/w/d)
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Sculpture "La Libertad"
The sculptural works of the Catalan sculptor Manel Vidal are characterised by gracefulness. The graceful young woman climbs up an implied staircase and stretches her hand with the roses to the sky in a passionate and victorious pose. The detailed design of the dress and the floral decoration underlines the feminine beauty of the sitter.
Polymer cast with bronzed and patinated surface. Travertine stone pedestal. Limited edition of 3,999 copies, signed and with numbered certificate. Size with pedestal 52 x 10 x 25 cm (h/w/d).
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About Manel Vidal
Manuel Vidal was born in 1953 in Spain. Already as a child, the artist showed a great interest in sculptural work and sculpture. However, as he could not count on family support, he applied his artistic skills in the textile industry. When in 1981, the art school "Escuela de Artes y Oficios" was founded in his hometown of La Pobla de Claramunt, he took over the position of the headmaster there. After a few years, he gave up this position in order to devote himself entirely to his sculptural work.
He created sculptures that showed a clear tendency towards the figurative in dynamic – almost dance-like movement. In his thematic world, the human is the centre of a constantly renewing creation. Like the great masters of Greek antiquity, he is always in search of the truth and the origin of human existence. He breaks up the primary rock and shapes it into sculptures of unique beauty and expressiveness.
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Special polishing and patination techniques give the surface of the casting an appearance similar to the authentic bronze.
Term for an art object (sculpture, installation) that, according to the artist’s intention, is produced in multiple copies within a limited and numbered edition.
Multiples enable the "democratization" of art by making the work accessible and affordable for a wider audience.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures made of wood, ivory, or stone are carved directly from the material block, in bronze casting, a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.