“Dama a Caballo” by Manolo Valdes
Gabriel Delgado
Gallery and Museum Executive Leadership | Living Kidney Donor | Art Writer | Book Author | Artist | Owner of Delgado Consulting and Appraising
“Dama a Caballo”, or “Lady on Horse”, is the only non-head and bust sculpture in the exhibition, Manolo Valdés: “Peque?as Esculturas”. Grandiose in its white knight appeal, the sculpture’s true integrity is secured to the white alabaster stone material. A sense of purity resonates from the noble steed and its seated rider-– a Dama equestrian, complete with flowing skirt and elongated saddle blanket. Purposefully absent are the rider’s hands and the horse’s feet…a minimalistic approach rendered by Valdés to create a relic derived from antiquity. Sweeping lines, angular definitions, and diminutive details creates a dynamic flow across the sculptures composition. The crest of the figure’s head, a seemingly half circle, or an angelic halo brings a sense of deipotent charisma to the otherwise anonymous rider.
-Gabriel Diego Delgado, Assistant Director, Rosenbaum Contemporary
For Immediate Release:
March 24, 2018
BOCA RATON, Fla. -– Manolo Valdés “Peque?as Esculturas” is on view starting April 7, 2018 in Rosenbaum Contemporary’s Boca Raton gallery, 150 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, Fla.
Rosenbaum Contemporary is proud to display 13 small sculptures by Manolo Valdés, including a host of engravings and collage.
Manolo Valdés “Peque?as Esculturas”, the exhibition, displays a curatorial selection of Valdés’s smaller sculptures available for acquisition. Internationally known for a distinctive and signature aesthetic, Valdés has diligently crafted smaller studio sculptures alongside the monumental public art projects that encase all the art historical contexts Valdés holds dear.