Work data:
Author: Manolo Valdés (Valencia, 1942)
Title: Queen Mariana
Year of creation: 2000
Materials and dimensions: 85/5 statuary bronze. 7.3 x 4.9 x 7.6 meters
The portrait of Queen Mariana is a painting that Valdés has reinterpreted numerous times throughout his career, demystifying it, taking it out of context, and offering a new, contemporary, and relaxed vision of an artistic icon.
The monumental queen reappears simplified, reduced to its basic forms, yet at the same time imbued with great expressive power. Texture plays a very important role for this artist and is a point of connection between his work as a painter and a sculptor. Once the volume is created, he looks for stains, the imperfections of the material, and highlights its cracks and imperfections. Scale also becomes an expressive resource that allows us to consider new perspectives and points of view of the work.
This work is part of the Art in the City initiative.