Today: Press Preview "City Metaphors" by Spanish Sculptor Miquel Navarro at CIFO

Today, Monday April 8th, 2013 at 11AM, the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, CIFO and the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, IVAM will introduce in a special press preview the work by award winning Spanish sculptor Miguel Navarro and his exhibiton entitled Miguel Navarro. City Metaphors. Selections from the IVAM Collection (on view through May 12, 2013).

Navarro, an artist that began his career as a painter and is now exclusively working in scultpure, was born in Valencia and studied at the San Carlos School of Fine Art in Valencia, Spain.

 

Navarro's work is characterized by his unmistakable representations of cluster of cities that constitute a prototype he uses for his sculptural installations with a structure based on an imaginary urbanism which is a key aspect of his work, recently part of the IVAM’s permanent collection thanks to his generous donation of 515 pieces. 
This exhibition is the first initiative of the partnership between IVAM & CIFO which consists on the exchange of exhibitions of their respective collections.

“We are very happy to host Navarro at CIFO and to have an artist of such caliber  is an honor that will help us  further the mission of ourt foundation,” said Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, CIFO’s Founder.

Consuelo Ciscar, IVAM's Director says that Navarro’s work has stood the test of time and has prevailed and asserted its place with determination and discipline.


"The new Spanish sculpture from the seventies and eighties which drew on the legacy of Spanish masters like Julio González, was characterized by the expansion of the field of sculpture installations to encompass installation art, and by interventions dealing with nature and actions on the body," said Ciscar. 

Navarro is the recipient of  the Premio Nacional de Artes Plasticas, the Alfonso Roig Prize, and the Julio Gonzalez International Prize from IVAM. He is also a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid.
Navarro's exhibition is part of a series of events scheduled to celebrate the 500 years of historical, cultural, social and economic contributions of Spain to Florida since the arrival of Ponce de Leon in South Florida.

In attendance today at the press conference and brunch will be Miquel Navarro; Cristina Barrios, Consul General of Spain; Consuelo Ciscar, Director of IVAM; Emilio Sanchez, President of the Spain-Florida Foundation; and Jesus Fuenmayor, Executive Director of CIFO.