We visit the exposition “Figures and Abstraction: Evolution in Gravitational Space” by José Zugasti
We visit the exposition “Figures and Abstraction: Evolution in Gravitational Space” by José Zugasti
José Zugasti’s latest solo exhibition, entitled “Figura y Abstracción, evolución en el espacio gravitatorio” (Figures and Abstraction: Evolution in Gravitational Space), opened last year in San Sebastián at BASQUE LUXURY STUDIO and will remain open to the public until the second quarter of this year. The show, made up of works created by the artist during different periods from 1984 to 2020, includes a diptych painting and medium- and large-scale sculptures.
These works reflect on concepts such as the visual representation of weight and lightness, fragility, and the instability of bodies. In some of the pieces, problems acquire an anthropomorphic front. Meanwhile, in others, they are freed from the human matrix so as to inhabit the cosmos.
“Figures and Abstraction: Evolution in Gravitational Space” is one of the many exhibitions and retrospective shows in which Zugasti has been the protagonist. His work is so renowned that leading museums, as well as Spanish governmental institutions and private entities, all own some of his pieces. He has also installed numerous public pieces in cities throughout Spain.
Zugasti’s fruitful career has resulted in an immense collection of sculptures, paintings, and video creations in which matter and its absence make up metaphysical realities and shapes are able to represent relationships and their complexities – that which is absolute; delicate perfection; origin and destiny.
José Zugasti
