Estuardo Maldonado Foundation present in NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library

April 11th - Raquel Ogle Maldonado, Estuardo Maldonado Foundation
Topic: Pre-Columbian Art and its Dimensionalist evolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
ESTUARDO MALDONADO FOUNDATION in New York “SIX THOUSAND YEARS OF PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURE AND ITS EVOLUTION INTO DIMENSIONALIST ART”
Topic: Pre-Columbian Art and its Dimensionalist evolution

Synopsis
Dimensionalism is the representation of more than three dimensions. Dimentionalism will be further explained by viewing the dimensionalist work of Estuardo Maldonado, particularly his various works in stainless steel. Dimensional music by Gabriel Maldonado will be presented.

Biography
Raquel Ogle Maldonado (born 1966 Rome, Italy) is the daughter of Estuardo Maldonado. Her mission is to make known the work of her father through the Estuardo Maldonado Foundation
Estuardo Maldonado (born 1930 Pintag, Ecuador) He is a master Latin American sculptor and painter inspired by the Constructivist Movement. Maldonado is a member of VAN (Vanguardia Artística Nacional), the group of Informalist painters. Maldonado's international presence is largely due to his participation in over a hundred exhibits outside of Ecuador. His work has a universal quality that speaks to expansive audiences.

Maldonado's work depicts abstractions of nature. His ancestral roots are also evident in some of his works based on Pre-Columbian imagery from his native Andean zone. At the same time, he is interested in the palpitation of the evolving Universe. It is because of this inherent curiosity with advancement and history that he has a place within the Latin American Constructivist Art Movement. In 2009, Maldonado was awarded the Premio Eugenio Espejo (Eugenio Espejo Prize), Ecuador’s most prestigious National Award for Art, Literature and Culture.

The Constructivist Movement made its way into Latin America by way of Joaquin Torres Garcia and Manuel Rendón. Constructive Universalism is an innovative style created by Joaquín Torres García who after living in Europe for over forty years, returned to his native land, Uruguay and brought with him new artistic concepts. Constructive Universalism combines references to the Pre-Columbian world with the geometric forms of European Constructivism.
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