Manolo Valdés in New York
Opera Gallery New York is honored to present a solo exhibition celebrating the internationally acclaimed painter and sculptor Manolo Valdés. Fascinated by matter and its properties, the artist gives it life in an unparalleled way. Aluminum, bronze, resin, stainless-steel, burlap, wood, oil, mirror, alabaster… all these materials gather to reveal the classical theme of the female portrait under a new light.
Conceived as an ode to color, portraiture and iconography, the exhibition draws heavily on Valdés' stunning interpretation of art history and is a glorious tribute to masterpieces by El Greco, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Constantin Brancusi among others.
Using a broad range of raw materials Valdés subverts, reinvents or reinvigorates familiar images by masters from another era.
SELECTED WORKS
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Manolo Valdés, Matisse como Pretexto en Rosa, 2021
Oil on burlap
195,5 x 381 cm | 77 x 150 in
![](https://www.operagallery.com/storage/artworks/resized/constructivismo-como-pretexto-II.jpg)
Manolo Valdés, Constructivismo como Pretexto II, 2021
Polychromated wood
110,5 x 97,8 x 50,8 cm | 43.5 x 38.5 x 20 in
![](https://www.operagallery.com/storage/artworks/resized/Doble-Imagen- con-Espejo.jpg)
Manolo Valdés, Doble Imagen con Espejo, 2021
Oil on burlap
142,2 x 236,2 cm | 56 x 93 in
![](https://www.operagallery.com/storage/artworks/resized/El-Circulo-Azul.jpg)
Manolo Valdés, El Circulo Azul, 2020
Oil on burlap
172,7 x 152,4 cm | 68 x 60 in
![](https://www.operagallery.com/storage/artworks/resized/infanta-margarita-en-rojo.jpg)
Manolo Valdés, Infanta Margarita en Rojo, 2021
Polychromated wood
100,3 x 71,1 x 47 cm | 39.5 x 28 x 18.5 in
![](https://www.operagallery.com/storage/artworks/resized/cabeza-ambar-con-mariposa-blancas.jpg)
Manolo Valdés, Cabeza Ambar con Mariposa Blancas, 2020
Glass and steel
111,8 x 66 x 55,9 cm | 44 x 26 x 22 in