04.21.2016-07.01.2016
Baltasar Lobo
«The female form sculpted by Lobo is quite singular and this means that it is always in the singular form. Multiple but one. A multitude and a person. Faceless but alive, very alive: she breathes, she beats.»
The work of Baltasar Lobo, a Spanish sculptor and member of the New School of Paris (Nouvelle École de Paris), is a celebration of the female body. Sometimes figurative and sometimes abstract like Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp and Henry Moore, Lobo shapes pure and simplified forms. Through smooth curves and volumes that lead to an extraordinary sense of harmony, Lobo represents the very essence of the human being. Influenced by archaic Greek art as well as by African or Oceanian arts, Lobo works on the theme of female nude, an everlasting source of inspiration. The sculpture Femme assise, whose original dates back to 1986, is an emblem of Lobo’s style and it conveys a universal and idealized image of the feminine form. Through round volumes emerging from a bronze patina, Lobo creates radiant forms with an oscillating inside conveying a pure sense of femininity and sensuality.
The exhibition of Interart Gallery presents a selection of never seen before pieces of art of the Spanish sculptor. His sculptures are simultaneously linked to his time and timeless and they convey an ecstatic feeling of accomplishment, rarely equalled.