SANTIAGO VILLANUEVA - Frozen Balance

THE NEW EXHIBITION OF THE SPANISH SCULPTOR SANTIAGO VILLANUEVA, AT DIANA LOWENSTEIN GALLERY, MEETS SOMETHING FROM HIS THREE PREVIOUS SERIES “SOFT THERAPY”, “TOUCH THERAPY” AND “EVIDENCE”, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE CONCEPT OF STATIC DYNAMISM AND THE KNOWN INTEREST OF THE ARTIST IN REPRESENTING A FROZEN SNAPSHOT, CHOSEN AMONG THE MANY THAT DESCRIBES THE CHANGING REALITY OF MATTER IN MOTION.
STOPPING IN FRONT OF THE WORKS, WHICH WITH THE TITLE “FROZEN BALANCE” ARE PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE GALLERY, THE SLOW SPACE SURROUND US AND THE MATTER BECOMES PLASTIC AND MALLEABLE, POSSESSING A LIVING, LIGHT AND CHANGING INTERIOR ENERGY.
THE WORKS EXHIBITED CONTINUE THE LINE OF FORMAL TENSION DRAWN UP BY VILLANUEVA SOME YEARS AGO WITHOUT ABANDONING QUALITIES THAT ARE SO CHARACTERISTIC IN HIS WORK, SUCH AS THE NEATNESS OF THE FINISHES OR THE SUGGESTIVE COLORS.

BIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED SHOWS

Santiago Villanueva was born in 1965, Madrid Spain.
He has exhibited widely in both Europe,North America and Asia over the past decade. Amongst his solo and group shows: Galeria Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca; Galeria Blanca Berlin. Madrid;Artin Gallery. Milán.Italy; Merkur Gallery. Estambul. Turkey; Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca; Foundation Kühne-Stiftung. Hamburg, Germany; Today Art Museum, Pekin; Alicia Winters, Arhem, Holland; Galeria Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal and others.