Rafael Canogar (1935) - Iberoaméricana

Rafael Canogar. "Iberoamérica". Technique: Lithography
Support: Canson paper 320-gram edition
Dimensions: 100 x 70 cm
Edition: 99 copies (regular edition)
B.A.T.: 1 P/A: 10 (Roman) H.C.: 10 (Roman) P/T: 5 (Arabic)

1. Rafael Canogar (Toledo, 1935) is a living titan and a leading figure of European contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
2. Founder in 1957 of the mythical group El Paso, he led the informalist vanguard and opened Spanish art to the world.
3. His dazzling global rise arrived in 1960 when he exhibited in the temples of modern art in New York: MoMA and the Guggenheim.
4. He triumphed and was a stellar protagonist at the prestigious Venice Biennale, where he was recognized and distinguished with his own special room.
5. His international career includes important distinctions at global venues, such as the award at the 1971 São Paulo Biennale.
6. An undisputed pioneer of material painting, he fused the radicality of gesture with dramatic and social intensity.
7. Awarded the National Prize for Plastic Arts (1982) and the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts of Spain.
8. Academician of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, he embodies the bridge between modernity and cult academicism.
9. His work hangs in the halls of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
10. His signature is in key global collections such as the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma, and Turin.
11. He has his own museum and permanent headquarters in Toledo: the Rafael Canogar Space, in the historic Roca Tarpeya complex.
12. The technical mastery of his reliefs, textures and graphic work places his creations among the most coveted in the secondary market.
13. Indispensable in any collection of historical avant-garde alongside references such as Antonio Saura, Manolo Millares or Antoni Tàpies.
14. An indisputable icon whose value and historical relevance remain fully current and in constant reappraisal.