Manuel Pinazo (1956) - Serie “La ventana indiscreta A”

Manuel Pinazo, 1956 Valencia
• Arts and Trades. Eduardo Merello School (A.H.V.), affiliated with the Valencia School of Arts and Trades (5 years)
Master's degree in artistic forging in iron

Geometry and Color in Space

Painted with natural pigments on canvas.
Year - 2021
Measures 100 x 81 cm. Shipped with the artist's certificate.

Expanded Geometry
By Pedro Alberto Cruz

The abstract language in which Manuel Pinazo Rodríguez's entire body of work is developed is a direct consequence of the reworking that geometric rigor underwent during postmodernity, as well as of the expansion that painting is undertaking beyond its traditional boundaries. The first distinctive element of his painting is the introduction of error, of 'imperfection' in the translation of certain geometric schemes with a long tradition dating back to the vanguards. Pinazo's work repeats compositional models based on parallel vertical or horizontal bands of different colors, checkered patterns, or the repetition of geometric figures such as rectangles. When examining each of these compositions in detail, one notices how the cold rationalism underlying geometric abstraction has been subverted through the insertion of various irregularities: slightly tilted lines that are therefore not completely straight; different spacing between the various color bands; verticals that are interrupted and break the rhythm of the work; or, clearly, the cheerful color—echoing Matisse—and sometimes with an air of naivety, which undermines the metaphysical authority that many vanguard geometric abstractions exude.
But the process of deconstructing the abstract geometry carried out by Manuel Pinazo does not stop at this first level of critique. There is, moreover, a 'second level' that the artist has been consolidating over the years, which offers interesting conclusions. Firstly, and following a line of work that continues the post-pictorial abstraction of the 1980s, the artist plays with the sculptural potential of painting through the assembly of various pieces that dismantle the traditional idea of contour/frame as a square or rectangular shape.

Exhibitions and Works

1991 - Painting and Sculpture Exhibition at the City Hall of Burjasot, opening of the hall.
1992 - Sculpture exhibition at the Palacio Gravina in Alicante, alongside J. G. H., titled 'Light and Form in Iron.'
• 1992 - Exhibition at PG ART gallery in Gandía
1992 - Exhibition and acquisition by the Ajuntament de la Font d’en Carros of a series of 25 iron sculptures.
1993 - Painting exhibition with J.G.H. at the María Caballero Gallery in Castellón.
• 1993 - Exhibition at the Luisa Torres Gallery in Valencia
• 1993 - INTERARTE Fair in Valencia with the Luisa Torres Gallery
• 1993 - Exhibition at the Villanueva Gallery in Madrid
• 1994 - Exhibition at the Cartel de Granada Gallery
• 1994 - Exhibition at the Vértice Gallery in Sagunto
• 1994 - Exhibition at the Tretze Gallery in Castellón
• 1994 - INTERARTE Fair in Valencia with the Luisa Torres Gallery.
• 1995 - Exhibition at the Seiquer Gallery in Madrid
• 1995 - Exhibition at Manolo Cruzado in Castellón
• 1995 - Exhibition at Diagonal Art in Barcelona
• 1995 - INTERARTE Fair in Valencia with the Luisa Torres Gallery
• 1995 - Exhibition at IBERICO 2MIL in Barcelona
• 1996 - PLURAL ART, Luisa Torres Gallery in Torre Pacheco, Murcia.
• 1996 - Exhibition at Rosalía Sender Bookstore in Valencia
• 1996 - Exhibition at Galería Vértice in Sagunto
1996 - Group exhibition at the Atarazanas of Barcelona with the Galería Segundo of Seville.
• 1996 - INTERARTE Fair in Valencia with the Vértice Gallery
• 1997 - Exhibition at Der Reiter Gallery in Valencia
1997 - Seiquer Gallery Exhibition in Madrid
• 1998 - Exhibition at Crapanzano Art in Milan
• 1998 - Exhibition at PG ART in Gandía
• 1998 - Exhibition at Vértice Gallery in Sagunto
• 1999 - INTERARTE Fair of Valencia, Vértice Gallery
• 1999 - Collaboration with Galería Cartel de Granada
2015 - Exhibition project with the Hispano Rusa Foundation - Vía Vitalis in Moscow
• 2020 Contemporary Art Fair in Marbella with Madrid's OCCO ART Gallery
Saatchi Gallery London exhibited work online.
• 2021 - Exhibition at Novella Art Gallery Sagunto
• 2021 - Online exhibition at 1819 Art Gallery (virtual)
• 2022 - Exhibition at Sagunto Civic Center
• 2022 - Exhibition at 1819 Art Gallery