Oteiza, the Master

There is a pretty good article about Basque sculptor Jorge Oteiza at Artdaily.com today.

I find his sculptures to be mesmerizing and intriguing.

Here is an attempt by Artdaily.com to describe it:

Oteiza is unquestionably one of the leading Basque artists of the 20th, although exhibitions of his work have been few and far between. Highly personal and quite unlike the work of any other artist of his generation, his art is difficult to define. While in retrospect his later works appear related to American Minimalism —a movement that emerged after the Basque artist’s creative career had effectively ended—Oteiza’s sculptures are rooted in the avant-garde movements of the early 20th century: Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Neoplasticism, and Constructivism in particular. What Oteiza shares to a great extent with other artists of the postwar period is a sensibility that may be defined as abstract, spiritual, and humanist.

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You can read the whole article here also.

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