Darío Villalba – Luis Adelantado Valencia

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Darío Villalba

Darío Villalba. Pop Soul, 2019. General view. Sala Alcalá 31. Madrid, Spain. Photography by Guillermo Gumiel

Darío Villalba. Pop Soul, 2019. General view. Sala Alcalá 31. Madrid, Spain. Photography by Guillermo Gumiel

Darío Villalba. Pop Soul, 2019. General view. Sala Alcalá 31. Madrid, Spain. Photography by Guillermo Gumiel

Darío Villalba working in his studio, 1973. Photography by David Seaton

Installation view. Vandrés Gallery, 1974. Madrid, Spain

Do Not Touch, This Might Be Art, 2013. Mixed media on photolinen. 83 x 125 cm

Naufragio II (Versión II), 1998. Mixed media on photographic emulsion. 116 x 141 cm

Aquí, 2016. General view. Luis Adelantado Valencia. Valencia, España

Aquí, 2016. General view. Luis Adelantado Valencia. Valencia, España

Sacos-Flor, 2013. Mixed media on photolinen. 125 x 89 cm

Picadilly Rent Boy, 1998/2013. Mixed technique and photographic emulsion on canvas. 120 x 119 cm

Corte de pelo II, 1996. Mixed media on photolinen. 250 x 200 cm

Transposición, 1992/2015. Photographic emulsion on canvas. 200 x 160 cm

Kiss London, 1993. Photographic emulsion on canvas. 145 x 111 cm

Enigmas del deseo, 2014. General view. Luis Adelantado Mexico. Mexico.

Bio

Darío Villalba is a painter who is usually defined as a pioneer in the use of photography as a painting, emulsified, intervened and transformed and his work has been recognized by the most important artistic institutions. In 1970, at the XXXV Biennial of Venice, he presented his Encapsulados that gave him international fame and artistic significance, in 1973 he obtained the International Painting Prize of XII Biennale de Sao Paulo. For the constancy in the excellence of his work, he has been awarded with diverse recognitions, among them the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts, given by the King of Spain in 2002 and the National Fine Arts Award in 2003.

Some of his most relevant exhibitions are; An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture at Museum of Modern Art, MoMa (Nueva York, 1984), Darío Villalba. Una visión antológica 1957-2007, Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2007), Cinq siècles d’Art Espagnol: l’imagination nouvelle. Les années 70-80, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de París (París,1987).

It is noteworthy his presence in national and international collections like; Metropolitan Museum in New York, Solomon R. Guggeheim Museum, in New York, AENA Collection in Madrid, Juan March Foundation in Palma de Mallorca, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, and Pinault Collection, among others. In 2017 he was selected by curator Emma Lavigne to be in 14 Biennale de Lyon.

News

Documentos básicos. Darío Villalba. Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain

Darío Villalba. Pop Soul. Sala Alcalá 31. Madrid, Spain

Debout! Pinault Collection. Rennes, France

Mondes Flottants. Biennale de Lyon. Lyon, France

Darío Villalba. Words 1974-2015. Carrillo Gil Art Museum. Mexico D.F., Mexico

Aquí. Luis Adelantado Valencia. Valencia, Spain

An anthological vision 1957-2007. National Museum Reina Sofia Art Center. Madrid, Spain