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Obosom 20, 2022

CANDUELA

Sculpture13 x 63 x 13 cm3 kg

Steel welded

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About CANDUELA

He is one of the most remarkable emerging sculptors of the new artistic scene in Spain. He has taken part in more than 60 exhibitions, in Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, and has won several prizes. His metallic work wanders around the idea of the sacred. He gets his inspirations from classical forms that he combines with modernity through a simplification exercise. One can sense the influence of great contemporary sculptors such as Noguchi, Chillida, Julio González and Richard Serra.

Canduela’s work, in welded metal sheets, is an outstanding pledge to sculptural quality, to good workmanship and to attention to detail.

Sculpture

About this sculpture

The name of this series, Obosom, was quoted in one of the essays by writer Robert Graves, in which he mentioned:

"Obosom was a visible manifestation of the Kra or life force derived from the moon and enjoyed a limited part of the power of the moon goddess."

Under the name of Obosom, some African tribes named certain deities of the natural world associated with the moon, which could be extrapolated to Western culture through virgins, which in many cases have been fused with pre-Christian beliefs linked to landscapes, lakes, rivers, mountains or other natural features or events.

The Obosom series attempts to condense the magnetism of religious iconographic representations, both primitive, in the sense of tribal art, and Christian, under minimalist forms in which the volume is contingent on the purity of the form and framed by clearly defined lines.

The sculptures reflect a female anthropomorphic component, focusing on her role of spiritual and virginal purity, turning round and pure forms that evoke the creative or life-giving component.

Ultimately, this series aims to restore the "magical" aspect that gave rise to primitive sculpture and remained for millennia, sculpture as an element evoking natural forces and as a collective subconscious condenser through universal principles.
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