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Andrés Alcántara

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Renowned sculptor Andrés Alcántara, who works with stone carving in a process reserved for the gifted and great masters, also chooses the most difficult path here: the arduous use of the Burin. This technique of engraving involves incising the tool of the same name directly onto the metal plate that serves as the matrix. It is distinguished by the sharpness of the line, and its handling requires great dexterity and mastery of hand.

Andrés Alcántara (b. 1960), an award-winning and recognized Spanish sculptor, has also distinguished himself as an engraver. One of his works was already distinguished in 2006 at the prestigious Estampa Graphic Works Fair. The dialogue with primitive art has become the hallmark of his creation and is also present in his graphic work. The two series of burin engravings that we present today, in color variants, evoke aspects of Greek mythology, the Maenads (related to the cult of Dionysus and the primitive forces of nature) and the Cerberus, guardian of the underworld, present in Dante's Divine Comedy, which is associated with the underground world. They reflect at the same time the lines and forms of the various realms of nature and its creatures, the fluidity of water and air, the flickering and movement of fire, the irradiation of light, the patterns and vegetalistic veins of scales and feathers. Labyrinths that stage Chaos and Cosmos, a language of poetic synthesis that reveals the plastic mastery of an artist and the full maturity of his expression.

Andrés Alcántara

Born in Torredelcampo, Jaén, Spain in 1960, Alcántara is a highly acclaimed sculptor who also paints and does printmaking. He had his first solo exhibition in 1988 at Galeria E. Navarro in Madrid. He has been awarded prestigious prizes, including the Sculpture Biennial of Murcia, the XIV National Sculpture Competition Caja de Madrid, the XXII Painting and Sculpture Competition in Quesada, Jaén, the XVIII and XIX International Sculpture Competition in Santisteban del Puerto, Jaén, and the International Sculpture Competition in Punta Umbría, Huelva. He has participated in important international group exhibitions such as the Villa de Madrid Biennial, ARCO in Madrid, ESTAMPA in Madrid, the Museum of the City in Madrid, and the Santa Cruz Museum in Toledo. Alcántara, or "The Stone Wizard" as he has been nicknamed, rejects any ties to aesthetic movements, instead embracing a discreet and sincere attitude towards life that compels him to directly shape volumes according to his most intimate emotions. Andrés Alcántara is represented in numerous prestigious international collections. - Born in Torredelcampo, Jaén, Spain in 1960, Alcántara is a highly accomplished artist who specializes in sculpture, painting, and printmaking. He held his first solo exhibition in 1988 at Galeria E. Navarro in Madrid. Throughout his career, he has received numerous prestigious awards, including recognition at the Sculpture Biennial of Murcia, the XIV National Sculpture Competition Caja de Madrid, the XXII Painting and Sculpture Competition in Quesada, Jaén, the XVIII and XIX International Sculpture Competition in Santisteban del Puerto, Jaén, and the International Sculpture Competition in Punta Umbría, Huelva. Alcántara has also participated in significant group exhibitions, such as the Villa de Madrid Biennial, ARCO in Madrid, ESTAMPA in Madrid, the Museum of the City in Madrid, and the Santa Cruz Museum in Toledo. Known as "The Stone Wizard," Alcántara rejects affiliation with any specific artistic movements, instead allowing his inner emotions to guide his artistic expression. His works can be found in numerous prestigious international collections.

Artist	Andrés Alcántara
Color	Ivory, Terracotta, Vermillion
Date	2014
Editor	Centro Português de Serigrafia
Format	Large
Image Size (in)	16.9 x 13.4 in
Total Size (in)	27.6 x 19.7 in
Orientation	Landscape
Paper	Fabriano Artistic Paper Fine Grain 300gr
Print Run	30
Technique	Intaglio
Style	Abstract
Framed	No