Pedro Sandoval

PEDRO SANDOVAL (Venezuela, 1966).
"Venus of the Music".
Polychrome resin and gilded bronze. Exemplary P.A 1/1.
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Measurements: 201 x 70 cm (diameter).
Round sculpture representing the iconic figure of "The Aphrodite of Cnidus", one of the most important classical sculptures of the sculptor Prexisteles. Although in this particular case the work is transformed, as the body of the protagonist merges with the strings and the neck of a cello, becoming the female figure in the sounding board of the instrument. The sculpture has a bright red finish, whose aesthetic thus approaches the viewer with an image of kitsch character certainly very recurrent in the aesthetics of post pop. This piece reflects an aesthetic language where various avant-garde movements and the translation of the history of art are captured. From a new perspective in which the aesthetic transgression at the hands of Pedro Sandoval involves the creation of an image with its own language and personality. Through the use of color the work offers the viewer a groundbreaking aesthetic since it is an image that immediately transports the viewer to classical sculpture. Where the anatomical proportions are designed to create a harmonious and beautiful appearance. Image that in this work is distorted with the use of a fuchsia color that refers to the most absolute contemporaneity, giving a somewhat industrial and commercial finish that moves away from the conception of classical sculpture.
Pedro Sandoval was born in Venezuela in 1966, from a very early age he showed a great interest in art and technical skill. At the age of six he won the Young Master of the World award in the Japanese city of Osaka. However, his academic training began later when he entered the Cristobal Rojas school in Venezuela. In the late 80's and early 90's he worked with artists such as Georg Baselitz, Sigmar Polke or Anselm Kiefer, becoming part of what Wolfgang Becker called the New Savages, starting from figuration with which he experimented as an essay towards abstraction. He developed his artistic style working between the concept of rationality and a dynamic and vitalistic painting. His work, conscious of post-war movements, abstract expressionism and the sobriety of geometric rationality, evolved from the compression of these movements towards a new and personal style. Sandoval is represented in important art centers such as the Avant gallery in Miami, the collection of the princes of Waldenburg in Austria, the collection of Baron Borja Thyssen Bornemisza, the Vatican museum collection, the kennedy collection, the leo Castelli gallery, among others. In addition, his work has been widely recognized with important awards such as the first prize Lorenzo II Magnifico gold medal at the X biennial in Florence, the Alvaro Mutis prize for contemporary art, the first prize in group of the best artists of the II biennial of contemporary art of the Caribbean, Santo Domingo and Gold Medal of excellence of group pro art and culture Madrid.