Pedro Sandoval

PEDRO SANDOVAL (Venezuela, 1966).
"The king's throne".
Polychrome wood. Unique piece.
Attached certificate of authenticity issued by the artist.
Signed on the back.
Measurements: 152 x 100 x 120 cm.
In this sculpture of great size the author satirizes the figure of the mythical Mickey. He presents an intimate moment of the famous mouse, far from all the infantilization and idealism associated with his figure and with a magazine of the competition in his hands. Thus becoming a satire of mass culture from an ironic and satirical perspective.
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.