Jordi Teixidor

JORDI TEIXIDOR, (Valencia, 1941).
"Chair 3", 1973.
Acrylic on wood.
Signed, dated and titled on the back.
Work referenced in the catalog raisonné of Jordi Teixidor. Ref. 167/73.
Measurements: 122 x 80 cm.
In this work it is observed how the impulse to create a refined and clear painting took Teixidor to investigate in the field of the color, in the North American color field and in the great monochromatic, smooth or vibrant surfaces.
Awarded the National Prize of Plastic Arts in 2014 and, since 2002, a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Jordi Teixidor is considered one of the leading representatives of Spanish abstraction, close to critical thinking and modern tradition. He began his artistic career in 1966, working at the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca along with Jose Maria Yturralde, and assimilating the aesthetics of the School of Cuenca, mainly the works of Gustavo Torner and Fernando Zóbel. In the same year he joined the group Nueva Generación, promoted by the critic Juan Antonio Aguirre. In 1979 he received a scholarship from the Juan March Foundation, settling in New York until 1981. At that time he was selected by Margit Rowell to participate in the exhibition New Images from Spain, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. His first works were focused on the geometric field, making graphics on combinatorics, making macles that referenced fluorite and studies on the symmetry planes of the hexahedron, thus showing his interest in gemology and mineralogy. In this way, he formulated the representation of the nine planes of symmetry in their respective cubes, allowing combinatorial variants in the structure. The impulse to create a refined and clear painting would lead Teixidor to the field of color, to the North American color field, to the large monochrome surfaces, smooth or vibrant, from the superposition of chromatic layers or subtle lines and graphics, mimicking the minimalism close to Barnett Newman, precursor of minimalism, and artist for whom the Valencian artist feels great admiration.