- Fernando Villapol
Fernando Villapol Parapar (born
February 26 ,1953 in San Tirso de Abres,Asturias Spain ) is amuseum curator andart critic , most famous as a contemporary Galiciansculptor cite web
url = http://www.elcorreogallego.es/index.php?idMenu=13&idEdicion=683&idNoticiaOpinion=225595
title = O escultor Villlapol
publisher = El Correo Gallego
date = January 1980 | accessdate = 2008-04-21
language = Galician] . He currently lives and works in the town ofBretoña located in Galicia. He is also the founder of theEthnographic -Pedagogic Museum inBretoña (Lugo )Spain . He studied at the College of Applied Arts in Lugo, Spain, although can be considered an autodidact, attributing most of his knowledge and acquired skills through his self-funded travels and investigations of sculpture across the globe (e.g.Africa ,Cuba ,Canada ,Denmark ,France ,Greece ,Italy ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ).Materials of choice
Villapol's sculptures embody a wide variety of materials, including but not limited to:
*metal (
iron ,bronze )
*wood (Galiciancommon yew ,oak , spanishbox tree ,chestnut tree] )
*stone (marble ,granite ).Artistic style
Critics of Villapol's work often define his sculptures as one or combination of: realism, abstractism, and
surrealism . The artist has been said to be inspired by works fromDiego Velázquez ,Urbano Lugrís ,Eugenio Granell , andSalvador Dalí . More recently, critics have suggested that Villapol's style cannot be defined by any one of these labels but as a fusion of all three: REalism + ABstractism + SUrrealism. This is has been recently stated by the artist himself:Quote|Os críticos non conseguiron atopar un estilo no que encasillar a miña obra. A maioría acabaron decantándose por adscribila a unha mestura do realismo, o abstracto e o surrealismo. Das sílabas iniciais destas tres palabras xorde o 'reabsu', esa especie de novo estilo inventado por min.
English translation: Critics have not succeeded in finding a single style to define my body of work. The majority of critics arrive at the conlcusion that my body of work is a mixture of realism, abstractism, and surrealism. Using the first syllables from each of these styles I have created a new word to better define the artistic style that I create, called "reabsu".|Fernando Villapol, September 2nd, 2007cite web
url = http://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=412652
title = Arte para una frontera
publisher = La Voz de Asturias | first = Maria R. | last = Lopez
date = 2008-04-17 | accessdate = 2008-04-21 | language = Galician] .Awards and distinctions
* Arte de Meigas e Trasnos Prize (
Sarria ,Spain , 1990)
* Lugo Plastic Arts Award (Lugo ,Spain , 1994 )
* Cangas do Morrazo Prize (Cangas ,Spain , 2004-2006 )
* 10th Burela Art Competition, awarded 1st prize in scuplture (Burela ,Spain , 2005)
* Luarca Arts award (Luarca ,Spain , 2006 )Ethnographic-Pedagogic Museum
The
Ethnographic -Pedagogic Museum is located in Galicia in the small town ofBretoña ,Spain . The museum was foundedand is curated by Villapol in 2002 cite web
url = http://www.culturagalega.org/noticia.php?id=1695
title = O escultor inaugura o seu museo etnográfico
publisher = Cultura Galega
date = 2002-08-21 | accessdate = 2008-04-21
language = Galician] houses a wide display of rural Galician culture and contemporary Galician art. The pieces from local folk history show the evolution of the various important trades in the district: clog maker,baker ,carpenter ,shoe maker ,basket weaver , and farming. There are also education displays which show a typical Galician school, doctor's office, dentist's office, chemist as they were seen in the 19th century. Additionally, the museum contains original manuscripts byOtero Pedrayo ,Vicente Risco ,Bouza Brey ,Antonio Fraguas ,Iglesia Alvariño ,Camilo García Trelles ,González Garcés , andCastroviejo , as well as a wide collection of paintings from contemporary Galician artistists:Urbano Lugrís ,Laxeiro ,Castrogil ,Vilar Chao ,Mariano Garcia Patiño andMayor Balboa . Also, the museum also boasts a collection of over 2000 authenticGalician andAsturian soda syphon bottles.Public collections
* Provincial Museum of Lugo (Lugo, Spain)cite web
url = http://www.museolugo.org/documentos.asp?mat=33&id=304
title = Proxecto Abertal, 99 artistas lucenses do século XXI
publisher = Museo Provincial de Lugo
date = 2008-03-03 | accessdate = 2008-04-21
language = Galician]
* Ethnographic-Pedagogic Museum (Bretoña, Lugo, Spain)cite web
url = http://www.turgalicia.es/sit/ficha_datos.asp?ctre=1261&crec=31739&cidi=G
title = Museo Pedagóxico-Etnográfico Villapol
publisher = TurGalicia
date = | accessdate = 2008-04-21
language = Galician]
* Museum of Fonsagrada (Lugo, Spain)cite web
url = http://www.museosdegalicia.com/plantilla.jsp?num_museo=24
title = Museo Comarcal da Fonsagrada
date = | accessdate = 2008-04-21 | language = Galician] cite web
url = http://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museos_de_Galicia
title = Museo de Galicia
publisher = Galician wikipedia
date = | accessdate = 2008-04-21 | language = Galician]Selected solo exhibitions
*González Garcés Library ( A Coruña, Spain )
*Provincial Museum of Lugo (Lugo, Spain)
*Museum of Fonsagrada (Fonsagrada, Lugo, Spain)
*Ateneo of Ourense (Ourense, Spain)
*Provincial Library of Lugo (Lugo, Spain)
*Esmelgar Gallery
*Almirante Gallery
*Bacabú Gallery (Lugo, Spain)
*Sargadelos Gallery (Vigo, Spain)
*Eiros Gallery (Meira, Spain)
*Solloso Gallery (Ribadeo, Spain)
*Taramundi Cultural Center (Taramundi, Asturias, Spain)
*A Guardia Cultural Center (Pontevedra, Spain)
*San Tirso Cultural Center (San Tirso de Abres, Asturias, Spain)
*Puerta II Gallery (Lugo, Spain)
*Cangas do Morrazo Cultural Center (Pontevedra, Spain)
*Grisolart Gallery ( Barcelona, Spain)
*Magdalena Church in Rivadavia (Ourense, Spain)cite web
url = http://www.ribadavia.net/gal/mais/novas_atrasadas/fernando_villapol_paradar.htm
title = Fernando Villapol Paradar | publisher = ribadavia.net
date = 2003-03-23 | accessdate = 2008-04-21 | language = Galician]
*University of Sek (Segovia, Spain)cite web
url = http://www.universia.es/portada/actualidad/noticia_actualidad.jsp?noticia=83058
title = Fernando Villapol en la USEK
date = | accessdate = 2008-04-21 | language = Galician]
*Salnés Exhibition (Cambados, Pontevedra, Spain) [ [http://www.canalriasbaixas.com/content/view/653/68/ :: Canal Rías Baixas · TVSB :: - O escultor Fernando Villapol expón en Cambados baixo a man de Martin Codax ] ]
*El Vendrell (Tarragona, Spain)
*Vegadeo Cultural Center (Vegadeo, Asturias, Spain)
*Burela Cultural Center (Burela, Lugo, Spain)
*Alvaro Delgado de Luarca Gallery (Luarca, Asturias, Spain)
*Cajastur Bank Exhibit (throughout Asturias, Spain)cite web
url = http://www.lne.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=1785_36_565423__Aviles-escultor-busca-simbiosis
title = Un escultor en busca de la simbiosis
publisher = La Nueva España
date = | accessdate = 2008-04-21 | language = Galician]
*Antique Museum (París, France)
*Pazo Melgaso (Portugal)
*Ribadeo Exhibition (Lugo)References
External links
* [http://www.fernandovillapol.com/index.php Fernando Villapol's web site]
* [http://www.turgalicia.es/sit/ficha_datos.asp?ctre=1261&crec=31739&cidi=I Ethnographic-Pedagogic Museum web site]
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