Alejandro Mieres Bustillo

ALEJANDRO MIERES BUSTILLO (Madrid, 1927-2018).
Untitled.
Ink on paper.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 62 x 50 cm; 65 x 52 cm (frame).

Outstanding representative of normative art, Alejandro Mieres develops a language based on geometric rhythmic modulations, subtly carved on dense chromatic surfaces, achieving a result that goes beyond the purely formal to enter the field of the symbolic. He made his debut in 1952 at the Macarrón gallery in Madrid and, although he is not very given to public appearances, throughout his career he has presented his work in prominent galleries such as Juana Mordó (1981) or Orfila (1998 and, more recently, 2007) in Madrid, as well as taking part in the ARCO fair. He has also participated in important group exhibitions, monographic exhibitions of Spanish contemporary art, both in our country and in Belgium, Germany, France, Poland, Cuba, Denmark and Austria, among others. He has also been awarded by the Royal Academy of San Fernando on two occasions (1949 and 1950), and also in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1970, the Biennials of León (1971) and Zamora (1975) and by the Selgas Falgade Foundation of Asturias in 1991. Currently his work is present in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo de Arte Abstracto Español in Cuenca, the MACBA in Barcelona, the Museo de Bellas Artes in Asturias, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Bilbao and Granada, the Museo Jovellanos in Gijón, the Museo de Bochum in Germany and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Vilafamés, among other public and private collections.