"Kief" Antonio Grediaga.

"KIEFF" ANTONIO GREDIAGA (Madrid, 1936).
"Genesis XI", 1972.
Bronze. Unique piece.
Work reproduced in:
- "Grediaga. Works 1956-2008. Work and dreams". Catalogue of the Antonio Grediaga Foundation. page 93. - "Grediaga 50 years of work". Catalog of the anthological exhibition at the Museum of Havana.
-Catalog on the artist's web page.
Measurements: 91 x 61 x 36 cm.
This early work clearly synthesizes the language by which Kieff consolidated internationally in the seventies: a dynamic abstraction that articulates mass and emptiness with almost architectural precision. "Genesis XI" is an exceptional piece within the artistic production of Kieff Antonio Grediaga, conceived as a model of a monumental sculpture installed at the Blossom Center in Ohio (USA). The sculpture combines structural solidity and rhythmic fluidity, a distinctive trait of a sculptor who understood form as energy and who transferred to sculpture a musical sensibility converted into visual rhythm.
Kieff Antonio Grediaga began his artistic training in cabinetmaking, working with his father in the restoration of religious furniture.
His first exhibition was held in 1968 at the Moos Gallery Montreal, where all the pieces were acquired, a fact that consolidated his international projection. Since then he has presented his work in galleries and fairs in Canada, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Israel and various European regions. Among his recent exhibitions is El Canto del Hierro (Cádiz, 2022), dedicated to Manuel de Falla's "Siete canciones populares españolas" (Seven Popular Spanish Songs). In the urban environment, his monumental sculpture The Turning Point (iron and aluminum) was exhibited in Columbus Circle, New York, as part of an international fair in 1980.
Kieff's work is part of institutional collections such as the National Museum of Fine Arts (Havana, Cuba), the Emilio Bacardi Moreau Museum (Santiago de Cuba) and the Museum of the City (Madrid, Spain). His production ranges from small-format bronzes to monumental structures in iron, wood or marble. Currently, the Kieff Antonio Grediaga Foundation, with headquarters/museum under construction in Tendilla (Guadalajara), is oriented to the preservation of his legacy, the dissemination of his work and the training of new generations of creators.