Manuel Marín

MANUEL MARÍN (Cieza, Murcia, 1942 - Málaga, 2007).
Untitled, c. 1970.
Polychrome iron. Unique piece.
Attached certificate of authenticity issued by Mrs. Monika Rabassa, widow of the artist.
It has very slight wear.
Signed on the base
Measurements: 105 x 210 x 70 cm.
In the 1970s, Manuel Marín was already fully focused on his artistic career in New York. After opening his gallery, The American Indian Art Gallery, he began to develop his own sculptural production more intensely, and in 1969 he began to create mobile sculptures, a line that marked much of his work during those years. In 1970 he held his first solo exhibition at the Alan Brown Gallery in Scarsdale, which marked the beginning of his public projection as a sculptor. In this mobile sculpture we can observe the use of tones from the primary range. This chromatic choice refers to a neoplasticist aesthetic, where the use of color and its formal exploration were fundamental. The influence of Alexander Calder is evident in the treatment of movement and spatial interaction. However, Manuel Marín brings his own interpretation, integrating these references into a personal language.
Manuel Marín began in the world of bullfighting at the age of ten and made his debut in a bullfight at sixteen. However, at twenty he decided to move to London, where he began working in an art gallery and discovered his vocation for sculpture. There he met the British artist Henry Moore, who incorporated him as an assistant in the creation of his bronze sculptures. In 1964 he moved to New York, where he worked as an art restorer before founding his own gallery, The American Indian Art Gallery, which had among its clients figures such as Warhol, Basquiat, De Kooning and Keith Haring. Fascinated by mobile sculptures, he began his own production in 1969 and the following year held his first exhibition at the Alan Brown Gallery in Scarsdale. Since then, his work has been exhibited in New York and in countries such as Canada, Italy, Mexico, China, Puerto Rico, Japan and Spain. He currently has public monuments in the United States and Spain, and his work is part of international collections, having been recognized by both critics and the public.