Anzo

JOSÉ IRANZO ALMONACID, "ANZO" (Utiel, Valencia, 1931 - 2006).
"Isolation 81-B", Isolation Series.
Stamped in aluminum adhered to board. Unique piece.
Signed, dated and titled on the back.
Measurements: 49 x 49 cm; 51 x 51 cm (frame).
Anzo enters in 1945 in the School of Arts and Trades of San Carlos of Valencia, and in 1949 he goes to Barcelona, where he studied architecture. He exhibited individually and collectively since 1961, and his work acquired renown in Spain as well as in the rest of Europe and the United States. Along with Joan Genovés, he was one of the main renovators of Valencian art, and his work was described as social art. He cultivated various derivations of pop-art, and for a time he worked on the incorporation of images from advertising, television and cinema. Later he focused on the interpretation of simplified advertising images based on constructive elements, of a purist character and with a certain intention to disalienate. In 1997 his hometown, Utiel, dedicated a tribute exhibition to him, and in 2003 he received the Plastic Arts Award from the Generalitat Valenciana. In 2009 the University of Valencia paid tribute to him by exhibiting his works.