Eduardo Chillida
Eduardo Chillida was born in 1924 in San Sebastián, Spain. Initially trained as an architect, his sculptural and drawing work possess an acute awareness of structural organization and spacial relations between objects. In 1948 Chillida moved to Paris, and continued to travel throughout Europe for the remainder of his life, led by his infatuation with light and architecture in various cities. His work consists of conceptual investigations which explore the way in which solid objects coincide with time, space, and the void. His structures range widely in material, including wood, plaster, iron and steel. The chosen materials inform the work, and bridge the world between nature and the metaphysical. Chillida's sculptures explore what space means in reference to an object's spatial volume.
Chillida's work has been shown worldwide in major retrospectives at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Palacio de Miramar in San Sebastián, and the Museo Nacional Centro de arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. He has recieved many awards including the Kandinsky Prize, the Andrew Mellon Prize with Willem de Kooning, the Grand International Sculpture Prize at the 1958 Venice Biennale, the …
Eduardo Chillida was born in 1924 in San Sebastián, Spain. Initially trained as an architect, his sculptural and drawing work possess an acute awareness of structural organization and spacial relations between objects. In 1948 Chillida moved to Paris, and continued to travel throughout Europe for the remainder of his life, led by his infatuation with light and architecture in various cities. His work consists of conceptual investigations which explore the way in which solid objects coincide with time, space, and the void. His structures range widely in material, including wood, plaster, iron and steel. The chosen materials inform the work, and bridge the world between nature and the metaphysical. Chillida's sculptures explore what space means in reference to an object's spatial volume.
Chillida's work has been shown worldwide in major retrospectives at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Palacio de Miramar in San Sebastián, and the Museo Nacional Centro de arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. He has recieved many awards including the Kandinsky Prize, the Andrew Mellon Prize with Willem de Kooning, the Grand International Sculpture Prize at the 1958 Venice Biennale, the Grand Award for Arts in France, and the Jack Goldhill Award from the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
