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Life and Work
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The Spanish artist Xavier Mascaró (*1965) studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, where he graduated in painting in 1988. Just one year later, he shifted his artistic focus to sculpture, then experimented with bronze, tin, stone, and ceramics for a few years, before deciding to largely concentrate on the material iron.
His broad spectrum of motifs includes, for example, heads and depictions of animals, which are, however, less figurative than they are symbolic allegories for certain feelings, fears, or longings. Another large complex of works consists mainly of armour, helmets, warriors, stranded ships – symbols from an archaic military context. Traces of mythology mingle freely with ideas and memories of an individual childhood.
After a two-year stay in New York (1996–1998), during which he not only had the courage to work on monumental sculptures, but was inevitably confronted with a certain foreignness in culture, geography, and language, he increasingly began to work with his personal cultural context, with icons and symbols of Spanish cultural history. For him, religious and spiritual references play an essential role, which led him in 2008 to show an installation in the Spanish monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos. Xavier Mascaro lives and works in Madrid, Los Angeles, and Mexico City.
Biography
| 1965 | born in Paris, FR |
| 1968 | Family moves to Spain, ES |
| 1983 – 1988 | Studies at the Academia de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, ES |
| 1989 | shifted his focus on sculpture, first work in bronze arise, since 1995 also in iron |
| 1996 – 1998 | lives in New York, US |
| 1998 | upon his return to Madrid, monumental works will be created, many of them will be installed in public spaces in Spain |
| 2003 | Pensionado Emérito at the Academy of Spain in Rome, IT |
| lives and works in in Madrid, ES and Mexico-City, MX |
Works (Selection)
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Solo exhibitions (selection)
| 2017 | Guardianes y Guerreros. Plaza Seminario, Museo del Templo Mayor and Centro Cultural de España, Mexico City, MX Después de la tierra, todo, Jordan National Gallery, Amman |
| 2016 | Departure, Warehouse 421 – Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX Talisman, Galeria Proyecto H, Madrid, ES |
| 2015 | Queens, El Mundo – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES |
| 2014 | Xavier Mascaró. Departures, Saatchi Gallery, London Galería Hispánica Contemporánea, Mexico City, MX |
| 2013 | Xavier Mascaró, Fundación Antonio Saura, Cuenca, ES |
| 2012 | Xavier Mascaró: Mask, Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, US |
| 2011 | Skulptur, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf, DE |
| 2010 | Skulptur, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf, DE Eterna Tornada, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valenzia, ES Xavier Mascaró. Escultura Monumenta, Paseo del Prado, Madrid, ES |
| 2009 | Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, US Xavier Mascaró, Galería Freites, Caracas, VE Xavier Mascaró. Escultura Monumental, Paseo del Parque and Plaza de la Marina, Málaga, ES |
| 2008 | Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, AR Mascaró en Silos, Calle Santo Domingo de Silos, Santo Domingo de Silos, ES Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Salta, Salta, AR Guardianes, Palais Royal, Paris, FR |
| 2007 | Galería Cadaqués Dos, Girona, ES Sala Robayera, Miengo, ES Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, US |
| 2006 | Obra reciente, Galería Arte 9, Murcia, ES Encuentro, Galería N2, Barcelona, ES Museo Barjola, Gijón, ES Galería Joan Guaita, Palma de Mallorca, ES |
| 2005 | Recent work, Marlborough Gallery, New York, US |
| 2004 | Cartagena de Indias, SEACEX – Accion Cultural Española, Madrid, ES Xavier Mascaró. Esculturas de hierro / Bocetos sobre papel, Training Centre, Santo Domingo, ES Mascaró. Spanische Skulptur des 20 Jahrhunderts, Palais Harrach des Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien, Vienna, AT |
| 2003 | Galería de arte Marlborough, Madrid, ES Galería Art Nueve, Murcia, ES |
| 2002 | Galería de arte Marlborough, Madrid, ES Marlborough Gallery, New York, US |
| 2001 | Galería Colón XVI, Bilbao, ES Galería de arte Marlborough, Madrid, ES Galería Joan Guaita, Palma de Mallorca, ES |
| 1999 | Galería Sen, Madrid, ES |
| 1998 | Galería dels Angels, Barcelona, ES Galería dels Angels – Gramercy International Art Fair, New York, US |
Group exhibitions (selection)
| 2016 | Galería Hispánica Contemporánea – Art Madrid, Madrid, ES Enea Baummuseum, Zurich, CH |
| 2015 | Galería Hispánica Contemporánea – Art Madrid, Madrid, ES Bad RagARTz Triennale, Bad Ragartz, CH |
| 2014 | SP Koren Art – Pinta London, London Galería Hispánica Contemporánea – Art Madrid, Madrid, ES Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – Art Cologne, Cologne, DE |
| 2013 | SP Koren Art – Pinta London, London Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – Arte Fiera, Bologna, IT Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – TEFAF, Maastricht, NL Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – Art Cologne, Cologne, DE |
| 2012 | Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – Arte Fiera, Bolonga, IT Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – TEFAF, Maastricht, NL Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – Art Cologne, Cologne, DE |
| 2011 | Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – TEFAF, Maastricht, NL El Arte del desnudo, Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente, Fuenlabrada, ES |
| 2009 | Galería Nieves Fernández – Arte Fiera, Madrid, ES Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – Arte Fiera, Bologna, IT Contemporary, Hong Kong, CN Gebert Contemporary – Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, CN Contemporary, New York, US Gebert Contemporary – ART20, New York, US |
| 2008 | Gebert Contemporary – Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, US Contemporary, Hong Kong, CN Contemporary, New York, US Gebert Contemporary – Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, CN Gebert Contemporary – ART20, New York, US |
| 2007 | Gebert Contemporary – ART20, New York, US Contemporary, New York, US Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, US Festival VivAmerica, Plaza Mayor, Madrid, ES Figura Humana y abstracción, Museo Würth La Rioja, Agoncillo, ES Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, US Galería Nieves Fernández – Art Cologne, Cologne, DE La palabra imaginada, Museo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, ES Galería Nieves Fernández – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES |
| 2006 | Seis artistas del Siglo XXI, Centro Cultural de España Juan de Salazar, Asunción Galería Nieves Fernández – Art Cologne, Cologne, DE El cincel y la palabra, Sala Kubo Aretoa, San Sebastián, ES Galería Art Nueve – EXPO Chicago, Chicago, US La Revolución de la Escultura en el siglo XX, Casa de Vacas im Retiro Park, Madrid, ES Marlborough Gallery (New York) – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, US Obra sobre Papel, Galería de arte Marlborough, Madrid, ES |
| 2005 | Works on paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, US Mostra. Artistes Espanyols Contemporanis Conselleria de Cultura de les Illes Balears, Passeig de Sagrera, Palma de Mallorca, ES Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, US Salamanca – ciudad de escultura, Plaza Anaya, Salamanca, ES Marlborough Gallery (New York) – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES Marlborough Gallery, New York, US |
| 2004 | Sculptures Monumentales à Saint-Tropez, La Citadelle, Saint-Tropez, FR La marche vers la vie, Jardins du Casino, Monaco, MC Marlborough Gallery (New York) – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES |
| 2003 | Marlborough Gallery (New York) – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES Art Espagnol Contemporain, Marlborough Monaco, Monaco, MC La Fête, Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, ES Portadas de Ababol, Palacio Aguirre, Cartagena, ES |
| 2002 | Europe’s Image. Myth & Reality, Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague, NL Les jeux dans l’art du XXème Siècle, Palacio de Montemuro, Saragossa, ES Marlborough Gallery (New York) – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES Marlborough Gallery, New York, US La Parade des Animaux, Jardins du Casino, Monaco, MC Escultores Marlborough, Capa Esculturas Gallery, Brussels, BE |
| 2001 | Cinquante ans de sculpture espagnole, Palais Royal, Paris, FR Esculturas en el Retiro. Paseo de Coches, Retiro-Park, Madrid, ES Propios y Extraños, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, ES Marlborough Gallery (New York) – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES Valdés – Mascaró. Torre Caja Madrid, Obra Social Caja Madrid, Madrid, ES Propios y Extraños, Marlborough Gallery, New York, US Galería Vértice, Oviedo, ES |
| 1999 | Propios y Extraños, Galería de arte Marlborough, Madrid, ES Galería dels Angels – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES |
| 1998 | National Arts Club, New York, US Galería dels Angels, Barcelona, ES Galería dels Angels – ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES |
| 1997 | White Box Gallery, Philadelphia, US |
EXHIBITIONS AT BECK & EGGELING (SELECTION)
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Publications
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Xavier Mascaró: Außenskulptur
- Artist: Xavier Mascaró
Editor: Ute Eggeling, Michael Beck
Text: Ute Eggeling, Michael Beck - English, German
Softcover, 14,8 x 21 cm
28 pages, 13 illustrations - Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2011
- 7 €
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Renaissance Reloaded. Deconstructing Piero della Francesca
- Artists: Aljoscha, Gisela Beck, Herbert Beck, Gehard Demetz, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Bertozzi & Casoni, Alkis Boutlis, Michael Craig-Martin, Heribert C. Ottersbach, Joachim Elzmann, Dorothee Golz, Wolf Hamm, Anton Henning, Thomas Kesseler, Julia Kissina, Jiri Kolar, Victor Kraus, Heinz Mack, Xavier Mascaró, Vik Muniz, Hartmut Neumann, Morio Nishimura, Apostolos Palavrakis, Pablo Picasso, Katharina Schilling, Emma Stibbon, Manolo Valdés, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, Stefan à Wengen, Thomas Wrede
Editor: Ute Eggeling, Michael Beck
Text: Michael Beck, Alkis Boutlis, Jil Gärtner, Wolf Hamm, Thomas Kesseler, Antonia Lehmann-Tolkmitt, Heinz Mack, Xavier Mascaró, Kirsten Nordahl, Stefan à Wengen, Thomas Wrede
Design: Beck & Eggeling (Martina Löhle) - Italian, English, German
Hardcover, 28 x 24 cm
128 pages, 82 illustrations - Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2013
ISBN 978-3-93091982-6 - 30 €