«The anonymous space will be anonymous until it is not limited. Before my works were the main characters, now they have become the means by which space becomes the main character . . . I want to go about closing down the space of my work».
Eduardo Chillida
Eduardo Chillida was one of the most recognized contemporary Spanish sculptors of the late 20th century. As a young man he abandoned his architecture studies to dedicate himself to drawing and sculpture. After a period in Paris in contact with various avant-garde movements, he returned to the Basque Country, and gradually began to be recognised as he participated in exhibitions and won international awards. Chillida based his sculptural exploration on key features such as space, the void and limits as related to mass, form, rhythm and the monumental aspects of sculpture. While at first he focused on doing figurative sculptures in stone, he would soon open himself up to more abstract tendencies of a poetic nature, done with various materials although with a special interest for steel, which would eventually become the principle material for many of his major works. Intervention in nature would also become a key factor in many of his pieces conceived for public space, where wind erosion, shifting light or the effects of water would come into play in his work.
List of artworks
Sense títol , 1987
Sense títol , 1987
Sense títol , 1987
Sense títol , 1987
Press articles
Signs and Writing
Josep Suñol Collection
Collective exhibition which hosts around fifty works, all of them part of collection funds and carried out between 1972 and...
Sculpture/Object
Josep Suñol Collection
36 pieces from the Josep Suñol Collection, ranging from the early avant-garde up to the most daring experiments of the...
On paper
Josep Suñol Collection
Josep Suñol’s fascination with work on paper is strikingly captured by the fact that over thirty per cent of the pieces in his contemporary art collection are done on...
Known Masterpieces
In Three Acts
Què fa immortal un artista, què el llança cap a la posteritat? On neix la pulsió que ens porta a mirar determinades obres sense...
Una conversación: Chillida y las artes. 1950-1970
2024
The Fundació Suñol participates in the exhibition Una conversación: Chillida y las artes. 1950-1970 organized by the San Telmo Museoa and curated by María...
Intrusive Dialogues. Everything is the present
2021
Museu Nacional d'Art de...
Dialogue between Valentín Roma and Ángela Molina
On the occasion of the exhibition Known Masterpieces, Fundació Suñol organizes a conversation between Valentín Roma and Ángela Molina around the masterpiece status in contemporary...
Guided tour to Known masterpieces
(Catalan)
Fundació Suñol organizes a visit in Catalan to the exhibtion Known Masterpieces conducted by the fundation’s...
A poetics of use: Making use of the library
An intervention by Antònia del Río
Antònia del Rio has selected extracts from books of the library of Fundació Suñol referring to the construction of historiographical discourse on the artist as genius and works of...
Sculpture/Object
The exhibition Sculpture/Object was the first of various commemorative events for Fundació Suñol’s 5th anniversary, held in 2012. It showed 36 pieces from the...
How many betrayals are necessary to make a contemporary classic?
Raül Garrigasait
To achieve the contemporary classic status an artwork must face the conflicts of its time. This activity offers a reflective tou to Known...
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