Carmen Calvo, obras 1973-1990

Carmen Calvo • 1990 • Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria de Cultura, Educació i Ciéncia

Author: Carmen Calvo
First published: 1990
Genres: Art
Subjects: Conceptual art · Exhibitions
ISBN: 9788478902347

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This collection documents the evolution of Carmen Calvo's work during a pivotal two-decade period of her career. As a volume focused on conceptual art and exhibitions, it provides a comprehensive look at the artist's creative trajectory through the lens of her specific artistic projects.

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Published in 1990 by the Generalitat Valenciana, this retrospective catalogue documents the formative years of Carmen Calvo, one of Spain’s most significant contemporary conceptual artists. Produced during a period when Calvo was gaining international recognition for her evocative, tactile assemblages, the book serves as a vital record of her shift from traditional painting toward the layered, object-based installations that define her practice. It contextualizes her aesthetic evolution within the cultural resurgence of post-Franco Spain, highlighting how her work reclaimed memory, folklore, and domestic history through a surrealist lens.

The publication was designed to coincide with a major institutional effort to archive and celebrate the Valencian artistic vanguard of the late twentieth century. By compiling works spanning from 1973 to 1990, the volume explores the artist's obsession with human anatomy, fragmented identities, and the dialogue between found materials and classical form. It was received by the art community as a definitive scholarly reference for Calvo’s early career, documenting the transition from her experimental, texture-heavy canvases to the more sculptural and psychologically dense compositions that established her as a central figure in European postmodernism.

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