DAVID RODRÍGUEZ CABALLERO

DAVID RODRÍGUEZ CABALLERO - JANUARY 24, 2015

Artist Biography: David Rodríguez Caballero is a sculptor born in Palencia, Spain in 1970, who currently resides in New York since 2011. He graduated in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country and specializes in sculptures with refined lines. He uses materials such as aluminum, brass and bronze for his works, and plays with light refractions on surfaces to create interesting optical effects. He also experiments with other plastic materials, such as vinyl, and has made incursions into the field of jewelry.Rodríguez Caballero's work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and public institutions around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow, the Würth Museum in La Rioja, the Oteiza Foundation Museum and other institutions in Europe and the United States. He has also participated in numerous art fairs such as the International Contemporary Art Fair of Miami, TEFAF Maastricht, Contemporary Istanbul, Art Basel Hong-Kong, MACO of Mexico, Art Rio, ARCO and Estampa.He has won numerous awards throughout his career, such as the International Award of Print Bodegas Dinastía Vivanco (Museum of Contemporary Art Union Fenosa, 2006), the Volksbank Paderborn Painting Prize (Paderborn, Germany, 1996) and others. Rodríguez Caballero's work is characterized by its minimalism and elegance, and has been praised for his ability to create works that are both simple and complex at the same time, working with metal and vinyl in abstract forms charged with dynamism, playing with the projections of light and shadow as a compositional part of the work. His works reached the monumental scale gradually, first from painting, then from wall sculpture and later with free-standing sculpture.by incorporating the curved line, he enriched the three-dimensionality of a creative universe based on the fold, sometimes reminiscent of origami. He has been represented by the Marlborough Gallery since 2005, where he has had outstanding exhibitions such as ''Abstracciones poéticas'' (2017, Madrid), and ''Vinyls'' (2016, New York).

 

David Rodríguez Caballero (Palencia, 1970): Lives and works in New York. David Rodríguez Caballero is a sculptor of refined lines who usually uses materials such as aluminum, brass and bronze, playing with light refractions on surfaces, both in metal folds and in free-standing sculpture. In addition, David Rodríguez Caballero experiments in other plastic fields with works on vinyl, as well as making incursions into the field of jewelry, where the curved line appears for the first time, which he then transfers to large format. The curve brings with it the novelty of movement as opposed to the greater static nature of the fold. At the same time, it is responsible for the expansion of his sculpture, which, from the wall, jumps to the round bulk, generating new relationships with the space in which it is located. The play of the concave and the convex, of the curves that expand or contract generate sculptures that gain in organicity. Light is the leitmotiv of Rodríguez Caballero's work, as well as the refractions of light on the different forms and materials, which form its conceptual and aesthetic basis. A tireless creator, David is always in constant search of new forms and materials. This restless character is translated in his work, in which it is possible to observe a meditated, coherent and fluid evolution, without jumps or abruptness. In such a way that the different series of his work interfere and influence each other. Rodriguez Caballero has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, with exhibitions in Monaco, New York and Miami standing out. He has also participated in numerous art fairs such as the International Contemporary Art Fair in Miami, TEFAF Maastrich, Contemporary Istanbul, Art Basel Hong-Kong, Art Rio, ARCO and Estampa. He has received numerous awards and grants and his work is part of collections such as the Patio Herreriano Museum in Valladolid and the Olor Visual Collection in Barcelona.