Sebastian, Speaking in Silver

MACAY Museum of Contemporary Art presents Sebastián with more than 80 small format sculptures, under the title Sebastián Speaking in Silver. The works, made in silver, show a new facet of the Mexican sculptor, leaving behind primary colors in favor of the brilliance of the metal, also a salute to the ancestral silver work of our country.

The geometric forms of Sebastián (Chihuahua, México, 1947) emanate the force and movement which characterize them, and the small format reveals the same grand eloquence as his monumental pieces.

Pilar A. Uriarte indicates that Sebastián’s work is inspired by the great mathematicians including Plato, Euclides, Boyai and Lobachvsky; “Sebastián dares to blend theories, eras, and scientific currents to satisfy his desire to convert math into art.”

Since the late 60s, Sebastián has been creating unique sculpture in Mexico and Latin America. His artistic production also includes painting and industrial design.

He has had more than 120 individual exhibits in Mexico, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Spain, USA, Finland, France, Holland, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, and Venezuela.

In 1994 and 1995 he won the contests to create the symbolic sculptures for the Japanese cities of Sakai and Kadoma, with the monumental piecesArco Fénix and Tsuru, respectively.

His most well known work in urban sculpture is El Caballito (the little horse) in Mexico City; and there are 11 other Mexican cities which possess his sculptures, as well as international cities of Kingston, Buenos Aires, Havana, Montevideo, Río de Janeiro, Albuquerque, Denver, Englewood, New York, Berne and Reykjavik.

Sebastián is a member of the World Arts Forum Council based in Geneva and is a full-time researcher at UNAM, as well as member of the National Council of Arts and Culture (Consejo Consultivo del Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). In 1994 he was the guest of honor during the Art Triennial of Cairo.

In recognition of his constant search for the application of science to art, in 2008 City College of New York, recipient of various Nobel Prizes, named him Doctor Honoris Causa for “mathematical applications in the evolution of his visual art, of great conceptual complexity and geometric originality.”

Exhibit runs to Sep. 30. Read about the other artists here.

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