Manolo Valdés Author

Manolo Valdés (b.1942, Valencia) is one of the most significant post-war Spanish artists. A key member of the Equipo Crónica until 1981, in 1989 he moved to New York. Major solo exhibitions include the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Reina Sofía, Madrid, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Place Vendôme, Paris. Kosme de Barañano is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Altea, Spain. A former professor at the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao) and in Heidelberg, Germany, he served as Deputy Director of the Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, and Executive Director of IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno), in Valencia, Spain.