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Gonzalo Fonseca (1922-1997 ) understood sculpture as a microcosmic way to engage civilization and weave together past and future. He often worked with found stone; considered nature, time, and chance his collaborators; and believed in the universal and transformative power of play.
“Gonzalo Fonseca: Membra Disjecta & a life in stone” is a documentary portrait that excavates and reassembles the scattered remains of Gonzalo Fonseca, collecting the varied sources of his influence and biography to discover the hard-fought wisdom of this timeless and enigmatic artist.
14 de jun. de 2019 · With unprecedented access to the pioneering Uruguayan sculptor’s body of work, Michael Gregory’s documentary about Gonzalo Fonseca is the first comprehensive...
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Gonzalo Fonseca (2 July 1922 – 11 June 1997) was a Uruguayan artist known for his stone sculpting. He originally studied to be an architect at the University of Montevideo, but discovered modern art in 1942 after working in the Taller Torres-Garcia workshop.
25 de out. de 2017 · The Noguchi Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of the sculptural work of Gonzalo Fonseca (1922–1997), a major figure in the development of modern Latin American art who created some of the most enchanting sculptures of his day.
Gonzalo Fonseca estudió arquitectura por tres años en la Universidad de la República, Uruguay, carrera que abandonó cuando se integró al Taller de Joaquín Torres García en 1943. Fue cofundador del Taller que llevó el nombre del maestro, y se conoce como TTG.
Throughout the 20th century, Gonzalo Fonseca’s work ignited the imagination of his viewers and emphasized the relationship between history, memory, and the present. While being raised in Uruguay, Fonseca and his family frequently traveled to Europe where he was initially exposed to European art and architecture, specifically those from ...
