Javier Calvo was born in Valencia in 1941 and studied painting in the San Carlos Higher School of Fine Arts that is also located in his native city, but he also complemented it with studies in Paris. From these two studies he ended up being a plastic arts and design teacher in the Valencia Higher School of Design, and he currently collaborates with television channels, newspaper and magazine articles and with different foundations.

Through an interesting exhibition, the artist will present the works that he was carrying out in the last five years, where he will show “his seduction for geometrical structuring” of fashion in the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) until the 13th of November. At the exhibition you’ll be able to enjoy nearly 80 works that make up the series of paintings that are catalogued under the name ‘Geometry and Fashion’. There you can observe the luminosity of ‘haute-couture’, in which not a single curve was used.
Calvo was working on this creation, which is sponsored by Corts Valencianes and Gráficas Selvi, during no fewer than five years. The Spanish artist, first studied in depth the typology of hats and dresses in a tridimensional way and, from there, created the architecture of these.
The exhibition is made up of 35 drawings, 44 paintings and a film where you can see Calvo working with his different paintings in his studio.
What’s intended to show here through the exhibition is the relation that exists between architecture and the ‘haute-couture’ garments and contemporary art.
More infomation: http://www.ivam.es/exposiciones/2876-javier-calvo-geometra-moda
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno: Guillem de Castro, 118, 46003 Valencia
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