Madrid: Casa de la Moneda Museum will be showcasing through March 21 the Mujer (Woman) exhibition, organized by Peña Periodística Primera Plana: more than a hundred works made by Mariano Cobo and focused in the female figure.
The exhibition, made up of several expressions such as drawing, engraving, painting and diverse sculpture techniques (wood, metals and stone), is accompanied by pictures explaining the making process of iron sculptures.
The human figure, recurrent topic in Mariano Cobo’s art career, intends to register negative circumstances which have traditionally marked women’s life.
Mariano Cobo was born in Comillas (Cantabria, 1953). In 1972, he entered the Applied Arts School in Madrid, where he studied Artistic Book Binding and Engraving. In 1981, he carried out his first individual display of oil paintings and, during that same year, he founded La Voz Grafica engravers collective. Painter, sculptor, engraver, restorer and set designer. He has exposed his graphic work at Des Hampton Gallery, New York. He designed the scenography for Entre tinieblas theater play based on the script of Pedro Almodovar’s homonymous film. His works are displayed in collections all over the world: Japan, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Ecuador.
Temporal Hall at Casa de la Moneda Museum (Doctor Esquerdo, 36)
Casa de la Moneda Museum
C/ Doctor Esquerdo, no. 36 / 28009 Madrid
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