Bechtold and Franco Monti, at the Van der Voort

This Friday at the Gallery Van der Voort the exhibition "Encontre" will open. It is a reunion of the most recent work by the artist, Edwin Bechtold, and the Italian sculptor, Franco Monti, who exhibits for the first time in this gallery.

There is little left to say about Bechtold and Eivissa. He was born in Cologne and has lived in Eivissa since 1958. His curriculum is impressive. He is the cofounder of the famous group Ibiza 59 and has won, amongst other distinctions, the prize for the Fomento de las Artes Decorativas (FAD) 1961 in Barcelona. His work reflects the contrast between rationality and emotion, but this struggle is always channelled in an orderly way. This text about his work by Lluís G. Socias i Cerdà can also be read.

The sculptor, Franco Monti, resident on the island since 1980, started to sculpt in the fifties. Then he carried out abstract anthropomorphic forms in stone. At the beginning of the eighties he began to experiment with new materials, cardboard, wood and cardboard, while as from 1985 he started to work with concrete, to which he added pigments and earth to give it colour. You can consult his biography here.

The exhibition will remain open until the end of September.

Pere Marí
coordinador@eivissaweb.com

Galeria Van der Voort
Plaça de Vila, 13
EIVISSA
Tel: 971300649
E-mail: vandervoortibiza@hotmail.com

Visiting times: Open every day of the week, afternoons 7 to 11 p.m. and mornings by appointment.

Date of publication: 30/08/2002

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