A symbol linked to Santiago de Compostela and its legend. The Milky Way as a guiding light for pilgrims throughout history. A suspended sculpture of large scale, with a strong visual presence. Lit from above, it reinforces its character and transforms the space, filling it with mystery and poetic strength.
It is inspired by subtlety and lightness, an organic form suspended in the air. Tangled threads that seem to seek their own path, but that together function as a unit charged with poetry and beauty, enhanced by the light projected from the ceiling onto the sculpture.
Powerful, magnificent and bold, it pays homage to the city that gives it its name. Loaded with symbolism, the beauty of its mystery is revealed in the curves and turns on itself. Lighting from the ceiling, it highlights the volumes, casting beautiful and delicate shadows.
Arturo Álvarez recreates one of his most iconic and award-winning designs, creating an expanded sculpture. He transforms a rigid and cold material into a light object that folds in the air, blooming like flowers in springtime. The light that illuminates the work from the ceiling allows us to enjoy the delicate shadows cast by its forms.
Like the Indus River, this sculpture projects magic, immersing us in a dreamlike world. Its swirls and curves, the murmur of the water and its movement, are intuited. A piece of great dynamism, emphasized by the light that falls and bathes it from the ceiling, producing a theatrical effect.
It expands sideways, splendid, limitless. Like the birds of paradise, it captivates us. An exuberant and powerful body that opens its way spreading imaginary wings. The light projected from the ceiling illuminates it and accentuates its presence and lightness.
It is a chandelier reinterpreted and taken out of context by playing with words and their meanings. Faces that meet illuminated by a light and the shadows they cast on a wall.
This sculpture is a reinterpretation and homage to Nefertiti, to her era, a reflection on harmony and beauty, what is real and what is a free view of history. The blue finish refers to the Nile and the yellow one to gold.
Arturo Álvarez reflects once again on people and human relationships. NÓS (us) explores group relations, the stated and the unstated. Being together, creating a dialogue alone or in company, increasing with the projections the strength of the reflection.
The name of this sculpture refers to the gentle breeze. Its curves and volumes represent the air circulating in the space, playing with delicacy, constructing harmonious and delicate forms.
In the union of the group lies its strength, which emerges from within, from where light emanates. The sculptures made of rigid and cold tubing are visually firm but ethereal and delicate. The perspective and depth of the projection on the wall underline the power of the tribe.
The name of the installation means conversation. A group of humans gathered around the word, around dialogue. The sculptures move and talk to each other, some of them open and close their eyes. The light projects them onto the wall, strongly, increasing the intensity of the relationships.
The pandemic made Arturo Álvarez wonder about the look, its intensity, expressivity, intention and beauty. The installation gains strength with the sculptures grouped together, moving and projecting themselves onto the wall, in an intense dialogue between gazes.
Stylized and ethereal sculptures, moving towards abstraction, without losing expressiveness. Once again, human communication appears. The beauty and warmth of wood combined with light and projections bring a new meaning and different nuances.
The sculptures in the Agora collection are inspired by the figures that appear in the Portico of Glory in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The sculptures turn and look at each other, creating a calm and peaceful dialogue.
Totems wrapped in threads, wrapped in themselves and their problems, they observe us, they dialogue, they look at each other, they look at us. Arturo Álvarez begins a reflection on the human being and their complex relationships, which will continue with other pieces.
Totems wrapped in threads, wrapped in themselves and their problems, they observe us, they dialogue, they look at each other, they look at us. Arturo Álvarez begins a reflection on the human being and their complex relationships, which will continue with other pieces.
