Artist Gustavo Torner (Cuenca, 1925) already holds the I Eusebio Sempere Award for artistic creation and thought, the first edition of the award organized by the Alicante City Council Culture Department with which he works. given last December. “I loved and appreciated the person and the artistHe said it in reference to Sempere when he got the news.
Torner, painter and sculptor, Cuenca Museum of Abstract Art And Sempere’s personal friendreceived this award today with 10,000 euros and a sculpture by Cultural Council Member Eduardo Lastres. antonio manresaTraveling to the artist’s hometown with the MACA curator, Rosa Castells.
“We had today very special moment With the award of this award to Tornero,” the mayor underlined, “We had the opportunity to commemorate his personal and professional life, especially Sempere’s time in Cuenca with other artists”.
For Rosa Castells“To hand over the first prize to Gustavo Torner, justice to a generation of artists who renew plastic contemporary and very exciting to give it to him personally. there is great memory, youA pleasant conversation with anecdotes of all kinds and artistic wisdom from his whole personality. An exciting delight and historical moment.”
“It’s very gratifying to receive an award in your name, but sad that he is not“, the 97-year-old artist with a career assured in December. 84 years in the art world. While acknowledging that a reward “serves to encourage or confirm, they’re like giving candy to a child when he’s good.”
Pioneer in the renewal of the arts
The jury comprised of Cultural Council Member Antonio Manresa; MACA curator Rosa Castells and professionals Jordi Teixidor de Otto, Yolanda Romero Gómez, Isabel Tejeda Martín and Daniel García Andújar it was unanimously decided to award the I Eusebio Sempere Prize for artistic creation and awarded to artist Gustavo Torner de la Fuente. the quality and relevance of artistic production as a whole.
as one of the pioneers renewal of contemporary art languages A revamp in Spain’s mid-20th century that constitutes an alternative to the academic proposals of the first Franco regime after the autarky period.
And for his job mid 50’s Here he experimented with photography and informal painting, paving the way with repercussions in neo-dada over the next decade, and in the 70s he became interested in geometric abstraction and sculpture.
Turner, artist
His artistic production includes painting and sculpture as well as graphic work, set design, theater and opera costumes, tapestries, stained glass windows, public sculpture, interior design and exhibitions, etc. is very broad and diverse. As a consultant, we owe Torner the necessary work. Juan Mart Foundation with regard to the scheduling of events, especially exhibitions; Besides his work in the initial formulation of the expansion of the Prado Museum, the renovation of the rooms of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando or the success of the Guerrero Center in Granada.