Obras invitadas: Millares, Rivera y Solano

Exhibition of works by Manolo Millares, Manuel Rivera and Susana Solano, artists represented in the Masaveu collections as part of Informalism and later sculpture, at the Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson in Madrid.

The display brings together works by Manolo Millares, Manuel Rivera and Susana Solano that form part of the collections of the Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson and are presented within its Obras invitadas programme. The first two belong to Informalism, a current that departs from geometry and earlier forms to give prominence to materials and the freedom of the brushstroke.

Along the route, textile occupies a central place. Around 1954 Millares worked with burlap, folding, sewing and dyeing it with basic colours, while Rivera abandoned canvas in favour of metal mesh. Both later appeared in assemblage exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York during the 1960s.

Susana Solano represents a different approach, closer to sculpture. Her work uses the fold as a three-dimensional gesture, with one piece that exploits the malleability of lead. The proposal suits lovers of contemporary art who want to compare different material solutions within a single space.