Art Madrid'26 – Miquel Navarro – Edificio con asas (2014)

Miquel Navarro | Edificio con asas

Miquel Navarro

Edificio con asas, 2014

Grey iron

99 x 27 x 25 cm

Shiras Galería

Valencia, España

Programa General A3

about Miquel Navarro

Mislata (Valencia), 1945

Miquel Navarro is one of the most important representatives of what is known as New Spanish Sculpture. He studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia and has been awarded the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas and the Premio Nacional de la Asociación de Críticos de Arte ARCO 95, among others. He is also a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and his work can be found in countless museums, collections and major European cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels, Valencia, etc. It is worth mentioning his extensive presence in numerous museums and collections of great calibre such as: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, Musée National Centre d'Art Georges Pompidou Paris, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Reina Sofia, Ivam, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Sofia Imbert Caracas, Museo Wurth Künzelsau, Museo Lehmbruck Duisburg, Macba, Meiac, Mie Prefectural Art Museum Mie in Japan, Joseph Suñol Foundation, Lambert Foundation Brussels, Bank Sabadell Collection. As well as the recent creation of his own foundation with the aim of preserving his legacy, promoting the knowledge and dissemination of his work and his figure while encouraging the creation and conservation of cultural heritage.

about the artist's works

Miquel Navarro's work is totally linked to his biography, as the memories of his childhood are decisive in shaping the work of this sculptor, where among the human figures and phallic symbols there are also chimneys from old factories and architectural elements that refer to the landscape he saw as a child. His childhood in Mislata, a town where there was a mixture of agricultural and industrial elements, and at the same time the contrast between the rural environment and the city of Valencia, are totally identifiable throughout his career, as is the use of clay, a material he continues to use in his cities, whose buildings are also made of iron, steel and aluminium. Always tireless, universal and constantly evolving, this singular artist works out of pure creative passion and ensures that he maintains the need to create. He specialises in the creation of sculptural landscapes, cities, installations and assemblies of small variable elements that combine sculpture and architecture from different languages, to lead us, through a variety of creative paths, towards unique aesthetic emotions. All of this is participated with different materials such as clay, lead, zinc, glass, stone, plaster and steel, which give the whole a sensuality of Mediterranean order, crossed with certain conceptual winks, and which, in many cases, exude a deep, almost primitive eroticism.

Featured works

Carmen Mansilla | Riverside

Carmen Mansilla

Riverside, 2025

Óleo y lápiz sobre lino

50 x 50 cm

Dave Cooper | Creamsicle 2

Dave Cooper

Creamsicle 2, 2023

Óleo sobre lienzo

71 x 71 cm

Fabian Treiber | You Wouldn’t Believe, What I’ve Been Through

Fabian Treiber

You Wouldn’t Believe, What I’ve Been Through, 2025

Acrílico, tinta, pastel al óleo, pastel y papel sobre lienzo

170 x 180 cm

Joost Vandebrug | 25-29

Joost Vandebrug

25-29, 2025

Transferencias de emulsión fotográfica sobre papel morera

135 x 100 cm

Lorenzo Fernández | Justicia

Lorenzo Fernández

Justicia, 2023

Óleo y acrílico sobre aluminio

120 x 120 cm

Maxim Wakultschik | Life doesn’t frighten me

Maxim Wakultschik

Life doesn’t frighten me, 2025

Colored wooden sticks

35 x 26 x 8.6 cm

Sergio de la Flora | Nihonzaru

Sergio de la Flora

Nihonzaru, 2023

Óleo sobre resina y madera

50 x 50 cm

Steen Ipsen | Ellipse 19

Steen Ipsen

Ellipse 19, 2022

Cerámica esmaltada en negro y PVC amarillo

43 x 42 x 45 cm

Tadanori Yamaguchi | Ramas en blanco

Tadanori Yamaguchi

Ramas en blanco, 2017

Mármol blanco

70 x 70 x 20 cm

Xavi Noble | What lies beneath

Xavi Noble

What lies beneath, 2025

Acrílico y spray sobre tela

120 x 100 cm

Ana Monsó | Después del silencio 7

Ana Monsó

Después del silencio 7, 2025

Acrílico y tinta sobre lienzo

187 x 157 cm

CHIU Huai-Hsuan | Read After Cutting 30

CHIU Huai-Hsuan

Read After Cutting 30, 2025

Various types of wood, metal, gear, motor

43.1 x 30.6 x 9.5 cm

Crystal Lupa | One Hundred Years of Solitude

Crystal Lupa

One Hundred Years of Solitude, 2023

Oil on linen folding screen

168 x 189 x 3.2 cm

DIMASLA (Diana + Álvaro) | Sobre los márgenes del cielo

DIMASLA (Diana + Álvaro)

Sobre los márgenes del cielo, 2024

Polvo de cemento en suspensión, lluvia, sol, viento, polen de tomillo y romero sobre acrílico en tela de algodón natural cosida, expuesta sobre suelo de arcilla calcáreo durante cuatro meses

130 x 162 cm