Manuel Martí Moreno

Manuel Martí Moreno, born in Valencia (Spain) in 1979, is a sculptor trained in fine arts in the faculties of Valencia, Seville and Madrid.

Since the 2000s, his sculptures have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums around the world, including the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid and the Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia. His work has also been presented in cities such as Munich, Chicago, Miami, Venice, Barcelona and Saint-Tropez.

In the series LA FUGACIDAD DE LA EXISTENCIA (The Transience of Existence) begun in 2010, Manuel Martí Moreno materializes unfinished volumes representing human figures, animals, landscapes and even abstract forms.

Made from welded metal elements, his sculptures evoke an envelope, an ethereal and fleeting mesh. Far from the traditional techniques of sculpture using stone, marble, bronze or terracotta – solid, compact and closed materials – the artist offers an almost dematerialized vision of sculptural art.

Although resistant and stable, his works translate the idea of fluctuation, change, static movement, but also emptiness, a central concept in his work:

"Understanding that the material reality common to all beings, living and inert, is invisible to the senses leads me to create sculptures in which matter is minimal and the void that surrounds and contains them is absolute. So to speak, the void, a primordial element common to all matter in the universe and therefore to each of us, is the essence of everything (…). Contrary to the solidity that we believe we perceive through the senses, we are in reality millions of floating particles in permanent movement and transformation."

Through his sculptures, Manuel Martí Moreno invites the viewer to a deep reflection on the nature of existence, between materiality and immateriality. He reminds us that what is invisible, impalpable or ephemeral nevertheless constitutes the very essence of our world.

A resolutely contemporary work, at the crossroads of poetry, science and philosophy.