Interested in prompting dialogues with the
collective memory, Rivelino has found the urban
setting to be fertile ground for intervening in past
and present imagination. His themes are derived
from situations or issues of public and current
interest, and his interventions aim to alter the
aesthetic perceptions of passers-by through
resolutions in form that move freely between the
real, the surreal, the tangible and the intangible. In
One Canada Square he is showing three works
Interior Answers XXV 2010, Playing with Fire III
and Playing with Fire VI both of 2013, while on King
Charles Island in Trafalgar Square he is showing You,
which takes the form of two monumental bronze
fingers. In a world that is self-evidently unequal,
this piece calls upon viewers to question their
attitude to the highly significant issue of equality
between human beings. In Rivelino’s view: ‘Public
space is always the most sincere, challenging place
in which to display an artist’s work.’
For Paloma Torres (born 1960) the urban setting
is the focus of her sculptural exploration. She
believes that all city spaces shape the spirit of their
citizens, hence her concern for creating awareness
of the awful contamination to which we are
subjected, whether through sight, sound or smell.
Her work strips away all forms of visual saturation
and excess in order to achieve a minimal constructive
expression and thereby make an impact on her
reconfiguration of the space. Two of her works are
showing in One Canada Square, created in high
temperature ceramic: 3 Spheres 3 Images 2010 and
Totem with Urban Structures 2011. Outdoors in the
public realm Building Rain conjoins an everyday
urban object – a bench – to an element of nature –
a cloud – creating a utilitarian and playful work
designed to reveal the intimate relationship between
the city and nature. In Torres’s words: ‘the core of
an artwork is its process.’
The work of Jorge Yazpik (born 1955) is abstract
and geometrical, and is characterised by his
handling of mass and the play of light, achieved by
creating cracks and grooves. He uses stone to evoke
a sense of eternity. His sculptures are conceived as
if they were sketches given mass on several planes;
he combines the idiosyncrasy of stone, its colour
and textures, with perfectly devised cuts within
those volumes that create stratified spaces, which
always point towards the light. Three Untitled
works, two carved in obsidian and one in jade,
demonstrate these concerns in One Canada Square
while in Grosvenor Gardens in Westminster is a
massive piece carved in volcanic stone that
beckons the viewer to examine the origins and
essence of what makes us human beings. His
artistic objective is modest: ‘My sculptures are an
object that should not be idolized.’
Iain Michael Brunt/Nuri Contreras Martret
July 2015
fro
nt
cove
r Paloma Torres To
tem w
ith Urban Structures2011 High temperature ceramic Photo: Francisco Kochen Designed by Tim Harvey Printed by Jamm Print & Production
YVONNE DOMENGE
Flower 2015Bronze94 ¥ 94 ¥ 64
RIVELINO
Interior Answers XXV 2010Cotton190 ¥ 130
Playing with Fire III 2013Carbonised wood and steel 190 ¥ 130
Playing with Fire VI 2013Carbonised wood and steel190 ¥ 130
PALOMA TORRES
3 Spheres 3 Images 2010High temperature ceramicSphere I: 74 ¥ 68 ¥ 65Sphere II: 68 ¥ 66 ¥ 63Sphere III: 34 ¥ 74 ¥ 44
Totem with UrbanStructures 2011High temperature ceramic210 ¥ 75 ¥ 35
JORGE YAZPIK
Untitled 2012Obsidian60 ¥ 64 ¥ 83
Untitled 2014Obsidian46 ¥ 80 ¥ 66
Untitled 2015Jade42 ¥ 46 ¥ 24
Maquettes
YVONNE DOMENGE
Coral 2015Polymer with salt30.5 diameter
RIVELINO
You 2015Bronze12.5 ¥ 33 ¥ 10
PALOMA TORRES
Building Rain 2015Bronze37 ¥ 52 ¥ 38
JORGE YAZPIK
Untitled 2014Carved volcanic stone 22 ¥ 20 ¥ 50
Sculpture at Work
List of WorksDimensions in centimetres: height ¥ width ¥ depth
Presented by Iain Michael Brunt and Nuri Contreras Martret in celebration of
Mexico UK Year of the Arts 2015
Lobby, One Canada SquareCanary Wharf, London E14 5AB
24 August – 11 September 2015
Monday to Friday 5.30am-midnight Saturday & Sunday 7am-11.30pm
canarywharf.com@yourcanarywharf
world-wide, including the first International Biennale of
Montevideo, Uraguay; Museum of Modern Art, Mexico
City, and 'Latin American Sculptors' in Paris. In 1990 he
gained a Scholarship from the National Council for
Culture and Arts, and in 1993 was named Artistic Creator
for the National System of Art Creators.
For further information see wp.yazpik.com
Iain Michael Brunt has spent over 30 years in the art
world in London, New York and Paris, having started his
career under the guidance of Daniel Wildenstein in his
galleries around the world. He founded the antiques
website antiques.co.uk and subsequently gonemodern.com,
with the aim of showing new artists who otherwise would
not have been seen by the general public.
Nuri Contreras Martret studied Mexican and Latin
American Art in Mexico City, completing her MA at
Christie's in London. She co-ordinated the catalogue
raisonné of the 20th century art collection of Banco
Nacional de Mexico, and is co-founder with Katrinka
Wood of Art4, handling public art projects in Mexico.
Photographs courtesy of the artists unless otherwise
credited.
All the works are for sale
For a price list please visit www.gonemodern.com
or contact Canary Wharf Public Art Office at
Mexico UK Year of the Arts 2015
In order to promote a better understanding
between our societies, strengthen co-operation in
various areas, support innovative projects and
motivate business, the Governments of Mexico and
the UK decided to celebrate 2015 as the Year of
Mexico in the UK and the Year of the UK in Mexico.
Through strategic design and an interdisciplinary
model, Mexico will highlight its rich history and
traditions and its contribution to contemporary art
in the global scene; the dynamism of its creative
industries through cinema, architecture and design
as well as its commitment to the emerging talents
of new generations. The programme of the Year of
Mexico in the UK includes more than 130 activities,
including exhibitions, concerts, seminars,
workshops, festivals, joint research projects, trade
missions, artistic residencies, street art, theatre and
dance performances, and sculptures, among other
events, which will seek to attract diverse audiences
across the UK.
For further information and calendar of events see
mexicouk2015.mx
Artists’ Biographies
Yvonne Domenge was born in Mexico City in 1946, and
studied fine art in Mexico City, Montreal and Washington
DC. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in
Mexico and world-wide and her work is found in many
public collections. She has long been a member of
Mexico’s Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y Las Artes
programme that supports young sculptors, and
throughout her career she has been involved in social
projects aimed at enhancing the human and artistic
grown of her country.
For further information see domenge.com
Rivelino (José Rivelino Moreno Valle) was born in Jalisco,
Mexico in 1973 and studied at the School of Ceramics,
National Institute of Fine Arts, also participating in
workshops where he experimented with a wide variety of
materials, including clay, paper and cotton as well as
metal and stone, in both small and monumental formats.
His most recent works are public interventions that
investigate the relationship between the spectator and
the artwork, as in Nuestros Silencios (Our Silences), an
exhibition of 10 monumental sculptures that has toured to
14 countries, and was shown in Victoria Tower Gardens,
London in 2011.
For further information see rivelino.com
Paloma Torres was born in Mexico City in 1960 and
studied at the National School of Visual Arts, National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City.
She subsequently gained a Master’s degree in colour
engraving from the National Institute of Fine Arts. She
has exhibited widely since 1986 and is professor of art
history and graphic design at the Iberoamericana
University in Mexico City. She has been a member of the
National Creators’ System panel since 2000.
Jorge Yazpik was born in Mexico City in 1955 and studied
at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. He has
participated in numerous group and solo exhibitionsJorge Yazpik Untitled2014 Photo: Marie Queriat
ContemporaryMexican
Sculpture: The Vision ofFour Artists
Yvonne DomengeRivelino
Paloma TorresJorge Yazpik
CWG Mexico 10pp LEAFLET 297x105mm v7_Layout 1 31/07/2015 11:40 Page 7
spaces. She invites the spectator to view her work
from within, to be drawn into her subject-matter,
which reflects the relationship between man and
the natural world. In One Canada Square her
bronze sculpture Flower 2015 has a lustrous finish,
evoking the beauty of nature. In the public realm of
the Canary Wharf estate passers-by on Bank Street
can view her 2-metre diameter Coquino Coral 2015,
which evokes a marine scene. Through this work
Domenge beckons the viewer to step back from
the commotion of everyday life and to devote
some time to being attentive, examining life in
detail. She expresses her work ethic: ‘I constantly
use space to seek my identity.’
The work of the youngest of the four artists,
Rivelino (born 1973), is characterised by its
exploration of the fields of sculptural relief and
intervention in urban space.
curatorial aims: to present the work of four well-
established Mexican sculptors working in
contemporary media who represent generations
born between the 1940s and 1970s; to present
pieces that will spark public reflection on different
aspects of the contemporary human condition; to
present works that demonstrate a variety of
sculptural languages; and to present large-scale
sculptures designed specifically for public spaces.
All four participating artists have already
undertaken significant sculptural projects in public
spaces around the world. Yvonne Domenge has
displayed her work in the United States, Canada
and China among other countries; Jorge Yazpik
in Mexico and Germany; Paloma Torres in
Switzerland, Qatar and Venezuela; and Rivelino in
the United Kingdom, Italy, United States and
Russia, among others.
The subject-matter and medium for each
sculptural project for London were chosen by the
artists themselves. Yvonne Domenge’s large-scale
sculpture in fibreglass and sand evokes the beauty
and fragility of coral formations. Rivelino’s
monumental sculptural intervention in bronze and
steel alludes to the contradictions in human
equality. Paloma Torres’s utilitarian sculpture in
bronze prompts reflection on the relationship
between the city and nature. Jorge Yazpik presents
a carving in volcanic stone that invites the viewer
to ponder on the origins and the geology of
Mexico City.
The most senior artist in the group, Yvonne
Domenge (born 1946), makes work that is defined
by its abstract and organic nature, often
monumental in scale. She expresses herself
through two kinds of production: one focusing on
pieces for interior, intimate display, the other on
large-scale sculptural interventions for public Yvonne Domenge Coquino Coral2015, installed at the junction of Bank Street/Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf Photo: Sally Williams
Contemporary Mexican Sculpture: The Vision of Four Artists
This exhibition in the Lobby of One Canada Square
is part of a wider project presenting and promoting
contemporary Mexican sculpture in the United
Kingdom as part of the festivities celebrating the
Mexico-UK Dual Year in 2015. The overall project
was proposed by Nuri Contreras Martret, Director
of Art4, and it has been curated by Iain Michael
Brunt of www.gonemodern.com and Katrinka
Wood, a specialist in Latin American art.
The first collective presentation of large-scale
Mexican sculpture to be held in London’s public
spaces, Contemporary Mexican Sculpture: The
Vision of Four Artists provides the opportunity to
see recent works in stone, bronze and resin by
Yvonne Domenge, Rivelino, Paloma Torres and
Jorge Yazpik, who together represent Mexico’s
best-known sculptors spanning many decades.
Between July and December 2015, each artist is
showing a monumental work in one of four
prominent public sites which include King Charles
Island in Trafalgar Square, Grosvenor Gardens and
Canary Wharf. In addition to these works in the
public realm, smaller works by each artist are being
shown in One
Canada Square,
as part of Canary
Wharf Group’s
‘Sculpture at
Work’ exhibition
programme.
Included in the
exhibition are
maquettes of the
monumental
works installed in
London’s public
realm.
Curator Iain
Brunt writes: ‘Few
cities have placed
such strong
emphasis on
public sculpture
as London. The
British capital is a
world-wide benchmark in all variants of this
discipline, ranging from historical sculptures to the
most avant-garde pieces. Today London’s streets,
squares and gardens continuously offer an open
display where Londoners and visitors alike can
become acquainted with the sculptural artwork of
leading artists world-wide. This project is an
opportunity for Mexico to join the dynamic English
flair for holding world-class exhibitions in public
spaces and to position itself as a country whose
artists are on a par with the world’s best.’
Underlying the project are four important
Paloma Torres Sphere III(detail: 3 Spheres 3 Images) 2010 Photo: Natassja Lopez
Rivelino Interior Answ
ers XXV2010 Photo: Estudio Rivelino
Yvonne Domenge Flower2015 Photo: David Chavolla
CWG Mexico 10pp LEAFLET 297x105mm v7_Layout 1 31/07/2015 11:40 Page 2
spaces. She invites the spectator to view her work
from within, to be drawn into her subject-matter,
which reflects the relationship between man and
the natural world. In One Canada Square her
bronze sculpture Flower 2015 has a lustrous finish,
evoking the beauty of nature. In the public realm of
the Canary Wharf estate passers-by on Bank Street
can view her 2-metre diameter Coquino Coral 2015,
which evokes a marine scene. Through this work
Domenge beckons the viewer to step back from
the commotion of everyday life and to devote
some time to being attentive, examining life in
detail. She expresses her work ethic: ‘I constantly
use space to seek my identity.’
The work of the youngest of the four artists,
Rivelino (born 1973), is characterised by its
exploration of the fields of sculptural relief and
intervention in urban space.
curatorial aims: to present the work of four well-
established Mexican sculptors working in
contemporary media who represent generations
born between the 1940s and 1970s; to present
pieces that will spark public reflection on different
aspects of the contemporary human condition; to
present works that demonstrate a variety of
sculptural languages; and to present large-scale
sculptures designed specifically for public spaces.
All four participating artists have already
undertaken significant sculptural projects in public
spaces around the world. Yvonne Domenge has
displayed her work in the United States, Canada
and China among other countries; Jorge Yazpik
in Mexico and Germany; Paloma Torres in
Switzerland, Qatar and Venezuela; and Rivelino in
the United Kingdom, Italy, United States and
Russia, among others.
The subject-matter and medium for each
sculptural project for London were chosen by the
artists themselves. Yvonne Domenge’s large-scale
sculpture in fibreglass and sand evokes the beauty
and fragility of coral formations. Rivelino’s
monumental sculptural intervention in bronze and
steel alludes to the contradictions in human
equality. Paloma Torres’s utilitarian sculpture in
bronze prompts reflection on the relationship
between the city and nature. Jorge Yazpik presents
a carving in volcanic stone that invites the viewer
to ponder on the origins and the geology of
Mexico City.
The most senior artist in the group, Yvonne
Domenge (born 1946), makes work that is defined
by its abstract and organic nature, often
monumental in scale. She expresses herself
through two kinds of production: one focusing on
pieces for interior, intimate display, the other on
large-scale sculptural interventions for public Yvonne Domenge Coquino Coral2015, installed at the junction of Bank Street/Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf Photo: Sally Williams
Contemporary Mexican Sculpture: The Vision of Four Artists
This exhibition in the Lobby of One Canada Square
is part of a wider project presenting and promoting
contemporary Mexican sculpture in the United
Kingdom as part of the festivities celebrating the
Mexico-UK Dual Year in 2015. The overall project
was proposed by Nuri Contreras Martret, Director
of Art4, and it has been curated by Iain Michael
Brunt of www.gonemodern.com and Katrinka
Wood, a specialist in Latin American art.
The first collective presentation of large-scale
Mexican sculpture to be held in London’s public
spaces, Contemporary Mexican Sculpture: The
Vision of Four Artists provides the opportunity to
see recent works in stone, bronze and resin by
Yvonne Domenge, Rivelino, Paloma Torres and
Jorge Yazpik, who together represent Mexico’s
best-known sculptors spanning many decades.
Between July and December 2015, each artist is
showing a monumental work in one of four
prominent public sites which include King Charles
Island in Trafalgar Square, Grosvenor Gardens and
Canary Wharf. In addition to these works in the
public realm, smaller works by each artist are being
shown in One
Canada Square,
as part of Canary
Wharf Group’s
‘Sculpture at
Work’ exhibition
programme.
Included in the
exhibition are
maquettes of the
monumental
works installed in
London’s public
realm.
Curator Iain
Brunt writes: ‘Few
cities have placed
such strong
emphasis on
public sculpture
as London. The
British capital is a
world-wide benchmark in all variants of this
discipline, ranging from historical sculptures to the
most avant-garde pieces. Today London’s streets,
squares and gardens continuously offer an open
display where Londoners and visitors alike can
become acquainted with the sculptural artwork of
leading artists world-wide. This project is an
opportunity for Mexico to join the dynamic English
flair for holding world-class exhibitions in public
spaces and to position itself as a country whose
artists are on a par with the world’s best.’
Underlying the project are four important
Paloma Torres Sphere III(detail: 3 Spheres 3 Images) 2010 Photo: Natassja Lopez
Rivelino Interior Answ
ers XXV2010 Photo: Estudio Rivelino
Yvonne Domenge Flower2015 Photo: David Chavolla
CWG Mexico 10pp LEAFLET 297x105mm v7_Layout 1 31/07/2015 11:40 Page 2
spaces. She invites the spectator to view her work
from within, to be drawn into her subject-matter,
which reflects the relationship between man and
the natural world. In One Canada Square her
bronze sculpture Flower 2015 has a lustrous finish,
evoking the beauty of nature. In the public realm of
the Canary Wharf estate passers-by on Bank Street
can view her 2-metre diameter Coquino Coral 2015,
which evokes a marine scene. Through this work
Domenge beckons the viewer to step back from
the commotion of everyday life and to devote
some time to being attentive, examining life in
detail. She expresses her work ethic: ‘I constantly
use space to seek my identity.’
The work of the youngest of the four artists,
Rivelino (born 1973), is characterised by its
exploration of the fields of sculptural relief and
intervention in urban space.
curatorial aims: to present the work of four well-
established Mexican sculptors working in
contemporary media who represent generations
born between the 1940s and 1970s; to present
pieces that will spark public reflection on different
aspects of the contemporary human condition; to
present works that demonstrate a variety of
sculptural languages; and to present large-scale
sculptures designed specifically for public spaces.
All four participating artists have already
undertaken significant sculptural projects in public
spaces around the world. Yvonne Domenge has
displayed her work in the United States, Canada
and China among other countries; Jorge Yazpik
in Mexico and Germany; Paloma Torres in
Switzerland, Qatar and Venezuela; and Rivelino in
the United Kingdom, Italy, United States and
Russia, among others.
The subject-matter and medium for each
sculptural project for London were chosen by the
artists themselves. Yvonne Domenge’s large-scale
sculpture in fibreglass and sand evokes the beauty
and fragility of coral formations. Rivelino’s
monumental sculptural intervention in bronze and
steel alludes to the contradictions in human
equality. Paloma Torres’s utilitarian sculpture in
bronze prompts reflection on the relationship
between the city and nature. Jorge Yazpik presents
a carving in volcanic stone that invites the viewer
to ponder on the origins and the geology of
Mexico City.
The most senior artist in the group, Yvonne
Domenge (born 1946), makes work that is defined
by its abstract and organic nature, often
monumental in scale. She expresses herself
through two kinds of production: one focusing on
pieces for interior, intimate display, the other on
large-scale sculptural interventions for public Yvonne Domenge Coquino Coral2015, installed at the junction of Bank Street/Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf Photo: Sally Williams
Contemporary Mexican Sculpture: The Vision of Four Artists
This exhibition in the Lobby of One Canada Square
is part of a wider project presenting and promoting
contemporary Mexican sculpture in the United
Kingdom as part of the festivities celebrating the
Mexico-UK Dual Year in 2015. The overall project
was proposed by Nuri Contreras Martret, Director
of Art4, and it has been curated by Iain Michael
Brunt of www.gonemodern.com and Katrinka
Wood, a specialist in Latin American art.
The first collective presentation of large-scale
Mexican sculpture to be held in London’s public
spaces, Contemporary Mexican Sculpture: The
Vision of Four Artists provides the opportunity to
see recent works in stone, bronze and resin by
Yvonne Domenge, Rivelino, Paloma Torres and
Jorge Yazpik, who together represent Mexico’s
best-known sculptors spanning many decades.
Between July and December 2015, each artist is
showing a monumental work in one of four
prominent public sites which include King Charles
Island in Trafalgar Square, Grosvenor Gardens and
Canary Wharf. In addition to these works in the
public realm, smaller works by each artist are being
shown in One
Canada Square,
as part of Canary
Wharf Group’s
‘Sculpture at
Work’ exhibition
programme.
Included in the
exhibition are
maquettes of the
monumental
works installed in
London’s public
realm.
Curator Iain
Brunt writes: ‘Few
cities have placed
such strong
emphasis on
public sculpture
as London. The
British capital is a
world-wide benchmark in all variants of this
discipline, ranging from historical sculptures to the
most avant-garde pieces. Today London’s streets,
squares and gardens continuously offer an open
display where Londoners and visitors alike can
become acquainted with the sculptural artwork of
leading artists world-wide. This project is an
opportunity for Mexico to join the dynamic English
flair for holding world-class exhibitions in public
spaces and to position itself as a country whose
artists are on a par with the world’s best.’
Underlying the project are four important
Paloma Torres Sphere III(detail: 3 Spheres 3 Images) 2010 Photo: Natassja Lopez
Rivelino Interior Answ
ers XXV2010 Photo: Estudio Rivelino
Yvonne Domenge Flower2015 Photo: David Chavolla
CWG Mexico 10pp LEAFLET 297x105mm v7_Layout 1 31/07/2015 11:40 Page 2
Interested in prompting dialogues with the
collective memory, Rivelino has found the urban
setting to be fertile ground for intervening in past
and present imagination. His themes are derived
from situations or issues of public and current
interest, and his interventions aim to alter the
aesthetic perceptions of passers-by through
resolutions in form that move freely between the
real, the surreal, the tangible and the intangible. In
One Canada Square he is showing three works
Interior Answers XXV 2010, Playing with Fire III
and Playing with Fire VI both of 2013, while on King
Charles Island in Trafalgar Square he is showing You,
which takes the form of two monumental bronze
fingers. In a world that is self-evidently unequal,
this piece calls upon viewers to question their
attitude to the highly significant issue of equality
between human beings. In Rivelino’s view: ‘Public
space is always the most sincere, challenging place
in which to display an artist’s work.’
For Paloma Torres (born 1960) the urban setting
is the focus of her sculptural exploration. She
believes that all city spaces shape the spirit of their
citizens, hence her concern for creating awareness
of the awful contamination to which we are
subjected, whether through sight, sound or smell.
Her work strips away all forms of visual saturation
and excess in order to achieve a minimal constructive
expression and thereby make an impact on her
reconfiguration of the space. Two of her works are
showing in One Canada Square, created in high
temperature ceramic: 3 Spheres 3 Images 2010 and
Totem with Urban Structures 2011. Outdoors in the
public realm Building Rain conjoins an everyday
urban object – a bench – to an element of nature –
a cloud – creating a utilitarian and playful work
designed to reveal the intimate relationship between
the city and nature. In Torres’s words: ‘the core of
an artwork is its process.’
The work of Jorge Yazpik (born 1955) is abstract
and geometrical, and is characterised by his
handling of mass and the play of light, achieved by
creating cracks and grooves. He uses stone to evoke
a sense of eternity. His sculptures are conceived as
if they were sketches given mass on several planes;
he combines the idiosyncrasy of stone, its colour
and textures, with perfectly devised cuts within
those volumes that create stratified spaces, which
always point towards the light. Three Untitled
works, two carved in obsidian and one in jade,
demonstrate these concerns in One Canada Square
while in Grosvenor Gardens in Westminster is a
massive piece carved in volcanic stone that
beckons the viewer to examine the origins and
essence of what makes us human beings. His
artistic objective is modest: ‘My sculptures are an
object that should not be idolized.’
Iain Michael Brunt/Nuri Contreras Martret
July 2015
fro
nt
cove
r Paloma Torres To
tem w
ith Urban Structures2011 High temperature ceramic Photo: Francisco Kochen Designed by Tim Harvey Printed by Jamm Print & Production
YVONNE DOMENGE
Flower 2015Bronze94 ¥ 94 ¥ 64
RIVELINO
Interior Answers XXV 2010Cotton190 ¥ 130
Playing with Fire III 2013Carbonised wood and steel 190 ¥ 130
Playing with Fire VI 2013Carbonised wood and steel190 ¥ 130
PALOMA TORRES
3 Spheres 3 Images 2010High temperature ceramicSphere I: 74 ¥ 68 ¥ 65Sphere II: 68 ¥ 66 ¥ 63Sphere III: 34 ¥ 74 ¥ 44
Totem with UrbanStructures 2011High temperature ceramic210 ¥ 75 ¥ 35
JORGE YAZPIK
Untitled 2012Obsidian60 ¥ 64 ¥ 83
Untitled 2014Obsidian46 ¥ 80 ¥ 66
Untitled 2015Jade42 ¥ 46 ¥ 24
Maquettes
YVONNE DOMENGE
Coral 2015Polymer with salt30.5 diameter
RIVELINO
You 2015Bronze12.5 ¥ 33 ¥ 10
PALOMA TORRES
Building Rain 2015Bronze37 ¥ 52 ¥ 38
JORGE YAZPIK
Untitled 2014Carved volcanic stone 22 ¥ 20 ¥ 50
Sculpture at Work
List of WorksDimensions in centimetres: height ¥ width ¥ depth
Presented by Iain Michael Brunt and Nuri Contreras Martret in celebration of
Mexico UK Year of the Arts 2015
Lobby, One Canada SquareCanary Wharf, London E14 5AB
24 August – 11 September 2015
Monday to Friday 5.30am-midnight Saturday & Sunday 7am-11.30pm
canarywharf.com@yourcanarywharf
world-wide, including the first International Biennale of
Montevideo, Uraguay; Museum of Modern Art, Mexico
City, and 'Latin American Sculptors' in Paris. In 1990 he
gained a Scholarship from the National Council for
Culture and Arts, and in 1993 was named Artistic Creator
for the National System of Art Creators.
For further information see wp.yazpik.com
Iain Michael Brunt has spent over 30 years in the art
world in London, New York and Paris, having started his
career under the guidance of Daniel Wildenstein in his
galleries around the world. He founded the antiques
website antiques.co.uk and subsequently gonemodern.com,
with the aim of showing new artists who otherwise would
not have been seen by the general public.
Nuri Contreras Martret studied Mexican and Latin
American Art in Mexico City, completing her MA at
Christie's in London. She co-ordinated the catalogue
raisonné of the 20th century art collection of Banco
Nacional de Mexico, and is co-founder with Katrinka
Wood of Art4, handling public art projects in Mexico.
Photographs courtesy of the artists unless otherwise
credited.
All the works are for sale
For a price list please visit www.gonemodern.com
or contact Canary Wharf Public Art Office at
Mexico UK Year of the Arts 2015
In order to promote a better understanding
between our societies, strengthen co-operation in
various areas, support innovative projects and
motivate business, the Governments of Mexico and
the UK decided to celebrate 2015 as the Year of
Mexico in the UK and the Year of the UK in Mexico.
Through strategic design and an interdisciplinary
model, Mexico will highlight its rich history and
traditions and its contribution to contemporary art
in the global scene; the dynamism of its creative
industries through cinema, architecture and design
as well as its commitment to the emerging talents
of new generations. The programme of the Year of
Mexico in the UK includes more than 130 activities,
including exhibitions, concerts, seminars,
workshops, festivals, joint research projects, trade
missions, artistic residencies, street art, theatre and
dance performances, and sculptures, among other
events, which will seek to attract diverse audiences
across the UK.
For further information and calendar of events see
mexicouk2015.mx
Artists’ Biographies
Yvonne Domenge was born in Mexico City in 1946, and
studied fine art in Mexico City, Montreal and Washington
DC. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in
Mexico and world-wide and her work is found in many
public collections. She has long been a member of
Mexico’s Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y Las Artes
programme that supports young sculptors, and
throughout her career she has been involved in social
projects aimed at enhancing the human and artistic
grown of her country.
For further information see domenge.com
Rivelino (José Rivelino Moreno Valle) was born in Jalisco,
Mexico in 1973 and studied at the School of Ceramics,
National Institute of Fine Arts, also participating in
workshops where he experimented with a wide variety of
materials, including clay, paper and cotton as well as
metal and stone, in both small and monumental formats.
His most recent works are public interventions that
investigate the relationship between the spectator and
the artwork, as in Nuestros Silencios (Our Silences), an
exhibition of 10 monumental sculptures that has toured to
14 countries, and was shown in Victoria Tower Gardens,
London in 2011.
For further information see rivelino.com
Paloma Torres was born in Mexico City in 1960 and
studied at the National School of Visual Arts, National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City.
She subsequently gained a Master’s degree in colour
engraving from the National Institute of Fine Arts. She
has exhibited widely since 1986 and is professor of art
history and graphic design at the Iberoamericana
University in Mexico City. She has been a member of the
National Creators’ System panel since 2000.
Jorge Yazpik was born in Mexico City in 1955 and studied
at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. He has
participated in numerous group and solo exhibitionsJorge Yazpik Untitled2014 Photo: Marie Queriat
ContemporaryMexican
Sculpture: The Vision ofFour Artists
Yvonne DomengeRivelino
Paloma TorresJorge Yazpik
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Interested in prompting dialogues with the
collective memory, Rivelino has found the urban
setting to be fertile ground for intervening in past
and present imagination. His themes are derived
from situations or issues of public and current
interest, and his interventions aim to alter the
aesthetic perceptions of passers-by through
resolutions in form that move freely between the
real, the surreal, the tangible and the intangible. In
One Canada Square he is showing three works
Interior Answers XXV 2010, Playing with Fire III
and Playing with Fire VI both of 2013, while on King
Charles Island in Trafalgar Square he is showing You,
which takes the form of two monumental bronze
fingers. In a world that is self-evidently unequal,
this piece calls upon viewers to question their
attitude to the highly significant issue of equality
between human beings. In Rivelino’s view: ‘Public
space is always the most sincere, challenging place
in which to display an artist’s work.’
For Paloma Torres (born 1960) the urban setting
is the focus of her sculptural exploration. She
believes that all city spaces shape the spirit of their
citizens, hence her concern for creating awareness
of the awful contamination to which we are
subjected, whether through sight, sound or smell.
Her work strips away all forms of visual saturation
and excess in order to achieve a minimal constructive
expression and thereby make an impact on her
reconfiguration of the space. Two of her works are
showing in One Canada Square, created in high
temperature ceramic: 3 Spheres 3 Images 2010 and
Totem with Urban Structures 2011. Outdoors in the
public realm Building Rain conjoins an everyday
urban object – a bench – to an element of nature –
a cloud – creating a utilitarian and playful work
designed to reveal the intimate relationship between
the city and nature. In Torres’s words: ‘the core of
an artwork is its process.’
The work of Jorge Yazpik (born 1955) is abstract
and geometrical, and is characterised by his
handling of mass and the play of light, achieved by
creating cracks and grooves. He uses stone to evoke
a sense of eternity. His sculptures are conceived as
if they were sketches given mass on several planes;
he combines the idiosyncrasy of stone, its colour
and textures, with perfectly devised cuts within
those volumes that create stratified spaces, which
always point towards the light. Three Untitled
works, two carved in obsidian and one in jade,
demonstrate these concerns in One Canada Square
while in Grosvenor Gardens in Westminster is a
massive piece carved in volcanic stone that
beckons the viewer to examine the origins and
essence of what makes us human beings. His
artistic objective is modest: ‘My sculptures are an
object that should not be idolized.’
Iain Michael Brunt/Nuri Contreras Martret
July 2015
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YVONNE DOMENGE
Flower 2015Bronze94 ¥ 94 ¥ 64
RIVELINO
Interior Answers XXV 2010Cotton190 ¥ 130
Playing with Fire III 2013Carbonised wood and steel 190 ¥ 130
Playing with Fire VI 2013Carbonised wood and steel190 ¥ 130
PALOMA TORRES
3 Spheres 3 Images 2010High temperature ceramicSphere I: 74 ¥ 68 ¥ 65Sphere II: 68 ¥ 66 ¥ 63Sphere III: 34 ¥ 74 ¥ 44
Totem with UrbanStructures 2011High temperature ceramic210 ¥ 75 ¥ 35
JORGE YAZPIK
Untitled 2012Obsidian60 ¥ 64 ¥ 83
Untitled 2014Obsidian46 ¥ 80 ¥ 66
Untitled 2015Jade42 ¥ 46 ¥ 24
Maquettes
YVONNE DOMENGE
Coral 2015Polymer with salt30.5 diameter
RIVELINO
You 2015Bronze12.5 ¥ 33 ¥ 10
PALOMA TORRES
Building Rain 2015Bronze37 ¥ 52 ¥ 38
JORGE YAZPIK
Untitled 2014Carved volcanic stone 22 ¥ 20 ¥ 50
Sculpture at Work
List of WorksDimensions in centimetres: height ¥ width ¥ depth
Presented by Iain Michael Brunt and Nuri Contreras Martret in celebration of
Mexico UK Year of the Arts 2015
Lobby, One Canada SquareCanary Wharf, London E14 5AB
24 August – 11 September 2015
Monday to Friday 5.30am-midnight Saturday & Sunday 7am-11.30pm
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world-wide, including the first International Biennale of
Montevideo, Uraguay; Museum of Modern Art, Mexico
City, and 'Latin American Sculptors' in Paris. In 1990 he
gained a Scholarship from the National Council for
Culture and Arts, and in 1993 was named Artistic Creator
for the National System of Art Creators.
For further information see wp.yazpik.com
Iain Michael Brunt has spent over 30 years in the art
world in London, New York and Paris, having started his
career under the guidance of Daniel Wildenstein in his
galleries around the world. He founded the antiques
website antiques.co.uk and subsequently gonemodern.com,
with the aim of showing new artists who otherwise would
not have been seen by the general public.
Nuri Contreras Martret studied Mexican and Latin
American Art in Mexico City, completing her MA at
Christie's in London. She co-ordinated the catalogue
raisonné of the 20th century art collection of Banco
Nacional de Mexico, and is co-founder with Katrinka
Wood of Art4, handling public art projects in Mexico.
Photographs courtesy of the artists unless otherwise
credited.
All the works are for sale
For a price list please visit www.gonemodern.com
or contact Canary Wharf Public Art Office at
Mexico UK Year of the Arts 2015
In order to promote a better understanding
between our societies, strengthen co-operation in
various areas, support innovative projects and
motivate business, the Governments of Mexico and
the UK decided to celebrate 2015 as the Year of
Mexico in the UK and the Year of the UK in Mexico.
Through strategic design and an interdisciplinary
model, Mexico will highlight its rich history and
traditions and its contribution to contemporary art
in the global scene; the dynamism of its creative
industries through cinema, architecture and design
as well as its commitment to the emerging talents
of new generations. The programme of the Year of
Mexico in the UK includes more than 130 activities,
including exhibitions, concerts, seminars,
workshops, festivals, joint research projects, trade
missions, artistic residencies, street art, theatre and
dance performances, and sculptures, among other
events, which will seek to attract diverse audiences
across the UK.
For further information and calendar of events see
mexicouk2015.mx
Artists’ Biographies
Yvonne Domenge was born in Mexico City in 1946, and
studied fine art in Mexico City, Montreal and Washington
DC. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in
Mexico and world-wide and her work is found in many
public collections. She has long been a member of
Mexico’s Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y Las Artes
programme that supports young sculptors, and
throughout her career she has been involved in social
projects aimed at enhancing the human and artistic
grown of her country.
For further information see domenge.com
Rivelino (José Rivelino Moreno Valle) was born in Jalisco,
Mexico in 1973 and studied at the School of Ceramics,
National Institute of Fine Arts, also participating in
workshops where he experimented with a wide variety of
materials, including clay, paper and cotton as well as
metal and stone, in both small and monumental formats.
His most recent works are public interventions that
investigate the relationship between the spectator and
the artwork, as in Nuestros Silencios (Our Silences), an
exhibition of 10 monumental sculptures that has toured to
14 countries, and was shown in Victoria Tower Gardens,
London in 2011.
For further information see rivelino.com
Paloma Torres was born in Mexico City in 1960 and
studied at the National School of Visual Arts, National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City.
She subsequently gained a Master’s degree in colour
engraving from the National Institute of Fine Arts. She
has exhibited widely since 1986 and is professor of art
history and graphic design at the Iberoamericana
University in Mexico City. She has been a member of the
National Creators’ System panel since 2000.
Jorge Yazpik was born in Mexico City in 1955 and studied
at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. He has
participated in numerous group and solo exhibitionsJorge Yazpik Untitled2014 Photo: Marie Queriat
ContemporaryMexican
Sculpture: The Vision ofFour Artists
Yvonne DomengeRivelino
Paloma TorresJorge Yazpik
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