Arnaldo Coen
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Arnaldo Coen (born June 10, 1940 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican painter, sculptor, illustrator and set designer.
After self-taught beginnings, Coen studied graphic design with Gordon Jones from 1956 to 1960. In 1967 he went on a study trip to Paris with a government grant. In the following year he was one of the founders of the Mexican Salón Independiente .
Coen began as an abstract expressionist style painter . From 1964 he created cubist-fantastic works that are assigned to the style of expresionismo phantastico , including large-scale wall paintings. In the Mutations series (1975–76) he experimented with geometric shapes; it also paved the way for his sculptural work.
Coen also works as a set designer (e.g. for the performance of the play Victimas del deber by Eugène Ionesco in 1964) and book illustrator ( Carta de creencia by Octavio Paz , 1987). Since 1963 exhibitions of his works a. a. in the Sala Nacional del Palacio de Bellas Arte and in the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. At the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Monterrey he was involved in the exhibitions Siglo XX - Grandes Maestros Mexicanos - Los espacios inconformes (2003) and Colección Femsa - una mirada continental . Works by Coen can be found in the collections of the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil , the Museo de Arte Moderno and the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo .
literature
- Gerhard Habarta: Lexicon of the fantastic artists. BoD, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-8427-6 , p. 103.
Web links
- Arnaldo Coen's website
- Arnaldo Coen at artfacts.net
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coen, Arnaldo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican painter, sculptor, illustrator and set designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |