Juan Genoves
From Art for Amnestyl site:
One of Spain’s best-known contemporary artists, Juan Genovés was a leading exponent of social realism in the 1950s and evolved into a more existentialist and avant-garde style in later years.
Born in 1930 in Valencia, Spain, Genovés experienced the Spanish Civil War as a child in a traumatic way. His family supported the leftist Republicans and thus suffered the contempt of the successful Nationalist party, which included the banning of his mother tongue, Catalan. In 1958, Genovés settled permanently in Madrid. In 1972 he helped to organize an exhibit in Milan to raise funds for the antifranquista struggle. In 1976, he was detained and held in solitary confinement for seven days for having made a poster demanding amnesty for political prisoners. He was also linked to the Communist Party, which played a role in the recovery Spain's democracy.
Genovés is known for works linked to the defence of the imagination, as well as his expression of social and political views. In 2004, he generously replicated his sculpture, El Abrazo for use at the Ambassador of Conscience Award ceremony held in Madrid, Spain.
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