Eduardo Chillida Book Lab

26 Jun - 3 Jan 2022

Somerset

‘My sculpture ‘Peine del viento’ is the solution of an equation which instead of numbers has the elements: the sea, the wind, the cliffs, the horizon and the light. The steel shapes mingle with the strengths and aspects of nature, they engage in dialogue with them; they are questions and affirmations. Perhaps they are there to symbolize the Basques and their country, located between two extremes, the point where the Pyrenees end and where the Ocean begins.’ —Eduardo Chillida

About

This Book Lab shares the story of Eduardo Chillida’s most important work, ‘Comb of the Wind (Peine del viento)’ sited in his native city of Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain. Eduardo Chillida created ‘Comb of the Wind’ in collaboration with the Basque architect Luis Peña Ganchegui. For both, this is one of their most significant works that unites art, architecture, industry and engineering. The resulting work of art is a series of granite terraces with three solid Corten steel shapes anchored onto the rocks. Situated at one of the edges of the bay at the base of Mount Igueldo the sculpture is placed in constant dialogue with the sea and natural elements. A system with holes allows the waves to gush up in high columns and emits a sound. The work was gifted by Chillida to the people of San Sebastián.

The Hauser & Wirth Book Lab is a project devoted to exploring the important place that books and prints occupy in the practice of artists. Building upon Hauser & Wirth’s curatorial and publishing activities, the Book Lab presents thematic installations, displays, and programming that invite reflection, creative thinking, and further conversation about the world of printed matter and its connection to artists’ ideas and objectives.

[1] Eduardo Chillida. Writings. Madrid: La Fábrica, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2019. p.78

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About the Artist

Amb una obra variada i pionera que abasta l’escultura a petita escala, el dibuix, el gravat i el collage, l’artista espanyol Eduardo Chillida és conegut sobretot per les seves escultures públiques monumentals, exposades principalment a Espanya, Alemanya, França i els Estats Units. Al llarg de la seva carrera, Chillida es va inspirar en la seva herència espanyola combinada amb una fascinació per la forma orgànica, així com en influències de la filosofia, poesia i història europea i oriental, per desenvolupar una veu artística que comunicava i ressonava amb un continent a ràpida transformació.

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