L.B. Spadavecchia is a sculptor and painter born in Buenos A - Lot 14

L.B. Spadavecchia is a sculptor and painter born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1950. She lives and works in Paris, and has lived in London and Prague. After studying philosophy, dance and painting, she left Argentina to settle in Paris in 1979. She entered the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in the sculpture workshops of Delahaye, modeling, and Cardot, direct carving. A student of the renowned artist Antonio Segui, he turned his attention to drawing. His work is nourished by literature, music and ancient Asian art. She is influenced by the Art and Language movement, abstraction and neo-expressionism. She creates sculptures directly in wax, cast in bronze by Coubertin. The Musée Départemental Stéphane Mallarmé commissioned her to create a series of engravings, an artist's book and sculptures for its inauguration. inauguration. The City of Paris commissioned him to create a monumental relief, "Les enfants musiciens", cast in resin, for the Jomard school. Her engravings were printed in the Lacourière-Frélaut workshop. For some of her drawings, she uses the rubbing technique. Ropes, fabrics, pine needles). She is inspired by Max Ernst, as well as 14th-century French illuminations. In her collages, she uses unconventional materials, notably mineral dust. In her work, LBS creates textures. Dominating matter is a challenge. She exhibits in France: Musée de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, site Richelieu, Musée de Minéralogie, and Bibliothèque de l'École des Mines-Paris, Musée Départemental S. Mallarmé. In Italy: Museo Civico and Chiesetta dell' Angelo in Bassano del Grappa. Czech Republic: Cervantes Institute, Prague. Works by LBS are held in European public collections: in Italy: Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, engravings, drawings; in France: BnF, engravings and artist's book, Bibliothèque-musée de l'Opéra de Paris, engravings, drawings, bronzes, collages. Musée Départemental. S. Mallarmé, sculptures, graphic works. École Jomard, Paris 19th century, monumental sculpture. Musée de Minéralogie, Ecole des Mines de Paris, drawings, engravings. Strasbourg: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, engravings. Germany: Kupferstisch-kabinnet, Dresden, engravings, drawings and collages. U.K.: British Museum, London, prints, drawings. Belgium: Royale Albert I, Brussels, prints. Czech Republic: National Gallery, Prague, prints and drawings. ETC