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Ricardo Somocurcio
 
 
About the Artist

Ricardo Somocurcio usally works with tide material found at beaches around Bilbao, Spain.
He tries to teamwork with the ocean, finishing with respect the things, the ocean began.
Autodidact artist, inspirated by the marine shapes, dedicating his whole life to activities around the sea, like fishing, surfing, lifeguard among others.

Obra de caracter autodidacta, inspirada por la fuerza del mar y sus
constantes cambios.
Es el mismo mar quien proporciona los materiales utilizados en la creacion
de las obras, las cuales, estan realizadas en diferentes maderas (roble,
haya, ekalipto etc.) transportadas por las mareas hasta los acantilados.

 
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formas del mar

2005
wood
45 x 130 X 12 cm

formas del mar
the feeling of putting oneself into ocean environment, experiencing the elements of wind and water in floating shapes

Abrazo sentido

2003
wood
Width: 18 cm,Height: 73 cm

Abrazo sentido
embrace

Dantzari

2004
Height: 60 cm

Dantzari
Sculpture made of 4 rusty nails found on a beach close to a shipwreck. The nails maintain the same form, when found sticking in a piece of wood.

nomada del viento

2008
aluminium
110 cm

nomada del viento
original is a piece of wood, birdlike shape, reaching out to leave and may come back some day. Transferred into metal, light becomes more important,changes appearence consistently

silueta morena

2003
106.0 x 8.0 x 25.0

very old piece of oakwood, shaped by nature and the sea into a graceful body

marea

2004
sculpture
80.0 x 30.0 x 25.0 cm

marea
marea is one of a series of three warriors, named after the beach of arnekatze, where the material was found.the warriors fight for the right of the ocean to be clean and uncontaminated

hand

2002
55.0 x 30.0 x 7.0 cm

the artist´s hand

hombre actual

2003
52.0 x 21.0 x 8.0 cm

el hombre actual is a sculpture symbolising todays man, caught between his dreams of freedom and beeing trapped in credit and obligations of modern society.
 
Education and biography
2004 Sala de Cultura Urduliz,
Espania

2004 Exposition medioambiental
Sopelana, Espania

2005 Villa Sachsen, Bingen
Germany

2005 Galerie Weinstube
Reichert, Nierstein am Rhein,
Germany

2006 Kunstmeile
Moenchengladbach, Germany...
 
Website:  www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/r/rikardo/
 
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