The Unicaja Foundation Cultural Center in Ronda inaugurates the 'Forged and Cast' exhibition

The artistic and artisanal jewels of the Art Collection of the Fundación Unicaja take center stage in 'Forged and Cast,' the new exhibition at the institution that is displayed at the Fundación Unicaja Cultural Center in Ronda, featuring more than 40 metal creations from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Emilia Garrido, head of Plastic Arts at Fundación Unicaja, presented this exhibition today, which offers a journey through the various creative, utilitarian, and aesthetic expressions related to metal. Originating from venues like the Fundación Unicaja Museum of Popular Arts and Customs in Málaga, the Fundación Unicaja Craftsmanship Award, or the Fundación Unicaja Plastic Arts Contest, it showcases the diversity and richness of every perspective that this material acquires through human creativity and utility.

Among the most outstanding pieces on display is an anonymous grille from a 19th-century forge in Málaga or the abstract work Vínculo en el viento by the master sculptor of the 20th and 21st centuries, the American Perry Oliver. Thus, one can appreciate the effective simplicity of nails or keys worked with fire and hammer, to the neoclassical and sensual plasticity of the figures featured in the Diván Villa Guiulia by José Seguiri.

Works from the forged exhibition in Ronda / L.O.

The exhibition also offers a close look at the industrial casting of plates and iron holders from the 19th and early 20th centuries, the material organicism of figures like L´Home fabricat by the renowned contemporary creator Amador Magraner, an anonymous oil lamp from the mid-18th century, or the beautiful current forging by authors such as José Garrido Rus in pieces like Ferrum.

An exhibition that invites enjoyment, learning, and recognition of the facets and possibilities of metal, forged or cast, thanks to some of the artistic jewels treasured by the Fundación Unicaja Art Collection.

The exhibition 'Forged and Cast' can be visited until April 26 at the Fundación Unicaja Cultural Center in Ronda (Sor Ángela de la Cruz Street, s/n) from Monday to Saturday from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00, and on Saturdays from 11:00 to 14:00 with free admission.