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'''Abigail Varela''' (b. Feb 9, 1948) is a contemporary Venezuelan visual artist, best known for his bronze sculptures representing abstract feminine figures of [[Pre-Columbian art|pre-Columbian]] resemblance interpreted in modern style while displaying poses that suggest motion.<ref name="gan">{{cite book |title=Diccionario biográfico de las artes visuales en Venezuela. |date=2005 |publisher=Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional |isbn=980-6420-18-7 |page=1341–1342 |url=http://gan.fmn.gob.ve/sites/default/files/gan/multimedias/pdfs/diccionario-de-las-artes-visuales-en-venezela-3392.pdf |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Abigail Varela (Venezuelan, born 1948) Artworks |url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/abigail-varela/ |website=www.artnet.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="BOD">{{cite web|url=http://www.eastwebside.com/centro-cultural-bod-presenta-exposicion-de-abigail-valera.html|title=Centro Cultural BOD presenta exposición de Abigaíl Valera|website=www.eastwebside.com|accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="palomero">{{cite web |last1=Palomero |first1=Federica |title=Las mujeres infinitas de Abigaíl Varela |url=https://www.analitica.com/entretenimiento/las-mujeres-infinitas-de-abigail-varela/ |website=analitica.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="construarte">{{cite web |title=ABIGAIL VARELA |url=http://www.construarte.com.ve/abigail-varela/ |website=www.construarte.com.ve |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]
| field = Sculpture, drawing
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'''Abigail Varela''' (born February 9, 1948) is a Venezuelan visual artist. He is best known for bronze sculptures representing [[Pre-Columbian art|pre-Columbian]] of abstract feminine figures interpreted in modern style in poses that suggest motion.<ref name="gan">{{cite book |title=Diccionario biográfico de las artes visuales en Venezuela. |date=2005 |publisher=Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional |isbn=980-6420-18-7 |pages=1341–1342 |url=http://gan.fmn.gob.ve/sites/default/files/gan/multimedias/pdfs/diccionario-de-las-artes-visuales-en-venezela-3392.pdf |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Abigail Varela (Venezuelan, born 1948) Artworks |url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/abigail-varela/ |website=www.artnet.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="BOD">{{cite web|url=http://www.eastwebside.com/centro-cultural-bod-presenta-exposicion-de-abigail-valera.html|title=Centro Cultural BOD presenta exposición de Abigaíl Valera|website=www.eastwebside.com|accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="palomero">{{cite web |last1=Palomero |first1=Federica |title=Las mujeres infinitas de Abigaíl Varela |url=https://www.analitica.com/entretenimiento/las-mujeres-infinitas-de-abigail-varela/ |website=analitica.com |date=April 2014 |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="construarte">{{cite web |title=ABIGAIL VARELA |url=http://www.construarte.com.ve/abigail-varela/ |website=www.construarte.com.ve |date=19 February 2017 |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Varela begins his art education under Japanese ceramist Hiroshi Kawagiri followed by specialized courses in various disciplines and techniques at the main art schools in Caracas. Through research and experimentation over many years, his art pursuit finally merges into sculpture. Varela begins by producing flat silhouetted large sculptures, soon evolving into classic cast bronzes with a polished dark finish, a style prevailing in the main body of his work. Other series of his works are made in solid aluminium. Varela´s favorite theme all along his career has been the representation of feminity in bulky shapes that somehow manage to suggest lightness and movement. Such bulky shapes have been likened to that of the [[Venus of Willendorf]]. A touch of humor may also be observed in many of Varela´s sculptures.<ref name="gan" />
Varela began his art education under Japanese ceramist Hiroshi Kawagiri followed by courses at art schools in Caracas. Varela produces flat silhouetted large sculptures, evolving into classic cast bronzes with a polished dark finish. Other works are made in solid aluminum. Varela's favorite theme is feminity in bulky shapes that somehow manage to suggest lightness and movement. His shapes have been likened to those of the [[Venus of Willendorf]]. A touch of humor inhabits many of Varela's sculptures.<ref name="gan" />
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==Achievements==
==Achievements==
Varela´s art is noted in Venezuela and beyond by qualified art critics.<ref name="gan" /><ref>{{cite web |title=ABIGAIL VARELA |url=http://galeriafreites.com/artistas/varela-abigail/ |website=galeriafreites.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Abigaíl Varela, expone 35 años de creación 1979-2014 |url=https://robertorincon1.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/abigail-varela-expone-35-anos-de-creacion-1979-2014/ |website=robertorincon1.wordpress.com |accessdate=Jul 25, 2019}}</ref> His work has been exhibited in New York (Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery), London (Cynthia Bourne Gallery), San Salvador (Galería Espacio), Coral Gables (Galería Freites-Revilla) and Boca Raton (Elaine Baker Gallery) among other places. A large retrospective of Varela´s art was presented at the [[Banco Occidental de Descuento|BOD]] Center in Caracas in 2014.<ref name="BOD" /> In 2018 Varela´s work was chosen (among 22 pieces) for exhibition at the [[CAF – Development Bank of Latin America|CAF]] gallery (Caracas) by masters representing ''Times and Trends in Latin American Sculpture''.<ref name="caf">{{cite web |title=La Galería CAF destaca tiempos y tendencias de la escultura latinoamericana en su nueva exposición |url=https://www.caf.com/es/actualidad/noticias/2018/06/la-galeria-caf-destaca-tiempos-y-tendencias-de-la-escultura-latinoamericana-en-su-nueva-exposicion/ |website=www.caf.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref> Abigail Varela´s art has been reviewed in various essays and books.<ref name="palomero2">{{cite web |last1=Palomero |first1=Federica |title=Abigaíl Varela |url=https://www.raquelbalice.com/es/abigail-varela |website=raquelbalice.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.rettalibros.com/shop/catalogs/show_material_details/55725|title=Abigaíl Varela : 35 años de creación, 1979-2014|date=2014|publisher=B.O.D. Centro Cultural, Caracas|isbn=978-980-6334-64-9|pages=63}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://biblioteca.artium.org/Record/51345|title=Abigaíl Varela : 11 de abril al 2 de mayo : Freites Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela.|date=1999|publisher=Galería Freites|isbn=980-334-099-9|accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref> His pieces make part of the art collections of Venezuelan institutions such as the [[National Art Gallery (Caracas)]], Contemporary Art Museum, [[Empresas Polar]] Foundation, and Fundación Cultural Chacao. It is also found in open-air art museums in Venezuelan locations (Mérida, Valencia, Aroa and Margarita Island<ref>{{cite web |title=Instaladas en el Museo Vial Esculturas de Jorge Mena, Abigail Varela y Gaudi Esté |url=http://sieim2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/instaladas-en-el-museo-vial-esculturas.html |website=sieim2007.blogspot.com |accessdate=Jul 25, 2019}}</ref>) as well as in Huelva (Spain) and at the [[Suncheon Bay National Garden]], [[Korea]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Abigail Varela at Suncheon Garden |url=https://es.scribd.com/document/416176257/Abigail-Varela-at-Suncheon-Garden |website=scribd.com |accessdate=July 8, 2019}}</ref> In 2014 Varela was awarded the Omar Carreño Prize for [[Plastic Arts]] offered jointly by the Venezuelan Architects Association and the National Association of Plastic Artists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Invitación: Entrega del Premio en Artes Plásticas 'Omar Carreño' |url=http://historico.prodavinci.com/2014/08/07/artes/invitacion-entrega-del-premio-en-artes-plasticas-omar-carreno/ |website=prodavinci.com |accessdate=Jul 25, 2019}}</ref> Varela´s name is listed in established artist directories including [[Union List of Artist Names|ULAN]], [[Artnet]], [[Christie's]] and [[Benezit Dictionary of Artists|Benezit]]. Also in [[Marta Traba]]´s Art of Latin America<ref>{{cite book|title=Art of Latin America, 1900-1980|last1=Traba|first1=Marta|publisher=Inter-American Development Bank|isbn=0-940602-73-3|page=163|date = January 1994}}</ref> and in Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Theran |title=Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction |isbn=0918819989 |year=1999 }}</ref>
Varela's art is noted in Venezuela and beyond.<ref name="gan" /><ref>{{cite web |title=ABIGAIL VARELA |url=http://galeriafreites.com/artistas/varela-abigail/ |website=galeriafreites.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Abigaíl Varela, expone 35 años de creación 1979-2014 |url=https://robertorincon1.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/abigail-varela-expone-35-anos-de-creacion-1979-2014/ |website=robertorincon1.wordpress.com |date=11 April 2014 |accessdate=Jul 25, 2019}}</ref> His work has been exhibited in New York (Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery), London (Cynthia Bourne Gallery), San Salvador (Galería Espacio), Coral Gables (Galería Freites-Revilla) and Boca Raton (Elaine Baker Gallery) among other places. A retrospective of Varela's art was presented at the [[Banco Occidental de Descuento|BOD]] Center in Caracas in 2014.<ref name="BOD" /> In 2018 his work was chosen (among 22 pieces) for exhibition at the [[CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean|CAF]] gallery (Caracas) representing ''Times and Trends in Latin American Sculpture''.<ref name="caf">{{cite web |title=La Galería CAF destaca tiempos y tendencias de la escultura latinoamericana en su nueva exposición |url=https://www.caf.com/es/actualidad/noticias/2018/06/la-galeria-caf-destaca-tiempos-y-tendencias-de-la-escultura-latinoamericana-en-su-nueva-exposicion/ |website=www.caf.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref> His art has been reviewed in essays and books.<ref name="palomero2">{{cite web |last1=Palomero |first1=Federica |title=Abigaíl Varela |url=https://www.raquelbalice.com/es/abigail-varela |website=raquelbalice.com |accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.rettalibros.com/shop/catalogs/show_material_details/55725|title=Abigaíl Varela : 35 años de creación, 1979-2014|date=2014|publisher=B.O.D. Centro Cultural, Caracas|isbn=978-980-6334-64-9|pages=63}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://biblioteca.artium.org/Record/51345|title=Abigaíl Varela : 11 de abril al 2 de mayo : Freites Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela.|date=1999|publisher=Galería Freites|isbn=980-334-099-9|accessdate=Jul 5, 2019}}</ref> His pieces occupy the art collections of Venezuelan institutions such as the [[National Art Gallery (Caracas)]], Contemporary Art Museum, [[Empresas Polar]] Foundation and Fundación Cultural Chacao. It is found in open-air art museums in Venezuelan locations (Mérida, Valencia, Aroa and Margarita Island<ref>{{cite web |title=Instaladas en el Museo Vial Esculturas de Jorge Mena, Abigail Varela y Gaudi Esté |url=http://sieim2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/instaladas-en-el-museo-vial-esculturas.html |website=sieim2007.blogspot.com |date=26 August 2007 |accessdate=Jul 25, 2019}}</ref>) as well as in Huelva (Spain) and at the [[Suncheon Bay National Garden]], [[Korea]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Abigail Varela at Suncheon Garden |url=https://es.scribd.com/document/416176257/Abigail-Varela-at-Suncheon-Garden |website=scribd.com |accessdate=July 8, 2019}}</ref>


== Recognition ==
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==External links==
In 2014 Varela was awarded the Omar Carreño Prize for [[Plastic Arts]] offered jointly by the Venezuelan Architects Association and the National Association of Plastic Artists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Invitación: Entrega del Premio en Artes Plásticas 'Omar Carreño' |url=http://historico.prodavinci.com/2014/08/07/artes/invitacion-entrega-del-premio-en-artes-plasticas-omar-carreno/ |website=prodavinci.com |accessdate=Jul 25, 2019}}</ref>
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* [https://abigailvarela.com/ Abigail Varela´s art website]

Varela's name is listed in established artist directories including [[Union List of Artist Names|ULAN]], [[Artnet]], [[Christie's]], [[Benezit Dictionary of Artists|Benezit]], in [[Marta Traba]]'s ''Art of Latin America''<ref>{{cite book|title=Art of Latin America, 1900-1980|last1=Traba|first1=Marta|publisher=Inter-American Development Bank|isbn=0-940602-73-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/artoflatinameric0000trab/page/163 163]|date=January 1994|url=https://archive.org/details/artoflatinameric0000trab/page/163}}</ref> and in Leonard's ''Price Index of Latin American Art''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Theran |title=Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction |isbn=0918819989 |year=1999 }}</ref>


==References==
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* [https://abigailvarela.com/ Abigail Varela's art website]

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Abigail Varela
2014
Born (1948-02-09) 9 February 1948 (age 76)
Caracas, Venezuela
Known forSculpture, drawing

Abigail Varela (born February 9, 1948) is a Venezuelan visual artist. He is best known for bronze sculptures representing pre-Columbian of abstract feminine figures interpreted in modern style in poses that suggest motion.[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

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Varela began his art education under Japanese ceramist Hiroshi Kawagiri followed by courses at art schools in Caracas. Varela produces flat silhouetted large sculptures, evolving into classic cast bronzes with a polished dark finish. Other works are made in solid aluminum. Varela's favorite theme is feminity in bulky shapes that somehow manage to suggest lightness and movement. His shapes have been likened to those of the Venus of Willendorf. A touch of humor inhabits many of Varela's sculptures.[1]

Achievements

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Varela's art is noted in Venezuela and beyond.[1][6][7] His work has been exhibited in New York (Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery), London (Cynthia Bourne Gallery), San Salvador (Galería Espacio), Coral Gables (Galería Freites-Revilla) and Boca Raton (Elaine Baker Gallery) among other places. A retrospective of Varela's art was presented at the BOD Center in Caracas in 2014.[3] In 2018 his work was chosen (among 22 pieces) for exhibition at the CAF gallery (Caracas) representing Times and Trends in Latin American Sculpture.[8] His art has been reviewed in essays and books.[9][10][11] His pieces occupy the art collections of Venezuelan institutions such as the National Art Gallery (Caracas), Contemporary Art Museum, Empresas Polar Foundation and Fundación Cultural Chacao. It is found in open-air art museums in Venezuelan locations (Mérida, Valencia, Aroa and Margarita Island[12]) as well as in Huelva (Spain) and at the Suncheon Bay National Garden, Korea.[13]

Recognition

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In 2014 Varela was awarded the Omar Carreño Prize for Plastic Arts offered jointly by the Venezuelan Architects Association and the National Association of Plastic Artists.[14]

Varela's name is listed in established artist directories including ULAN, Artnet, Christie's, Benezit, in Marta Traba's Art of Latin America[15] and in Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Diccionario biográfico de las artes visuales en Venezuela (PDF). Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional. 2005. pp. 1341–1342. ISBN 980-6420-18-7. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Abigail Varela (Venezuelan, born 1948) Artworks". www.artnet.com. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Centro Cultural BOD presenta exposición de Abigaíl Valera". www.eastwebside.com. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Palomero, Federica (April 2014). "Las mujeres infinitas de Abigaíl Varela". analitica.com. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "ABIGAIL VARELA". www.construarte.com.ve. 19 February 2017. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  6. ^ "ABIGAIL VARELA". galeriafreites.com. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  7. ^ "Abigaíl Varela, expone 35 años de creación 1979-2014". robertorincon1.wordpress.com. 11 April 2014. Retrieved Jul 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "La Galería CAF destaca tiempos y tendencias de la escultura latinoamericana en su nueva exposición". www.caf.com. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  9. ^ Palomero, Federica. "Abigaíl Varela". raquelbalice.com. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  10. ^ Abigaíl Varela : 35 años de creación, 1979-2014. B.O.D. Centro Cultural, Caracas. 2014. p. 63. ISBN 978-980-6334-64-9.
  11. ^ Abigaíl Varela : 11 de abril al 2 de mayo : Freites Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela. Galería Freites. 1999. ISBN 980-334-099-9. Retrieved Jul 5, 2019.
  12. ^ "Instaladas en el Museo Vial Esculturas de Jorge Mena, Abigail Varela y Gaudi Esté". sieim2007.blogspot.com. 26 August 2007. Retrieved Jul 25, 2019.
  13. ^ "Abigail Varela at Suncheon Garden". scribd.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Invitación: Entrega del Premio en Artes Plásticas 'Omar Carreño'". prodavinci.com. Retrieved Jul 25, 2019.
  15. ^ Traba, Marta (January 1994). Art of Latin America, 1900-1980. Inter-American Development Bank. p. 163. ISBN 0-940602-73-3.
  16. ^ Theran (1999). Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction. ISBN 0918819989.
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