# @operagallery on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=C7b21Nxmz6E
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-05T12:10:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Opera Gallery (@operagallery) — https://gondola.cc/operagallery

## Caption

On the occasion of the exhibition ’The Library’ from 13 February - 20 March, 2025 at Opera Gallery in London, Spanish artist Manolo Valdés welcomes us to his foundry in Miami, Florida as he prepares for the exhibition, giving us a behind the scenes look at his creative process and the creation of some of the monumental sculptures that will appear in the exhibition. 

In this upcoming exhibition, Valdés Renowned for his paintings, sculptures and multimedia works that reference and re-contextualise important moments from the art historical canon through a lens that ranges from reverential to humorous and ironic. Comprised of paintings and new mixed media sculptures, ‘The Library’ explores Valdés’ oeuvre as a library that combines classical references with modern aesthetics. Central to the exhibition are monumental works from Valdés ongoing "Librería" series. 

These works include large-scale carved wood reproductions of shelves replete with books, serving as both a visual symbol for intellectual exploration and an apt analogy for memory through its pieced together, embedded fragments. Using a crowded bookshelf as a central motif, Valdés makes a veiled reference to the pursuit of knowledge and exploration of cultural heritage that appears in his own practice.

In the "Librería" series, Valdés’ continues to interrogate his own research and art-making process while exploring the changing nature of transferred generational knowledge and the materiality of books and printed matter within the digital age.

Find out more on https://www.operagallery.com/event/manolo-valdes-the-library-contemporary-art-exhibition

Videography © Juan Oropeza

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Juan Oropeza | Visual Storyteller | @juanoropezacc | https://gondola.cc/juanoropezacc | Camera Operator |

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