IWATE MUSEUM OF ART

The exhibition is dedicated to a Spanish sculptor Julio González (1876-1942, b. Barcelona) who has been most respected as the father of all iron sculpture of the 20th century. His abstract forged and welded open-form constructions in iron made a definitive impact on the development of contemporary sculpture. It is known that in 1920s the collaboration with Picasso, an old Spanish friend, especially brought out the innate talent of González and encouraged to devote himself wholeheartedly to sculpture.
  Comprised of approximately a hundred pieces from the collections of the IVAM and Philippe Grimminger, the exhibition illuminates the artistic career of González for the first time in Japan.