Remigio Mendiburu was a prolific artist, who was associated with the renewal of modern sculpture of the second half of the twentieth century. In 1956, he began his studies at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid, but moved to the School of Sant Jordi in Barcelona shortly afterwards. There he encountered avant-garde artists and intellectuals such as Antoni Tàpies, Josep Guinovart, Joan Miró and Joan Brossa. In 1958 he travelled to Paris, motivated by an interest in informalism, which was to continue to play a major part in his work. In 1966, he joined the Gaur group, with other artists such as Amable Arias, Néstor Basterretxea, Eduardo Chillida and Jorge Oteiza. In the same year he was selected to participate at the Venice Biennale, consolidating his reputation as a sculptor. He went on to present his work in Germany, Italy and the United States. In the early 1970s, he developed his own personal construction model, consisting of accumulating and assembling often organic elements, enabling him to bring the sculpture down from its pedestal and position it in space and life. At the end of the 1970s, he took part in the First European Sculpture Triennial at the Palais Royal in Paris.
He held numerous exhibitions and made a number of pieces of public art. His most important exhibitions were the Museum of Fine Art in Vitoria-Gasteiz (1983); the San Telmo Museum (Donostia-San Sebastian, 1989); and the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts (1989). In 2012, the Oteiza Museum devoted a major exhibition to him, entitled 'Remigio Mendiburu, the Construction of Form'.
Remigio Mendiburu was a prolific artist, who was associated with the renewal of modern sculpture of the second half of the twentieth century. In 1956, he began his studies at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid, but moved to the School of Sant Jordi in Barcelona shortly afterwards. There he encountered avant-garde artists and intellectuals such as Antoni Tàpies, Josep Guinovart, Joan Miró and Joan Brossa. In 1958 he travelled to Paris, motivated by an interest in informalism, which was to continue to play a major part in his work. In 1966, he joined the Gaur group, with other artists such as Amable Arias, Néstor Basterretxea, Eduardo Chillida and Jorge Oteiza. In the same year he was selected to participate at the Venice Biennale, consolidating his reputation as a sculptor. He went on to present his work in Germany, Italy and the United States. In the early 1970s, he developed his own personal construction model, consisting of accumulating and assembling often organic elements, enabling him to bring the sculpture down from its pedestal and position it in space and life. At the end of the 1970s, he took part in the First European Sculpture Triennial at the Palais Royal in Paris.
He held numerous exhibitions and made a number of pieces of public art. His most important exhibitions were the Museum of Fine Art in Vitoria-Gasteiz (1983); the San Telmo Museum (Donostia-San Sebastian, 1989); and the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts (1989). In 2012, the Oteiza Museum devoted a major exhibition to him, entitled 'Remigio Mendiburu, the Construction of Form'.