THE
SCULPTURE
“Max Leiva shows us that sculpture can merge refinement and expressiveness, creative force and contrast, elegance in its form and the sincerity of his creator. In each one of his pieces he captures a restless imagination, elaborating visual poems conceived to re-enchant our dreams, dreams in a world where all is to be only tenderness and voluptuousness.”
Noël Coret
THE
SCULPTURE
“Max Leiva shows us that sculpture can merge refinement and expressiveness, creative force and contrast, elegance in its form and the sincerity of his creator. In each one of his pieces he captures a restless imagination, elaborating visual poems conceived to re-enchant our dreams, dreams in a world where all is to be only tenderness and voluptuousness.”
Noël Coret
MAX
LEIVA
“I’m fascinated by the human essence, our very condition, our fragility and behavior in society.”
Max Leiva, 2019
Max Leiva (1966) is a contemporary Guatemalan artist known for his expressive figurative sculptures. His style is informed by his travels around the world, from Switzerland to Bangkok, where he studied for two years. His artistic path materializes in the figurative or the abstract, claiming not only his roots from the Mayan culture of Central America, but also his experiences traveling the world.
Ten Contemporary Art GalleryFor an extended interview and bio, click on Alex Kahl’s piece.
MAX
LEIVA
“I’m fascinated by the human essence, our very condition, our fragility and behavior in society.”
Max Leiva, 2019
Max Leiva (1966) is a contemporary Guatemalan artist known for his expressive figurative sculptures. His style is informed by his travels around the world, from Switzerland to Bangkok, where he studied for two years. His artistic path materializes in the figurative or the abstract, claiming not only his roots from the Mayan culture of Central America, but also his experiences traveling the world.
Ten Contemporary Art GalleryFor an extended interview and bio, click on Alex Kahl’s piece.
THE
PRODUCTS
In Max Leiva, Challenge and Plenitude. Recent work, Lupina Lara Elizondo displays Leiva’s most recent artistic repertoire. The author reveals how “universal personages interact in the artist’s mises-en-scène, in assemblies of clay or bronze. The art that Max Leiva shows us with his powerful aesthetics and unique voice, is the grand scenario of life”.
Lupina Lara Elizondo
THE
PRODUCTS
In Max Leiva, Challenge and Plenitude. Recent work, Lupina Lara Elizondo displays Leiva’s most recent artistic repertoire. The author reveals how “universal personages interact in the artist’s mises-en-scène, in assemblies of clay or bronze. The art that Max Leiva shows us with his powerful aesthetics and unique voice, is the grand scenario of life”.
Lupina Lara Elizondo
THE WORK
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- Viaje
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- Sobre el Volcán
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- Promesa
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- Horizonte
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- Murmuros
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- Al Margen
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- Círculo de la Vida
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- Posesión
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- Permanencia
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- Nexus
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- Mentor
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- Manto de Hierro
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- Hombre Pájaro
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- Desafío
"Leiva's sculptural assemblages in bronze, resin, iron or aluminum with ad hoc manufactured patina, intermittently hint at nonconformity. Fragmenting, disfiguring, disarming the body as an expression of such disagreement will always be at the service of artistic expression. What motivates the sculptor is not the body itself, but the figure per se. The decomposition and composition of the strokes reveal an interpretation of reality that is the product of this disagreement. His background as an athlete marked a concern that persists in his work: the interest in the figure in movement, the figure in action. Therefore, his vision of his body has always been dynamic. His passage through the National School of Plastic Arts seals that perennial interest in drawing: mastering the portrait, delineating the hands, the body, continues to be fundamental. The drawing will continue to be the tool where the opening or the creative spark lies. "
Karen Ponciano
THE WORK
-
- Viaje
-
- Sobre el Volcán
-
- Promesa
-
- Horizonte
-
- Murmuros
-
- Al Margen
-
- Círculo de la Vida
-
- Posesión
-
- Permanencia
-
- Nexus
-
- Mentor
-
- Manto de Hierro
-
- Hombre Pájaro
-
- Desafío
"Leiva's sculptural assemblages in bronze, resin, iron or aluminum with ad hoc manufactured patina, intermittently hint at nonconformity. Fragmenting, disfiguring, disarming the body as an expression of such disagreement will always be at the service of artistic expression. What motivates the sculptor is not the body itself, but the figure per se. The decomposition and composition of the strokes reveal an interpretation of reality that is the product of this disagreement. His background as an athlete marked a concern that persists in his work: the interest in the figure in movement, the figure in action. Therefore, his vision of his body has always been dynamic. His passage through the National School of Plastic Arts seals that perennial interest in drawing: mastering the portrait, delineating the hands, the body, continues to be fundamental. The drawing will continue to be the tool where the opening or the creative spark lies."
Karen Ponciano
