Like a good part of the world population, the coronavirus forced the artist Manolo Valdés to isolate himself, but far from being carried away by passivity and boredom, the Spaniard spent up to 18 hours a day dedicated to his work, and now he shows the fruits of that effort at the Opera Gallery in New York.
“It’s the job of the year I’ve been held on Long Island with the history of the pandemic. They are the first words that this Spaniard, who has lived in New York for more than three decades, utters when he is asked to explain the origin of the new pieces exhibited in this space in the Upper East of Manhattan, where they can be seen from May 20 to 20 of June.
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