Born in Tultepec, Mexico in 1936, Miguel Hernandez Urban is a painter and a sculptor. When a child, he was interested in the arts, particularly classical music. He trained at Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas and initially went into painting, influenced, as so many others, by the Mexican muralist movement.
But in the 80's Urban focused on stainless steel sculpture. He founded the Symposium on Stainless Steel Sculpture in Tultepec, which has since gained worldwide recognition and interest. Participants are provided sheets of stainless steel and the equipment necessary to create sculptural works. The resultant pieces are displayed in various venues and some are even sold to interested parties.
Urban has had many solo as well as collective exhibits and has created monumental sculpture for entities all over the world. It has been said that he considers stainless steel as a medium to represent modern, urban culture as well as presents a lightweight, weather resistant sculptural material that refracts the sunlight in interesting and desirable ways.
Today I chose to post a picture of his monumental La Tehuana, a sculpture of the iconic Tehuana bride, who has been adopted as the iconic symbol representing the important dominance of "woman" in the social aspects of the area. She is located on the main highway at the entrance of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca.
But in the 80's Urban focused on stainless steel sculpture. He founded the Symposium on Stainless Steel Sculpture in Tultepec, which has since gained worldwide recognition and interest. Participants are provided sheets of stainless steel and the equipment necessary to create sculptural works. The resultant pieces are displayed in various venues and some are even sold to interested parties.
Urban has had many solo as well as collective exhibits and has created monumental sculpture for entities all over the world. It has been said that he considers stainless steel as a medium to represent modern, urban culture as well as presents a lightweight, weather resistant sculptural material that refracts the sunlight in interesting and desirable ways.
Today I chose to post a picture of his monumental La Tehuana, a sculpture of the iconic Tehuana bride, who has been adopted as the iconic symbol representing the important dominance of "woman" in the social aspects of the area. She is located on the main highway at the entrance of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca.
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