Miguel Berrocal - Paxloma

Animal depictions in art have ancient origins, appearing even in primitive cave paintings. For religious reasons, various types of animals appear in the works of various ancient civilizations. It was especially in the Middle Ages, within the International Gothic style, that animal depictions became widespread as true portraits, both within works of art and in notebooks of drawings and sketches. The presence of animals as subjects in art remained constant until the contemporary era. In the case of this sculpture by Miguel Berrocal, the depiction of a dove atop the globe takes on the precise symbolic connotation of a wish for peace among all the peoples of the world. The work's symbolism is further emphasized by the title Paxloma, which is nothing more than a play on words combining the Spanish "paloma" (dove) and the Latin "pax" (peace).

This sculpture is typical of the work of Spanish sculptor Miguel Berrocal. The depiction of the dove is distinguished by the exaltation of plasticity that characterizes his work. A swollen plasticity, inspired by rounded forms, whose essentiality also references a taste open to the influences of architecture and design. Thus, the subject is realized through clean, geometric, and rational lines, where the connotation of sensory data is replaced by a dry and lucid essentiality, which identifies the aesthetic value of the work in the expansion and balance of its volumes. As in this case, the aesthetic impact of Miguel Berrocal's sculptures is always evocative and direct.

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal was a Spanish sculptor and painter born in Algaidas in 1933 and died in Antequera in 2006. After training in Spain and France, he participated in numerous group exhibitions in various European countries. His first solo exhibition was held in Rome in 1958, and many others followed. Berrocal won first prize for sculpture at the 1966 Paris Youth Biennale. From 1955 to 1958, he produced welded metal works; in 1958, he glimpsed a new possibility that would become recurrent in his work: the interlocking of pieces that fit together to form the final work. He achieved complete mastery of this technique in the 1960s.

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