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This research, by Professor Carmen Montiel Seguí of the Department of Art History, is part of the project "Traditions and Transgressions Regarding the Body in Contemporary Culture (19th-21st Centuries)" (CIGE/2023/44), funded by the Valencian Regional Government's Ministry of Education, Culture, Universities, and Employment. The exhibition was presented as part of the Activa Cultura competition (2024) at the University of Valencia. All photographs included are by the author, as is the theme music, "Cuerpos de barro" (Bodies of Clay).
Navarro's creation arises from the earth, from the original material forged within it, from the clay dust mixed with water, from which the most primitive element draws strength in the hands of the one who inspires, understands, and desires it, without letting the dream of the wind carry it away. Clay summons a return to nature and the search for its essence as a spiritual experience. Touch, conveyed with attention and delicacy, acts upon the clay, transforming it into essence.
In this whole context, Navarro's work is often configured in situ, establishing dialogues with the site, its atmosphere and its ground, but also its sky, conceived as an active plane of light, cycle and transformation.">Evarist Navarro Segura, born in Castelló de Rugat, a sculptor, painter, and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, whose death twelve years ago we commemorate, found in the organic raw material of red earth the vitality necessary to embody his art, as a memorial to his ancestors.
Navarro's creation arises from the earth, from the original material forged within it, from the clay dust mixed with water, from which the most primitive element draws strength in the hands of the one who inspires, understands, and desires it, without letting the dream of the wind carry it away. Clay summons a return to nature and the search for its essence as a spiritual experience. Touch, conveyed with attention and delicacy, acts upon the clay, transforming it into essence.
In this whole context, Navarro's work is often configured in situ, establishing dialogues with the site, its atmosphere and its ground, but also its sky, conceived as an active plane of light, cycle and transformation.
