The Toledo Museum Of Art

Evoking the textures and colors of his native Valencia, the sculptural furnishings items by Spanish artist Nacho Carbonell are sensual interpretations of life in the Mediterranean. A bulbous, steel mesh cover sprouts from a rugged pink seat, small wooden sticks comprise the sinuous patterns on a buffet, and a vibrant mosaic takes the form of a headphone-shaped lamp. Tactile and probably useful, the objects reference the natural, sun-soaked environment of Carbonell’s childhood, along with art historical traditions like those of 15th Century painter Hieronymus Bosch and 20th Century Austrian sculptor Franz West. This spring and summer season the Toledo Museum of Art provides a spectacular exhibition of greater than a hundred objects drawn from one of the most vital non-public collections of Persian art. ​Education and visual literacy is on the coronary heart of the Toledo Museum of Art’s mission to include the arts into …