Eladio de Mora-Granados (born 1960), known artistically as dEmo, is a Spanish artist. He is known for his large and colourful sculptures that resemble toys.[1]

Biography

dEmo was born in Mora in the Province of Toledo.[1] A property developer by profession, he is active in creating and collecting art. In nine years from starting his collection in 1995, he had acquired 400 works of art. The most expensive was a sculpture by Fernando Botero for 36 million Spanish pesetas (over €200,000).[2]

Often using plastic, polyester or resin, dEmo's works are brightly coloured and show repetition,[3] such as his sculptures of gummy bears which have been installed at various locations.[1] In 2007, 40 of these two-metre sculptures were placed on a new main boulevard in Logroño, La Rioja, with two 75-centimetre copies to be placed on the city hall.[4]

In 2016, he was chosen to design the trophies for the Miami Fashion Week film awards. The trophies take the design of a Tequesta native.[5] He has also designed trophies for COCEF, the Official Chamber of Commerce of Spain in France, taking the form of a rooster.[6]

dEmo lives in Getafe, Community of Madrid, and has exhibited his sculptures from the city hall.[5] One of his trademark bears, in blue and with wings, became the mascot of football team Getafe CF in 2012.[7]

Selected works

  • Nensi, a Loch Ness monster and her baby in a fountain at the roundabout on the entrance to Leganés in the Community of Madrid (2009).[8]
  • Rana de la fortuna ("Lucky Frog"), bronze sculpture outside the Casino Gran Madrid (2014).[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Beltrán, Juan (6 December 2019). "Cuando el arte se hace juguete" [When art becomes a toy]. La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Pulido, Natividad (15 February 2004). "Así es, así se mueve y así compra un coleccionista en ARCO" [How it is, how it goes and how a collector buys at ARCO]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Velasco, Eduardo (22 June 2010). "Esculturas de Eladio de Mora, dEmo artist" [Sculptures by Eladio de Mora, dEmo artist] (in Spanish). Ocio. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "El escultor dEmo celebra con 60 piezas la apertura de la Gran Vía" [Sculptor dEmo celebrates the opening of the Gran Vía with 60 works]. La Rioja (in Spanish). 21 March 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 "El artista getafense Eladio de Mora, dEmo, ha sido elegido recientemente para diseñar los galardones del certamen cinematográfico de la Miami Fashion Week" [Getafe artist Eladio de Mora, dEmo, has been chosen recently to design the film awards for Miami Fashion Week] (in Spanish). Getafe. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "La COCEF ha organizado en París su cena de Trofeos COCEF 2017 en presencia de 200 personas" [COCEF has organised in Paris its 2017 COCEF Trophies dinner in the presence of 200 people]. Le Courrier (in Spanish). 18 December 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Un oso alado del artista dEmo, la nueva mascota del Getafe C.F." [A winged bear by the artist dEmo, the new mascot of Getafe C.F.]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Alvarado, Esther (14 July 2009). "'Nensi' de Leganés" ['Nensi' of Leganés]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rana de la Fortuna, la suerte en Madrid" [Lucky Frog, luck in Madrid] (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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