Biography
Born on August 14, 1938 in the region of Chiapas, Mexico and died on September 8, 2004 in Chartres, Jorge Dubon (or Jorge Du Bon) was a Franco-Mexican architect and sculptor of great renown.
Jorge Dubon began his academic career in Mexico City at the National School of Painting and Sculpture “La Esmeralda”, before pursuing his architecture studies at the National University from 1956 to 1961. In order to further develop his skills, he went to Paris to attend courses at the Institute of Urban Planning and participated in the II and III Biennials of sculpture of the city of Paris in 1961 and 1963.
In 1967, he was invited as an artist to the School of Visual Arts in New York and received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation in 1964. Winner of the Grand Prize for Sculpture of Middelheim in 1971, he is the author of one of the largest open-air sculptures in the United States in Los Angeles in 1983. Jorge Dubon also participated in about twenty international symposia, notably in Mexico, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Austria.
His works have been exhibited all over the world and he has received orders from the State, notably for the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968 and for the Art Olympiad in Seoul in 1988. In 1992, he participated in the International Symposium of open-air sculptures in Madrid.
Jorge Dubon was one of the pioneers among the young artists of his country to adopt the technique of “direct carving”, characteristic of the art of the Aztec ancestors. He wanted to integrate his work into architecture in an urban setting, firmly believing that art should have its place in the street.
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Charente Libre (France) – Tribute Exhebition – September 2024
Presentation of the Tribute Exhibition (Montbron 2024; in French)
List of Artworks
This list will be continuously enriched as new artworks by Jorge Dubon are discovered around the world.
1960’s
1968 – Mexico – Olympics Games
1970’s
1970 – Anvers Belgium – Middleheim Museum – Painted Steel – “Mettalic Wood“
1971 – Mexico DF – Torres de Plateros – Painted Steel – “Serpiente“
1977 – Nagyatad Hungary – Wood.
1980’s
1983 – Los Angeles USA – Griffith Park – Sequoia Wood
1986 – Kostanjevica Yougoslavia – Forma Viva – Wood
1988 – Seoul Korea – Olympics Stadium – Corten Steel – “Bridge of Eternity“
1989 – Hakon Japan – Open-air museum – Marble
1989 – lindabrunn Austria – Open-air – Wood
1990’s
1990 – Oloron Sainte Marie France – Open Air – Marble
1991 – Madrid Spain – Juan Carlos Park – Corten Steel – “Viga“
1992 – Canillo Andorra – Mirador Roc Del Quer – Bolobo Wood – “Self-Generating Structure“
1992 – Thassos Greece – Marble
1993 – Minamikata Japan – Marble
1994 – Lamentin Guadeloupe – Open Air Park – Wood
1995 -San Juan Puerto Rico – Botanic garden – Corten Steel
1996 – Clermont-Ferrand France – Open Air – Corten Steel
1997 – Santo Tirso – Open Air – Marble
1998 – Quito Ecuator – Metropolitan Park Del Sur – Corten Steel –
2k’s
2000 – Wicklow Ireland – Devil’s Glen Forest – Wood
2001 – Pu Yo Korea –
2002 – Oaxaca Mexico – Jardin Etnobotanico – Wood