Tāpies. From the Inside
Date:
21st
of
Juny 2013
-
3rd
of
November 2013
Organised by Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies and Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Curator: Vicent Todolí
Jointly organised by the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and the Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies and curated by Vicent Todolí, Tāpies. From the Inside will present about 100 works from the artist's studio and from the Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies collection. This large retrospective exhibition will take us from the first paintings in the 1940s, under the influence of various avant-garde trends and his participation in the Dau al Set group, to the ones he did shortly before his death in 2011.
Thanks to the collaboration of the Tāpies family, this exhibition will allow an in-depth understanding of the legacy of the painter's studio and unearth works that had remained virtually unseen or, in some cases, even unknown.
From the earliest works, Tāpies embarked on an aesthetic research which involved experimenting with materials and forms, leading in the 1950s to the 'matter' paintings that earned him his international reputation. During that period, he placed his hopes in an art that made an impact on the public, that shook people up. From that moment on, for the rest of his life, Tāpies continued experimenting tirelessly, even obsessively, developing his iconography, his vocabulary made up of varied signs and materials, colours and recognisable objects.
The exhibition is being presented in Barcelona at two sites, the Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. It will then go on show at different international museums.
Curator: Vicent Todolí
Jointly organised by the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and the Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies and curated by Vicent Todolí, Tāpies. From the Inside will present about 100 works from the artist's studio and from the Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies collection. This large retrospective exhibition will take us from the first paintings in the 1940s, under the influence of various avant-garde trends and his participation in the Dau al Set group, to the ones he did shortly before his death in 2011.
Thanks to the collaboration of the Tāpies family, this exhibition will allow an in-depth understanding of the legacy of the painter's studio and unearth works that had remained virtually unseen or, in some cases, even unknown.
From the earliest works, Tāpies embarked on an aesthetic research which involved experimenting with materials and forms, leading in the 1950s to the 'matter' paintings that earned him his international reputation. During that period, he placed his hopes in an art that made an impact on the public, that shook people up. From that moment on, for the rest of his life, Tāpies continued experimenting tirelessly, even obsessively, developing his iconography, his vocabulary made up of varied signs and materials, colours and recognisable objects.
The exhibition is being presented in Barcelona at two sites, the Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. It will then go on show at different international museums.
The Taüll Group (provisional title)
Date:
6th
of
July 2013
-
29th
of
December 2013
Organised by Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Curator: Gemma Ylla-Catalā
As a parallel to the major exhibition planned by the MNAC and the Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies, this event will explore Tāpies's links with the art of this period. The point of departure is the work Romanesque Painting with 'Barretina' (1971), of which the background is part of a Romanesque mural and which will be placed in the section of the museum housing the paintings from Santa Maria de Taüll.
The exhibition offers a complementary view of a specific aspect of Antoni Tāpies's artistic universe and will also be presenting photographs of the Taüll Group (1955) and other material.
This exhibition will be a gesture of complicity between Romanesque art and the art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Curator: Gemma Ylla-Catalā
As a parallel to the major exhibition planned by the MNAC and the Fundaciķ Antoni Tāpies, this event will explore Tāpies's links with the art of this period. The point of departure is the work Romanesque Painting with 'Barretina' (1971), of which the background is part of a Romanesque mural and which will be placed in the section of the museum housing the paintings from Santa Maria de Taüll.
The exhibition offers a complementary view of a specific aspect of Antoni Tāpies's artistic universe and will also be presenting photographs of the Taüll Group (1955) and other material.
This exhibition will be a gesture of complicity between Romanesque art and the art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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