Antoni Tàpies
The Fertilizer that Feeds the Soil. Tàpies (1958-1988)
Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Oct 8 - Apr 30, 2023
Antoni Tàpies
Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona 1923-2012) was a painter, sculptor and theorist who became one of the most influential European artists of his generation. Antoni Tàpies’ first artistic attempts began during a long convalescence following a serious illness, after which his increasing dedication to painting and drawing led him to abandon his university education in the mid 1940's. Influenced by Miró and Klee, he became increasingly interested in iconographic and magical subjects. He gradually began to incorporate geometrical elements and colour studies leading to an interest in matter through the use of heavily textured canvases of great expressive and communicative possibilities.
With these works, Tàpies achieved international recognition by the mid-1950s. In the 1960s, he began incorporating new iconographic elements (writing, signs, anthropomorphic elements, footprints and references to the Catalan situation), and new technical methods (new surfaces, use of everyday objects and varnish). Tàpies’ pictorial language has continued to develop ever since, resulting in a creative and productive body of work that is admired throughout the world.
Selected Works
Oval 327
1991
Paint and crayon on corrugated cardboard mounted on canvas
82 x 125.5 cm (32 9⁄32 x 49 13⁄32 inches)
Perfil metàl·lic
1993
Collage and embossing on metal plate
100 x 84.5 cm (39 3⁄8 x 33 9⁄32 inches)
Mitjà hàbil núm. 3
2007
Varnish and crayon on canvas
Unframed100 x 81 cm (39 3⁄8 x 31 7⁄8 inches) Framed102.5 x 83.5 x 5.5 cm (40 11⁄32 x 32 7⁄8 x 2 5⁄32 inches)
Collage i pintura
1992
Mixed media and collage on wood
146 x 114 x 10 cm (57 15⁄32 x 44 7⁄8 x 3 15⁄16 inches)
Crani-perfil
2006
Paint on paper
Unframed28 x 37.5 cm (11 1⁄32 x 14 3⁄4 inches) Framed49.5 x 58.5 x 2 cm (19 1⁄2 x 23 1⁄32 x 25⁄32 inches)News
Exhibitions
Estar a la lluna
FontetaAug 07 - Sep 26, 2021
We’re delighted to present the second chapter of the joint project by Bombon, Galeria Joan Prats and NoguerasBlanchard, taking place in Fonteta, a small village in the Empordà region from June to September.
The exhibition, conceived in two chapters, brings together artists from three different generations. The proposal begins with a concept from the Empordà Parar la fresca (to take in fresh air) described by Josep Pla in the book Las Horas (The Hours), 1953.
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Parar la fresca
FontetaJun 18 - Aug 03, 2021
We’re delighted to present a joint project by Bombon, Galeria Joan Prats and NoguerasBlanchard in Fonteta, a small village in the Empordà region from June to September.
The exhibition, conceived in two chapters (the first opening June 18th and the second August 7th) brings together artists from three different generations. The proposal begins with a concept from the Empordà Parar la fresca (to take in fresh air) described by Josep Pla in the book Las Horas (The Hours), 1953.
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La mel
MadridNov 14 - Jan 30, 2021
NoguerasBlanchard is pleased to present La mel, an exhibition by Antoni Tàpies featuring a series of unpublished works. Made in close collaboration with the estate of Antoni Tàpies, this exhibition seeks to offer an expanded reading of the significance of the artist’s recurrent use of a material as specific as varnish.
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One strike, everything is scattered
MadridJun 13 - Jul 25, 2020
The works proposed in the exhibition relinquish painting’s classical condition and elaborate new narratives on the pictorial medium and its cosmologies.
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