This exhibition, which we are presenting simultaneously in the Paris and Barcelona galleries, brings together in an unprecedented manner two global and modern artists, intensely linked to our culture and fundamental in the gallery’s history: Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) and Joan Miró (1893-1983). The works exhibited cover the period from 1963 to 1981.
On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tàpies, we present a double exhibition which assembles a selection of works by Tàpies and Miró allowing a partial reconstruction of the aesthetic which, without the need to be explicit, became a sign of political opposition. In the exhibition’s curatorial
statement, Carles Guerra discusses the peculiarities of the commitment that Tàpies and Miró acquired in a country governed by an authoritarian regime, and how this was interpreted in their work: “They were both committed to a practice of art which went beyond aesthetic boundaries and became an ethical benchmark”. Indeed, their painting could not ignore historical circumstances. Their lives and their militancy thus united them at historical moments, such as in the lock-in of intellectuals at Montserrat in 1970 or the works that they both dedicated to Salvador Puig Antich following his execution in March 1974. They were therefore two artists who, although belonging to different generations, were characterized by a complex, rich and fascinating modernity as a result of their experience of the Franco dictatorship.
statement, Carles Guerra discusses the peculiarities of the commitment that Tàpies and Miró acquired in a country governed by an authoritarian regime, and how this was interpreted in their work: “They were both committed to a practice of art which went beyond aesthetic boundaries and became an ethical benchmark”. Indeed, their painting could not ignore historical circumstances. Their lives and their militancy thus united them at historical moments, such as in the lock-in of intellectuals at Montserrat in 1970 or the works that they both dedicated to Salvador Puig Antich following his execution in March 1974. They were therefore two artists who, although belonging to different generations, were characterized by a complex, rich and fascinating modernity as a result of their experience of the Franco dictatorship.
