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The World of Joaquim Gomis
The inauguration of the exhibition The World of Joaquim Gomis will take place at the Fundació Joan Miró on 25 February at 7.30 pm, remaining open until 28 May 1982.
The exhibition reflects two aspects of Joaquim Gomis’ personality: on the one hand, his dedication to photography with a completely amateur spirit and, on the other hand, his passion for collecting, especially postcards.
The oldest photographs in the exhibition were taken between 1914 and 1918 with a Brownie camera, the first owned by Joaquim Gomis. We can see in them some of the aspects and customs of Catalonia at that time.
Similarly highly interesting are the photographs taken in Texas and England at the beginning of the 1920s, which reveal the artist’s sensitivity in capturing different aspects of cities: street signs and ways of life in countries so far away from our own at the time.
Joaquim Gomis’ friendship with Joan Miró led him to take an interest in the latter’s work and the entire atmosphere surrounding it. From the end of the Civil War until 1948, Joaquim Gomis visited Joan Miró’s studio twice a week to photograph the artist at work, as well as the creative process of his works and the found objects to which Miró attached such importance.
Similarly in the post-war years, when no one appreciated Antoni Gaudí’s architecture, Joaquim Gomis dedicated himself to photographing all of the architect’s works, capturing every detail and all the magic of their shapes, volumes, light and shadows.
Mention should also be made of Joaquim Gomis’ photographic work that quite simply aims to record traditional festivities, depicting the charm of a time-worn wall, expressing the beauty of the countryside, mountains or a tree trunk, or highlighting the vibrant colours of the clothes worn by Ibiza’s seasonal residents.
The other aspect of the exhibition provides us with an insight into Joaquim Gomis’ interests as a collector. He was essentially attracted to paper in all its various guises: stereoscopic prints, posters advertising old films – especially those by Méliès – cigarette packs, dance programmes, surprises, etc., not to mention his extensive collection of postcards, which he keeps perfectly organised with an almost philatelic spirit.
This exhibition is part of the Photographic Spring of Barcelona 1982, promoted by the Department of Culture and Media of the Government of Catalonia.
