Irony, selected by Ferran Barenblit, contains works by different contemporary artists with very different discourses and dealing with different subjects, but having in common the use of irony in their work.
Text by Michel François, Psycho-garden Michel François, 44, one of the most African-influenced Belgian artists, presents an intervention at the Fundació Miró called Psycho-garden.
Joan Miró: Parade of Obsessions Joan Miró: Parade of Obsessions is an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings, graphic works and lithographs that demonstrates how Miró’s plastic-poetic vocabulary is shaped by a series of images that are used repeatedly and independently of the technique chosen.
Joseph Grigely: Information. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. 26 April–10 June 2001. Photograph from the Miró family archive. With thanks to: Joan Punyet Miró, Martí Català Pedersen, Amy Vogel and Marcia Tucker.
The exhibition will offer the most comprehensive view yet of the experimental, rebellious, magical, lyrical universe of one of the most important Catalan avant-garde creative artists.
Nicola Costantino: Sophistication Sophism n. (from the Latin sophisma, from the Greek sóphisma). A fallacious argument or faulty syllogism, intended to make falsehoods appear as truths.
Mark Rothko, curated by Rosa Maria Malet and Oliver Wick, containing works produced from 1935 until shortly before the artist's death in 1970, pays special attention to the configuration of a singular style and to the importance that Rothko attached to the arrangement of his paintings in space as items for meditation.
2000-2001 Season25th Anniversary CycleCurators: Mònica Regàs, Ferran Barenblit and Frederic MontornésThe joint curatorship by these three art critics is partly a consequence of the history of the Espai 13.
Art in Central Europe. 1949-1999" aims to offer a rational, historical overview of the various styles in employed from the end of the Second World War down to the present day by "unofficial" artists in Central Europe, i.
Art in Central Europe (1949-1999) Europe is currently undergoing profound social, political and economic changes. At stake is the creation of the foundations for a new, united Europe.
Espai 13 1999–2000 series, Un oasi en el desert blau (An Oasis in the Blue Desert) The Fundació Joan Miró, as part of the Un oasi en el desert blau (An Oasis in the Blue Desert) series developed by Espai 13 during the 1999-2000 season, invites all artists to take part in the open call for entries running from 15 June to 9 July 2000.
“I have a white tequila and begin to get dressed. The process of socialisation is long, deep and always intensely intimate. I iron the shirt – thank God, there’s still a clean one — I enjoy the narcissistic act and imagine seeing myself look at an art proposal once again.
