Miquel Barceló : obra sobre papel, 1979-1999.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barceló, Miquel, 1957-

Contributor:

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Barceló, Miquel, 1957---Exhibitions.

Barceló, Miquel.

Barceló, Miquel, 1957-.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

388, xii pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 28 x 30 cm

Other Title:

Obra sobre papel, 1979-1999

Place of Publication:

Madrid : Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía : Aldeasa, [1999]

Language Note:

In Spanish, with English translation at end of book.

Summary:

This catalogue presents Miguel Barcelo's graphic work -- a total of 250 ink drawings, watercolors, and other works on paper -- spanning a 20 year period of this important artist's outstanding career. Writes Enrique Juncosa: "The main subject of Miquel Barcelo's work is the inexorable passage of time. The passing of time is certainly what is evoked by his images of sediments and germanations, of deserts and glaciers, deltas, beaches, oceans, and rivers. It is in this same sense that we must also understand his own particular emblems of memory -- museums, libraries, cinemas -- or his allusions to daily rituals -- working in the studio, sex, restaurants, and kitchens.... The self-taught Barcelo began his career as an artist in the late 1970s, during the glory days of conceptual art.... once ha had adopted figuration, and no longer felt he had to justify it in conceptual terms, Barcelo's images became more complex, giving rise to his monsters".

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid Sept. 14-Nov. 21, 1999, and at the Sala La General in Granada Dec. 2, 1999-Jan. 31, 2000 and at three other locations through Oct., 2000.

Errata sheet tipped in.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-388).

ISBN:

8480031808

OCLC:

43616242