Antoni Tapies: Political Biography
$80.43
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2020
Summary
In works that occupy a unique mid-ground between painting and sculpture, Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) fused the material vocabulary of Arte Povera and the gestural energy of Abstract Expressionism with the mystical sensibility of Iberian Catholicism. Tàpies showed a preference for an austere palate and unconventional materials reflecting the limited resources of his political environment. He spent three decades of his long productive career in Barcelona, where he lived and died, u…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783960984191 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3960984197 |
| Author: | Xavier Antich, Manel Guerrero, Glòria Domènech, Núria Homs, María Dolores Jiménez Blanco, Xavier Montanyà, Javier Pérez Segura |
| Publisher: | Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig |
| Imprint: | Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.01kg |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 249mm x 180mm |
About The Author
Xavier Antich
Xavier Antich is a philosopher and lecturer in subjects related to Aesthetic Ideas at the Universitat de Girona. He was director of the Independent Studies Programme of the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) and is currently president of the Board of Trustees of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies.
Glòria Domènech works in the Library and Archives dept at Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona.
Manel Guerrero Brullet is an essayist, art critic and curator.
Núria Homs is curator at Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona.
María Dolores Jiménez Blanco is an art historian; whose main field of interest is the relationship between art and politics in 20th century Spain.
Xavier Montanyà is a journalist and author and director of several documentaries.
Javier Pérez Segura is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History, Faculty of Geography and History at Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
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