Born in 1957
Spanish nationality
Artistic movement : neo-expressionism
Number of works in the collection : 12

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Mathilde accompanies you during your visit:

QUOTES FROM THE ARTIST

“I’m not gonna do abstract art with triangles and squares, come on. I’m not going to do sociology or little jokes about the future of Western art either. Or cynical exercises with one hand on the phone and the other on Artforum. Oh no, I’m not interested. As soon as I understand it, it bores me and I understand quickly. Away from the herds, I’m painting. Great Western art that’s been in perpetual decay for a thousand years.”

“When the termites have devoured the museums. When my artwork has been reduced to dust. If some fragment must survive, be found, be it, I pray the heavens, an open papaya or the roundness of a belly and especially that they keep a little of the heat (after so long) of this fire that burns me.”

IN THE EYES OF YVON LAMBERT

“I had a real crush on this boy who already seemed so determined about his work, but the hour passed and I had to go back to the station to catch my train to Paris. Miquel looked at me and said with her wonderful smile: ‘You’re not going to Paris, I’m going back to Barcelona tomorrow, I’ve already booked my bus ticket, I want you to see my studio, so you’re coming with me!’ […] A beautiful collection of paintings and drawings synthesizes in my collection the universe that I loved so much by Miquel Barceló. Almost all of them were acquired in the same period, around the years 83-84, at the time of the first exhibition I held with him in the gallery.”

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO WATCH

Purple Magazine – Miquel Barceló (2015)
Bomb Magazine – Miquel Barcelo by Colm Tóibín (2013)