When was miquel barcelo born
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Miquel Barceló was born on the island of Mallorca in 1957. He is a painter first and foremost, but also an illustrator, engraver, sculptor and ceramicist. In 1975, he joined Barcelona’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts, but then quickly distanced himself from academia and got involved in the conceptual group Taller Llunatic, who were opposed to Franco’s government. From 1977, he began to introduce organic matter into his paintings, a technique that he would then pursue throughout his career.
As a member of the scientific committee in charge of restoring the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc caves, the birthplace of prehistoric art in the Ardèche, he is one of the lucky few to have seen the original cave paintings. He was fascinated by the artworks on these rocks and they inspired him greatly, especially for his exhibition entitled Miquel Barceló. Sol y sombra at the National Library of France (BnF) in 2016, where he covered a 200-m-long and 6-m-high pane of glass with liquid clay. He also referred back to this inspiration for the group exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in 2019, entitled Préhistoir Selected Books illustrated by Miquel Barceló 2017 2015 2003 1993 1992 1991 Comparte “I am a specialist in life as a permanent crisis.” Thus defines himself Miquel Barceló, one of the most sought-after and internationally recognized Spanish artists alive today. His capacity for communication goes hand in hand with the scope and variety of his work: huge canvasses, small drawings, murals, engravings, book illustrations, ceramics, sculpture, opera staging, album covers, posters, television programmes The art of sea caves, the ocean and the soul Miquel Barceló. Photo: Jaime García “I am a specialist in life as a permanent crisis.” Thus defines himself Miquel Barceló, one of the most sought-after and internationally recognized Spanish artists alive today. His capacity for communication goes hand in hand with the scope and variety of his work: huge canvasses, small drawings, murals, engravings, book illustrations, ceramics, sculpture, opera staging,
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‘Pianiste’, Jean Echenoz, Editions du Serendip
‘Sexistence’, Jean-Luc Nancy, Editions Galilée
‘La solitude sonore du toréo’, José Bergamín, Editions du Solstice, p58
‘Contre les Français. De l'influence néfaste exercée par la culture française’, Manuel Arroyo-Stephens, éditions Exils (Couverture de Miquel Barceló)
‘La Divine Comédie’, Dante Alighieri, éditions France Loisirs, collection Empreinte, 3 volumes
'Las Tiendas Desmontadas o el Mundo Desconocido de las Percepciones', Evgen Bavcar, Paris (French edition: Les Tentes Démontées ou le Monde inconnu des Perceptions, Paris, 1996)
‘Too far from Home / 28 Watercolors from Mali 1991’, Paul Bowles, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich(Spanish edition: Muylejos de Casa, Barcelona, 1992) (French edition: La Boucle du Niger, Paris, 1996)
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Miquel Barceló: Biography, Works and Exhibitions
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