Antoni Tàpies: Works, Writings, Interviews

by Antoni Tàpies (Artist)

Antoni Tàpies was born in 1923 to a Barcelona family of publishers and booksellers. He began drawing and painting as a young man, during a convalescence, and in the end gave up studying law to concentrate on art. By the 1940s, in his 20s, Tàpies was already exhibiting widely. As an early Matter painter, he added dirt and other solids to his canvases, transmuting them into art and reminding viewers of the earth to which they would return. Later, in the era of Arte Povera, he worked in foam rubber and spray, varnishes and, for creating objects or sculptures, refractory clay and bronze. Coming from a bookish family, he also produced a number of artist's books and editions, working with collaborators such as Joseph Brodsky and José Saramago. This collection of the artist's writings is available here for the first time in English. An interview with Manuel Borja-Villel, Director of the MACBA in Spain, completes the volume.

160 pages, Hardcover

Published March 1, 2007

About the author

Antoni Tàpies i Puig (Barcelona, 13 de desembre de 1923 - Barcelona, 6 de febrer de 2012) fou un pintor, escultor i teòric de l'art català. Fou un dels principals exponents a escala mundial de l'informalisme, i és considerat com un dels artistes catalans més destacats del segle xx. L'obra de l'artista barceloní gaudeix d'un centre d'estudi i conservació a la Fundació Antoni Tàpies de Barcelona.