Thomas Huber
dal 16/5/2002 al 16/6/2002
Segnalato da
16/5/2002
Thomas Huber
Fundacio Joan Miro', Barcelona
You and I. Part of the exhibition 'Homo ludens. Art at play' curated by Grazia Quaroni. His painting is classical in style and technique but absolutely innovative in concept, as he explores every narrative possibility and every way of representing reality.
The Joan Miró Foundation’s next exhibition is "You and I"
by Thomas Huber, part of the "Homo ludens. Art at play"
cycle curated by Grazia Quaroni. It is the artist’s first
one-man show in Spain and is organised in collaboration
with ProHelvetia. The opening will be accompanied by a
performance titled The scene. Born in Zurich, Thomas
Huber lives and works in Mettmann, Germany. His painting
is classical in style and technique but absolutely innovative
in concept, as he explores every narrative possibility and
every way of representing reality.
The emphasis is on the notion of the pictorial space a
space with a certain depth where a very "different"
universe develops in which the radical figures, landscapes
and architecture exist in two dimensions, totally
unconcerned with what is going on in the so-called "real"
world. The piece is not so much a surface as a frontier
between the world of appearances and the world of
reality. Huber tries to show everything that is happening in
front of and behind the picture, seeking a point of contact
between the artist’s vision and the viewer’s vision.
In the exhibition in the Espai 13, Huber will be showing four
large-format paintings that represent this parallel world in
which a small anthropomorphic figure moves from one
picture to the other and is finally materialised in the "real
world". The figure forms part of the exhibition but is
outside the Espai 13, seated beside the pool in the North
Patio enjoying the view of Barcelona.
Thomas Huber generally accompanies his exhibitions with
performances. These are a burlesque in the form of a
lecture during which he explains in immense detail
everything that appears in the painting. At the opening of
the exhibition he will be giving one of these performances,
The stage, relating to the painting of the same name.
Most of Huber’s many exhibitions have taken place in
Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium, and
he has never exhibited in Spain before.
Joan Miro Foundation, Parc de Montjuïc, s/n 08038 Barcelona
Opening hours:
Tuesdays to Saturdays
10.00 - 19.00 (October-June)
10.00 - 20.00 (July-September)
Thursdays 10.00 - 21.30
Sundays and public holidays 10.00 - 14.30
Mondays Closed