Jean Arp
dal 22/11/2001 al 24/2/2002
Segnalato da
22/11/2001
Jean Arp
Fundacio Joan Miro', Barcelona
This is the first Arp retrospective to be seen in Barcelona and contains around 140 paintings, collages, reliefs and sculptures, offering an overview of the work of this artist who was so fundamental to the art of the twentieth century. Rather than showing the works in chronological order, the arrangement of the exhibition is based on the conception of art expressed by Arp in his writings, which comes clear when studying his creative mechanisms.
The Joan Miró Foundation will be presenting "Jean
Arp", selected by Maria Luïsa Borràs and
sponsored by the Fundación BBVA.
This is the first
Arp retrospective to be seen in Barcelona and
contains around 140 paintings, collages, reliefs
and sculptures, offering an overview of the work of
this artist who was so fundamental to the art of the
twentieth century.
Jean Arp (Strasbourg, 1886 - Basle, 1966),
sculptor, painter and poet, moved to Zurich during
the First World War. There, in 1916, together with
Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara and Richard Huelsenbeck,
he founded the Dada movement, which had its
centre of operations in the Cabaret Voltaire, a
literary and artistic circle that was against the
established order of a bourgeoisie whom it
considered responsible for the war.
One of the more interesting activities of the Dada
group, and also one that has been little studied,
was the exploration of form that led its members
towards abstraction.
Arp took part in this, which
brought him in contact with the geometrical studies
of Mondrian and Van Doesburg, from De Stijl, as
well as Brancusi’s natural forms.
They were all in
fact aiming at the same thing: putting an end to
institutionalised figurative languages and turning art
into a purely aesthetic act.
Rather than showing the works in chronological
order, the arrangement of the exhibition is based on
the conception of art expressed by Arp in his
writings, which comes clear when studying his
creative mechanisms.
The most significant pieces
are distributed in six sections, starting with the
Zurich years, and all have in common this intensive
exploration of form.
The sections are titled Geometries, Automatism
and Abstraction, Reliefs, Cut-outs, Metamorphosis
and Humorous forms.
The exhibition aims to bring the public closer to the
work of Arp while showing the constant, profound
investigation of form that was evident throughout his
long career.
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 (except public holidays) Closed
Fundacio' Joan Miro'
Parc de Montjuïc, s/n 08038
Barcelona
Tel. 34 934439470
Fax. 34 933298609