MACBA collection: Beneath the surface

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Consisting of 30 works from the MACBA’s collection and three from the contemporary art collection of the Fundació ‘la Caixa’, all the chosen pieces focus on the limits of representation, as well as the relevance of the artist and art in contemporary society. Loaded with theoretical content relating to the personal and political beliefs of the artists themselves, these works offer an insight into the contemporary use of materials and surface textures. The first area of the exhibition displays works from artists such as Ignasi Aballí, Antoni Tàpies and Lucio Fontana, which experiment with the canvas by either highlighting the pigment layer or denying its materiality. Other works featured include Doris Salcedo’s Atrabiliarios (1993), in which boxes filled with unpaired shoes evoke the idea of disappearance, and Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Architettura dello specchio (1990), meaning ‘Architecture of the Mirror’, which deals with the subject matter of reflection.

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