Jujol, by Perejaume

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Image courtesy of Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

The artist and poet Perejaume (Sant Pol de Mar, 1957) is working on the first major exhibition at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya dedicated to Josep Maria Jujol following the donation of the architect’s entire documentary collection, which the family has donated to the COAC and the MNAC. The Museum is organizing this exhibition as part of the World Capital of Architecture, which Barcelona is celebrating in 2026.

Josep Maria Jujol (Tarragona 1879–Barcelona 1949) is one of the most brilliant and original figures in early 20th-century architecture. In fact, the MNAC has dedicated a permanent collection space to him since 2014. Simultaneously an architect, artist, and craftsman, the allure of his work has continued to grow in recent decades.

In addition to Jujol’s works from his legacy—comprising more than 10,000 papers, items, and pieces of furniture—and numerous other public and private collections, the exhibition will present works by architects such as Antoni Gaudí and Bruno Taut, along with artists such as Vladimir Tatlin and Henri Matisse.

This exhibition follows the line of another artistic project by Perejaume at the Museu Nacional, Mareperlers i ovaladors. Manoeuvre by Perejaume (2014). Paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, photographs, videos, books and much more comprise the list of media and resources this artist has used in his projects since the late 1970s. Its entirety encapsulates an artistic system with deep critical power regarding globalised ways of life. His understanding of art is linked to ways of life strongly connected to rural traditions. Through his work, Perejaume promotes a common space where the human and the non-human meet through unconventional writing, all carried out with luminous irony.

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