Antoni Clavé in Vence
At the occasion of « Picasso Méditerranée 2017-2019 », the Museum of Vence introduces us to an exhibition presenting the influence of Picasso with a new approach (till October 28). This exhibition showcases sculptures from the Master created in the 50s and 60s (which are on loans from the Picasso Museum Paris) alongside with works…
Souvenir (1984) – Focus 25
Without the black stripe in the foreground, the format would have been a square. Antoni Clavé invites us straight away in a world of illusion: fake square and pleated fabrics. Half of the painting is indeed composed of a trompe l’œil: a “creased paper” as art historians like to define these effects around which Clavé started playing in the…
Nadie se conoce, 1966 – Focus 24
Francisco Goya – Tauromaquia n° 12 « Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, medias-lunas, banderillas y otras armas. » 1815-16 Etching, aquatint and drypoint © Museo del Prado, Madrid « Corrida » 1951 B/W lithograph « Corrida » 1951 Colour lithograph It is not the first time that Antoni Clavé creates a…
Antoni Clavé at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid
El principio Asia : China, Japón e India y el arte contemporáneo en España (1957-2017) “ The principle of Asia : China, Japan and India and contemporary art in Spain (1957-2017)” is the title of the exhibition which just started at the Foundation Juan March with the aim of highlighting the links between Asia and Spanish artists such as Zobel,…
Antoni Clavé at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
This exhibition organised by the BnF, which presents around fifty prints from 1955 to 1995, is a good overview of Clavé’s printed work. These lithographs, etchings, aquatints, carborundum, embossings, collages and lithographed brown papers enable us to apprehend forty years of a creative journey, which is both technically and stylistically rich. Bouteille, 1969 ; Etchning, aquatinit and…
Catalogue raisonné of the printed work
A few weeks before the exhibition ” Antoni Clavé – Estampes ” starts at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Editions Skira published in December 2017 the Catalogue raisonné of the printed work. It is comprised of close to 520 printed works and 22 books for bibliophiles, and rounds off the works of reference of Roger Passeron (1977)…