In 1976, Antoni Clavé completes the book for Bibliophiles “La Gloire des Rois”, by Saint John Perse. He had been asked to work on this project some 14 years earlier, and this is the occasion for him to show how he understands and interprets the poems by Saint John...
From the mid-eighties Clavé is known worldwide. The city council of Barcelona (Ajuntament) suggests he picks an area in the city so that he creates an artwork for his native town. Clavé chooses the Parc de la Ciutadella, a place full of memories for him (Sunday walks...
In 1965 in Barcelona, the Catalan painter and engraver Vila-Casas initiates Clavé into engraving. Clavé uses copper or zinc plates, and also learns about aquatint. Etching and aquatint are indirect engraving processes: the acid attacks the exposed metal, while tools...
No need to see his entire façade, its two imposing towers or the silhouette of the chevet of the church to immediately identify the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris. The gaze and the melancholic pose of the horned monster, which maliciously sticks its tongue out leaves...
It is greetings season! Health, happiness, prosperity…This tradition of rather conventional wishes is dating back a few centuries. The format of the greeting card that we know today is more recent, since it appears in 1843 when Sir Henry Cole decides to sell a...
“365 jours après” forms part of the last works of Antoni Clavé. Completed in 2002, it has the vivacity and the freedom of a young creator of 89 who no longer has anything to prove. From Duchamp, Picasso, the collages and assemblages of surrealist objects, the 20th...
The exhibition “Clavé artisan de la matière” has just closed its doors at the Rebeyrolle exhibition space in Eymoutiers. We are taking down the paintings and preparing to wrap up sculptures… A chapter is closing on this wonderful moment of sharing around the works. A...
Fiac, YIA Art Fair, Art Elysée… This week the autumn fairs are presenting their visitors with a large selection of modern and contemporary work. It’s a perfect opportunity to see some of Antoni Clavé’s works! Two works dating from 1958 and 1960 are being shown at Art...
With “Avec des étoiles I” (“With the stars I”) Clavé surpassed his memories, his work on New York and extended his personal universe. This work gathers together the preferred mediums of the artist: the assembling of collages, torn paper, embossing, diverse materials,...
In October 1989, Antoni Clavé spent around ten days in New York, not for any exhibition but rather for leisure: he wanted to wander around, take photos, shoot films, and observe. This trip inspired him. After his return, he worked on a series of paintings, all grouped...