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Barcelona, Spain, 1943
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Regarded as one of the most significant Conceptual artists in Catalonia, Àngels Ribé (Barcelona, 1943) initiated her production in the late sixties with actions, installations and performances centred round the body and space. From 1966 to 1969, Ribé lived in Paris where she studied Sociology and Ceramics and worked as an assistant to Piotr Kowalski. In 1972 she moved to Chicago and New York where she exhibited with artists such as Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, John Baldessari, Hans Haacke, Gordon Matta-Clark, Martha Wilson and Hanna Wilke, among others. In the eighties she returned to Barcelona where she began painting, followed in the nineties by sculptural works with neon and light, without ever forgetting the volumetric component that characterised her earlier actionism. Together with artists such as Eugènia Balcells, Eulàlia Grau, Sílvia Gubern, Fina Miralles and Olga Pijoan, Ribé's artistic production was governed by the gender struggle of the seventies, a time when the creative work of women artists was still largely unnoticed. For a time she signed as A. Ribé to avoid any preconceptions on her gender identity. Ribé's actions were based on her own body and on space as elements of research and experimentation. In many of them, Ribé registered natural phenomena, provoking a shock between nature and human actions. Subsequently, her work became interested in mental behaviour and the mechanisms of perception.
Àngels Ribé's work has been exhibited in numerous centres and institutions. Among them, the Centre Artistique de Verderonne, Paris, 1969, where she produced the work Labyrinth; at 3 Mercer St. Gallery, New York, with Two Main Subjective Points on an Objective Trajectory, 1975, and at other alter alternative spaces in this city such as 112 Greene Street, with Work is the Effort against Resistance, 1976. At the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, I demà encara plourà, encara que els elefants tinguin por (perquè tenen els ulls petits), 1978, and Sculptures, 1983; at the C Space Gallery, New York, Ornamentation: the Unrelated Object, 1979; at the Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Àngels Ribé 1997, 1998; and at the Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Àngels Ribé, 2003. She has participated in group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1975; the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade da Sâo Paulo, 1977; the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, 1983; the Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Barcelona, 1994; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 1994 and 2005; MACBA, Barcelona, 1998, 1999 and 2005; the Salvador Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, Florida, 2005; the Museo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, 2006; and the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 2007, among others. In 2011, MACBA organised the retrospective In the Labyrinth. Àngels Ribé 1969–1984.
Àngels Ribé's work has been exhibited in numerous centres and institutions. Among them, the Centre Artistique de Verderonne, Paris, 1969, where she produced the work Labyrinth; at 3 Mercer St. Gallery, New York, with Two Main Subjective Points on an Objective Trajectory, 1975, and at other alter alternative spaces in this city such as 112 Greene Street, with Work is the Effort against Resistance, 1976. At the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, I demà encara plourà, encara que els elefants tinguin por (perquè tenen els ulls petits), 1978, and Sculptures, 1983; at the C Space Gallery, New York, Ornamentation: the Unrelated Object, 1979; at the Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Àngels Ribé 1997, 1998; and at the Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Àngels Ribé, 2003. She has participated in group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1975; the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade da Sâo Paulo, 1977; the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, 1983; the Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Barcelona, 1994; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 1994 and 2005; MACBA, Barcelona, 1998, 1999 and 2005; the Salvador Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, Florida, 2005; the Museo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, 2006; and the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 2007, among others. In 2011, MACBA organised the retrospective In the Labyrinth. Àngels Ribé 1969–1984.
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Collection of works 30th anniversary collection [Enregistrament sonor]
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28-11-2025 - 28-9-2026
A.HIS.08294
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Collection d'œuvres de la collection du 30e anniversaire [Enregistrament sonor]
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28-11-2025 - 28-9-2026
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Conjunt d'obres Col·lecció 30 aniversari [Enregistrament sonor]
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28-11-2025 - 28-9-2026
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Conjunto de obras Colección 30 aniversario [Enregistrament sonor]
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28-11-2025 - 28-9-2026
A.HIS.08293
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Àngels Ribé i David Armengol -- Parlem de... Pensar en volum a En temps real. La Col·lecció Rafael Tous d'art conceptual [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
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7-10-2021
A.HIS.06511
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Premis ACCA de la Crítica d'Art: 28a edició [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
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26-3-2012
A.HIS.00490
A.HIS.00490
Fons #04: Àngels Ribé [Publicació audiovisual]
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16-2-2012
A.HIS.05062
A.HIS.05062
En el laberint. Àngels Ribé, 1969-1984 [Reportatge fotogràfic exposició]
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15-7-2011 - 23-10-2011
A.HIS.00083
A.HIS.00083
Grup de Treball [Enregistrament audiovisual exposició]
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1-2-1999 - 1-3-1999
A.HIS.07212
A.HIS.07212
Programació de performance: Artistes conceptuals i experimentals dels anys setanta. Àngels Ribé. Joan Brossa. Jordi Benito. Pere Noguera [Reportatge fotogràfic activitat]
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12-11-1998
A.HIS.04736
A.HIS.04736
Programació de performance: Artistes conceptuals i experimentals dels anys setanta. Àngels Ribé: Escultura. Joan Brossa: Acció. Jordi Benito: Partitura del caos. Pere Noguera: Després de l'acció [Enregistrament audiovisual activitat]
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12-11-1998
A.HIS.06754
A.HIS.06754
Entre cel i l'infern / Àngels Ribé
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[198-?]
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A13286
Bajo el… / Àngels Ribé
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1980
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A12214
Bajo el… / Àngels Ribé
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1980
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A12215
"E la forma..."
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1979
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A12209
Works to be destroyed : West Side Highway, New York City [...] May 29, 1977 : artists: Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Jacki Apple [...] Àngels Ribé, Francesc Torres
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[1977]
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A05050
Can't go home : Àngels Ribé, c space, ny
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[1977]
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A05047
"Work is the effort against resistence" / Àngels Ribé
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[1976?]
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A12201
"Work is the effort against resistence" / Àngels Ribé
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[1976?]
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Work is the effort against resistance
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1975
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Two main subjective points on an objective trajectory / Àngels Ribé
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1975
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A physical homage
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1975
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A12210
The best way of expressing it / Àngels Ribé
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1975
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The best way of expressing it / Àngels Ribé
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1975
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Two main subjective points on an objective trajectory / Àngels Ribé
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1975
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20000 - 100
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[1974]
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Vehicule Art Inc., Montreal, Quebec
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[1974]
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20000-100
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[1974]
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20000-100
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[1974]
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Studio works : Berkman, Crane, Ribé, Torres : Room 311, Chicago
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[1973]
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A05049