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Tàpies’ plea against evil

With his large hospital bed, the artist invites us to reflect on violence and inner contemplation in these difficult days.

Antoni Tàpies 'Rinzen', 1992-1993

When in 1998 Antoni Tàpies was invited to install a permanent work at MACBA, he chose Rinzen, which five years earlier had been awarded the Golden Lion at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Hanging high on a wall, among other architectural elements, is this over-sized hospital bed. When the work was presented in Venice, the neighbouring former Yugoslavia was at war. ‘It is a plea against war and violence’, the artist explained. When he installed it at MACBA, he added that with it he wanted ‘to activate a mechanism that would provoke a desire for deep contemplation’.

WORKS IN THE COLLECTION BY TÀPIES

PaintingPintura ocre
Antoni Tàpies
Pintura ocre
1959
PaintingQuatre quadrats grisos sobre fons marró
Antoni Tàpies
Quatre quadrats grisos sobre fons marró
1959
Graphic material(Cartes a Brossa)
Antoni Tàpies
(Cartes a Brossa)
1987
Graphic material[Sense títol]
Antoni Tàpies
[Sense títol]
1974
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ExhibitionAntoni Tàpies
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Antoni Tàpies Retrospective
ExhibitionMACBA Collection. Beneath the Surface
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MACBA Collection. Beneath the Surface
ExhibitionArt, two points
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Art, two points Barcelona lives contemporary art
ExhibitionENTHUSIASM. Challenge and Obstinacy in the MACBA Collection
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ENTHUSIASM. Challenge and Obstinacy in the MACBA Collection