6657_001_rgb--imatge-reliquari
6657_001_rgb--imatge-reliquari
Jaume Xifra
Reliquari
Reliquary
1970
Ritual objects particularly stand out amongst the many series of objects produced by Jaume Xifra. Here is where we find these Reliquaries (1969–1971) and the Irreversibles/Impossibles Series (1972–1976). Both series were associated with his return to Europe after a stage in Chile in 1968–1969, where he collaborated in the cooperative craft studios at Huaquén. When he returned to Paris he did so with an idea of a more participative form of art, which is where his idea emerged to make objects as reliquaries. His intention was for them to help us in our personal lives, and with memory, contemplation and purification. With the Impossibles, in turn, he uses common instruments like scissors, pliers and nails, wrapping them with barbed wire to impede them from being used, eliminating their functionality. The Irreversibles, for their part, draw viewers in by asking them to change the object’s position or just as well destroy it.
see more show less
The texts of the MACBA web draw on previous documentation. Please let us know if you find any errors.
original title
Reliquari
year of acquisition
2023
type of object
Assamblage
dimensions
44 x 33 cm
Copyright
© Jaume Xifra, VEGAP, Barcelona
registration number
R.6657
date
1970
fonds
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of the Barcelona City Council
media
Printed ink on paper, soil and poliethylene bags on sikscreened PVC board
credits
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of Barcelona City Council. Gift of Rafael Tous
original title
Reliquari
registration number
R.6657
date
1970
year of acquisition
2023
fonds
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of the Barcelona City Council
type of object
Assamblage
media
Printed ink on paper, soil and poliethylene bags on sikscreened PVC board
dimensions
44 x 33 cm
credits
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of Barcelona City Council. Gift of Rafael Tous
Copyright
© Jaume Xifra, VEGAP, Barcelona
images
1 images
this content can only be
watched in the library
of macba.
OBRA TITLE
OBRA TITLE
yyyy-YYYY
ARTIST NAME
this content can only be
watched in the library
of macba.
Enquiry the MACBA Library for more information on the work or artist.
If you want to make a work loan request, go to colleccio@macba.cat.
If you want the image of the work in high resolution, you can send an image loan request.
contact
for more information, please contact us through the following links
for further information
colleccio@macba.cat

for further information
Image loan request