Poetry Brossa

«Brossa does not create; he selects», says Roger Bernat. And, indeed, Brossa works with scattered poems, ideas noted in margins, sentences, press cuttings, theatrical and paratheatrical plays. Poetry Brossa presents the artist’s work against the grain, beyond limits, and between disciplines through his books, visual investigations, theatre, cinema, music and artistic actions.

Structured in the form of a glossary, the book also establishes parallels with the work of three artists who were Brossa’s contemporaries: Marcel Mariën, Nicanor Parra and Ian Hamilton-Finlay. The publication includes essays by the curators Teresa Grandas and Pedro G. Romero, and contributions by Roger Bernat, Isabel de Naverán and María Salgado, who conceive some of the core definitions in the glossary. There is also an analysis by Llorenç Mas of a selection of sequences from the short film No compteu amb els dits (Don’t Count with Your Fingers, 1967), directed by Pere Portabella. Additionally, three inserts feature works by Brossa, including Oda a Joan Brossa, Novel·la, and the collaborative piece Barcelona per Brossa, in which Colita captures Brossa’s itinerary through Barcelona in autumn 1979.

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year of publication
2018
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Printed
illustrations
386
design
Design by Filiep Tacq
pages
380
editorial policy
Exhibitions
editions
Cat 978-84-92505-94-4 , Spa 978-84-92505-95-1 , Eng 978-84-92505-96-8
year of publication
2018
support
Printed
pages
380
illustrations
386
editorial policy
Exhibitions
design
Design by Filiep Tacq
editions
Cat 978-84-92505-94-4 , Spa 978-84-92505-95-1 , Eng 978-84-92505-96-8
artist
Teresa Grandas is a curator, researcher and writer who curates exhibitions at the MACBA. Her research has often focused on the artistic practices of the 1970s and particularly on the work of female artists and the countercultural scene, as well as their echoes and connections with art today. As a curator, she has been in charge of various collective and individual shows, including The Passion According to Carol Rama (MACBA, 2014; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2015; Espoo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Espoo, Finland, 2015-2016; Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, 2016; Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino (GAM), 2016-2017), Hard gelatin. Hidden stories from the 80s (MACBA, 2016; Hiriartea Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Pamplona, 2018), Brossa Poetry (MACBA, 2017; Artium, Vitoria, 2018; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes y Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK), Buenos Aires, 2019; MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, 2021-2022) and Fina Miralles: I Am All the Selves that I Have Been (MACBA, 2021; Index – Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation and Marabouparken konsthall, Stockholm, 2022; Museo d’arte contemporanea Donnaregina (MADRE), Naples, 2022-2023).
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