They make a big deal of Antoni Tápies in Barcelona. He is one of their own and his work is everywhere. We visited the Fundación Antoni Tápies, a building and foundation that he set up to not only showcase some of his work but to give back. The foundation supports artists of all stripes and shows their work as well.
Tápies’ work has to be seen in person. It is large, hands on, rough and tumble graphic work. He often uses concrete on his canvases. It encapsulates the look and feel of Barcelona, full of history and that rich Spanish palette and as lively as the graffiti on the grates they pull down over the shop windows at night. By the time you get down to the gift shop and start thumbing through hundreds of postcards you really miss the physical nature of his work.
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