Josep Grau-Garriga: Fiber sculpture of the 70s - 90s
Michel Soskine Inc. presents at his gallery in Madrid a selection of tapestries by Josep Grau-Garriga.
Grau-Garriga, primary promoter of the Catalan School of Tapestry is considered the leading exponent of the contemporary tapestry renewal in Spain. Globally, it has been recognized as one of the four most important artists of textile art, together with Jagoda Buic虂, Sheila Hicks and Magdalena Abakanowicz.
Inspired in his youth by the French artist Jean Lur莽at, with whom he collaborated, Grau-Garriga abandoned the two-dimensional plane of the classic tapestry fabric, and embraced an entirely new creative phenomenon, which in the 60s revolutionized textile as art.
Beyond the traditional use of the warp and weft, Grau-Garriga explored the possibilities of texture and volume, achieving an extraordinary sculptural effect on his tapestries, experimenting with three-dimensional space and monumentality.
His works, with such a daring use of materials, colour and composition, capture the intensity of his artistic search.
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Michel Soskine Inc. presents at his gallery in Madrid a selection of tapestries by Josep Grau-Garriga.
Grau-Garriga, primary promoter of the Catalan School of Tapestry is considered the leading exponent of the contemporary tapestry renewal in Spain. Globally, it has been recognized as one of the four most important artists of textile art, together with Jagoda Buic虂, Sheila Hicks and Magdalena Abakanowicz.
Inspired in his youth by the French artist Jean Lur莽at, with whom he collaborated, Grau-Garriga abandoned the two-dimensional plane of the classic tapestry fabric, and embraced an entirely new creative phenomenon, which in the 60s revolutionized textile as art.
Beyond the traditional use of the warp and weft, Grau-Garriga explored the possibilities of texture and volume, achieving an extraordinary sculptural effect on his tapestries, experimenting with three-dimensional space and monumentality.
His works, with such a daring use of materials, colour and composition, capture the intensity of his artistic search.
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