Within the framework of the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012), and following the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels) and the Reina Sofía Museum (Madrid), the final presentation of this retrospective reflects on some projects that have marked the institution’s history and presents a non-linear journey through the artist’s career.
From his first works of the 1940s to those created months before his death, Tàpies continually experimented with all types of supports, techniques and materials, freeing himself from the constraints of academic tradition. His drawings, collages, paintings, objects and sculptures, made of paper, cardboard, wood, marble dust, varnish or bronze among many other elements, propose new aesthetic ways of addressing the contemporary world, from a perspective based on matter and existence.
Thanks to numerous loans from public institutions and private collections, both national and international, this retrospective constitutes one of the largest surveys of Tàpies’ work to date.
