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From the 27th of May onwards, the Fundación Tapies of Barcelona exhibits Historia de Archivo of the conceptual Spanish artist Pere Noguera. The exposition takes Nogueras interesting art works based on photographs of the seventies shot by anonymous, amateur and professional photographers which that artist distort and cogitates on the process that embodies the fabrication of photographic images.
Pere Noguera was born in La Bisbal in 1941, he is one of the most outstanding representations of the seventies avant garde art that transmuted into the nineties with visual art works that reflect the political social disenchantment of this generation and that materializes in the conformism of society more involved in consuming than worrying about the genuine problems of societies.
Noguera is in eternal confrontation with what is transitory and the with what is permanent and he manifests this concern thru the dematerialization of the artistic object. His art uses simple materials like mud, old photos, rocks and objects that he picks up like cardboard etc, but, the profundity of his concepts and his critical look at society is in every element that he transforms, giving poetic breadth to his art
One of his favorite materials is ceramic, which has childlike reminiscence and it connects you to the innocence of an era. This material is an important element of his pursuit to escape from the monotony of the material he uses
In his eternal speech, actually more of a conversation with the viewer than a speech, irony plays a fundamental role and it is completed thru the decontextualization of the material which the object is made from. Just like Duchamp searches for the purpose to generate new concepts thru daily used objects .
You can examine this concept in his art piece La enfangada where Noguera covers with mud objects and spaces, in other words, he dirties them and transforms them so the spectator can draw his own conclusions. He also fabricates something similar with photos transforming them into other objects.
Noguera describes his performances like a place where you can study new languages and study the process it takes to understand new paths in his artistic endeavour, “The performance constitutes a variant of the other working processes and at the same time is a language in itself. It helps me acquire deeper knowledge from other methods, getting deeper into my thoughts about the process of language”
more info: http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/spip.php?rubrique47
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Nancy Guzman
Noguera is one of the most prolific and interesting contemporary artists, his installations have been exhibited in important galleries in Europa. This is a very good reason for you if you are in one of the apartments in Barcelona visit the Tapies Foundation and discover his work.
Translated by: Marc
