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“The artist has to make the viewer understand that his world is too narrow, he has to open up to new perspectives.”

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Antoni Tapies, born on December 13, 1923, was a renowned Spanish painter. His works are known for their unique style and profound reflection on social reality. Tapies' artistic career spanned half a century, with his creations covering various fields such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking. more

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“There is something evocative about the idea of destruction. This act of destruction is the expression of an idea... that what we call reality is not real at all. When I draw a head, for example, I immediately feel an urge to destroy it, to erase it, because the drawing only captures an outward appearance, and for me the vital issue is what lies behind the visual form of the head.”

Feels Ideas Real Reality Form Lying Behinds Issues Example Expression Draws Destruction Appearance Drawing Visuals Urges Capture Erase Outward Appearance

Author:Antoni Tapies

“I feel the desire, or rather the intense need, to do something useful for society, and that is what stimulates me. In every situation I always look for what is positive and beneficial for my fellow citizens.”

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Author:Antoni Tapies

“With my work I attempt to help man to overcome his alienation; I do this by surrounding his daily life with objects, which confront him in a tactile way with the final and deepest problems of our existence. I want the means that I employ to create the necessary stimulus to be as direct as possible. Instead of giving a sermon on humility, I often prefer to depict humility itself.”

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Author:Antoni Tapies

“I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values.”

Ideas Political Values Views Existence Moral Connections Function Aesthetic Moral Values

Author:Antoni Tapies

“If one draws things in a manner which provides only the barest clue to their meaning, the viewer is forced to fill in the gaps by using his own imagination. He is compelled to participate in the creative act, which I consider very important.”

Ifs Important Imagination Creative Draws Importance Gaps Viewers Clue Compelled

Book:Conversations with Antoni Tàpies: With an Introduction to the Artist's Work

Source: Conversations with Antoni Tàpies: With an Introduction to the Artist's Work

“All my pictures are a kind of revision of my original idea. This is surely very different from the way in which Japanese or Chinese artists work: their themes are pre-ordained, whereas mine are invented at will.”

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Author:Antoni Tapies

“The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies.”

Body Materials Highest

Author:Antoni Tapies

“Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the opposite; its main purpose had to be, to realise as sacred art anything which so far had been regarded as of little value and pitiful.”

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Author:Antoni Tapies

“I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter.”

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Author:Antoni Tapies

“I often told the fanatics of realism that there is no such thing as realism in art: it only exists in the mind of the observer. Art is a symbol, a thing conjuring up reality in our mental image. That is why I don't see any contradiction between abstract and figurative art either.”

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Author:Antoni Tapies