El arte de mirar

La vida y obra de Van Gogh se hallan tan entrelazadas, que es casi imposible apreciar sus pinturas sin ver reflejada en ellas la historia de su vida: una vida de la que se habló tanto, que ya se ha convertido en leyenda. Van Gogh es la encarnación del sufrimiento, un mártir incomprendido del arte moderno, el emblema del artista como un extraño.

Dos ancianos que se encuentran de forma casual en un puente, son los protagonistas de esta historia. La inquietante luna de plata genera la apertura de un portal que los lanza hacia mundos extraños y peligrosos, donde investigan y aprenden secretos de los antiguos; una raza extinta cuya tecnología no sólo les confiere poder, sino también juventud.

The correspondence between Joan Mir and Josep Llus Sert - comprehensively compiled for the first time in this publication - offers an essential document for understanding the convergence between these two individuals despite the physical distance that separated them for most of their lifetimes. The correspondence is supplemented with personal statements from Mir and Sert in the form of writings, photographs, sketches, architectural plans, and press clippings. This material has been consulted in the archives of the Josep Llus Sert Collection at Harvard University, the Fundaci Pilar i Joan Mir...

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning, Pollock was the “icebreaker”. For Max Ernst and Masson, Pollock was a fellow member of the European Surrealist movement. And for Motherwell, Pollock was a legitimate candidate...