Exhibitions
Matter, sound and emotion with Josep Bofill in Gemecs de la Terra
The Sant Pol Painting Museum gives rise to an installation full of elements.
Josep Bofill has created an installation between different elements that fills the Sant Pol de Mar Painting Museum in Maresme until September 30. Under the title of Gemecs de la Terra , the renowned painter and sculptor gives form to a plastic assembly in which he explores the relationship between matter, sound and emotional experience, inviting the viewer to be part of this work and not just to contemplate it.
Curated by Abel Prunyosa and Sandro Martín, this exhibition Gemecs de la Terra is not limited to being simply contemplated; it becomes a living space, capable of transforming itself and transforming the visitor. It goes beyond the traditional concept of an exhibition, opting for a sensory and emotional experience that completely surrounds the public. The space ceases to be a neutral container to become a scenography that breathes, reacts, and welcomes. The limits between the work and the spectator disappear, and the objective is not only to show, but to provoke a deep and personal connection with each person who enters it.
Through visual, sound, tactile or interactive elements, the visitor is invited to actively engage. It is not a linear journey, but a path that is built as one lives, with spaces that appeal to memory, empathy and reflection. The work becomes a shared, yet intimate experience; an installation that transforms perception and invites us to rethink our role as spectators.
At the same time, Raül Costafreda's sound composition adds an intangible but equally powerful dimension. Through subtle sounds, auditory textures and sequences that oscillate between serenity and restlessness, an emotional environment is activated that surrounds the visitor. The dialogue between matter and sound is not decorative, but essential: it is a joint language that builds a space that vibrates, that breathes, that moves.
This artistic project does not seek only to capture attention, but to generate a full presence. Whoever enters this space does not do so as a simple observer, but as an essential part of the work. It is a call to let oneself be affected, to look with one's whole body, to participate from one's own experience. And it is in this dialogue between the work and the visitor that its true meaning is born.
Josep Bofill's creative universe is built from a deep reflection on the human condition. His work is characterized by a strong symbolic charge and a scenographic dimension that transcends figurative representation to open the way to abstract, essential and meaningful forms. Instead of showing recognizable bodies or conventional portraits, the artist opts for a minimalist aesthetic that points towards the universal. The figures, often reduced to gestures, strokes or essential volumes, cease to be concrete individuals to become metaphors of existence, thought and emotion.
His artistic practice is articulated through various media—painting, sculpture, drawing and photography—that do not function in a compartmentalized manner, but rather relate to each other in a constant dialogue. This interconnection between disciplines generates a cohesive yet nuanced work, capable of expressing internal movements, emotional tensions and vital processes with an expressive power that unfolds without the need for words.
The installations and compositions often evoke spaces of recollection or transit, scenarios where the visitor can project his or her own experience. The symbolism that emerges from the forms—as clean as they are evocative—does not seek to dictate interpretations, but rather to suggest, raise questions, and activate empathy. In this sense, the work becomes a kind of inner mirror, where the viewer can recognize themselves not by what they see, but by what they feel.
Josep's work is exhibited in galleries in Spain, France, England, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Hong Kong, United States, Venezuela
and Colombia. Also in museums such as La Cour d'Or in Metz, the Municipal Museum of The Hague, a permanent installation at the Museu da Cidade d'Almada in Lisbon, the Centro Cultural Chacao Foundation in Caracas and the KEE Private Members Club in Hong Kong, among others.
