Exhibitions
Art and (art)esania, communicating vessels of a creativity without borders
Under the motto Sewing universes: homo faber, homo ludens , the Biennial promotes the maximum interconnection between Art (Creativity) and (Art)esania, highlighting the value of the materials typical of artisanal trades —such as textiles, wood, ceramics, iron or glass— and their work processes. Based on these elements, proposals are promoted that integrate concepts such as the circular economy, sustainability, environmental responsibility and creativity in all its expressions.
Work by Mònica Campdepadrós.
Last Tuesday, November 4, the official inauguration of the exhibition Visions of Catalonia. Crafting Art took place at the Centre d'Artesania Catalunya. An event that was attended by Moisés Rodríguez Cantón, director of the Consortium of Commerce, Crafts and Fashion (CCAM) of the Department of Business and Employment of the Generalitat de Catalunya, who will open the presentation accompanied by Ricard Planas, curator of the exhibition. This inauguration marked the start of a new edition of the Biennial, which aims to highlight the talent, innovation and creativity of contemporary Catalan artisans, as well as strengthen the connection between art and craftsmanship inside and outside the country.
Ricard Planas comments: “this edition of the Biennial wants to be this: an open invitation to sew universes, to traverse the diffuse border between craft and art, between hand and machine, between ancestral memory and emerging technology. An invitation to think of ourselves as faber-ludens, as beings who manufacture by playing and who play by manufacturing. Sewing universes is, ultimately, a way of understanding that art and (art)esania are not opposites, but communicating vessels. And that in their dialogue, in their tension and in their fusion, the most fertile space appears: that of creation without limits”, he writes.
Work by Jesús Galdón.
In this third edition, around twenty creators are participating: Cesc Abad, Mònica Campdepadrós, Virgínia Escudero, Ivan Forcadell, Jesús Galdón, Gonzalo Guzmán, Madola, Antoni Marquès, Cristina Márquez, Edgar Massegú, Eva Mazana, Santi Moix, O Tèxtil, Francesca Piñol, Quim i Txell, RibasFrosum, Francesc Ruiz, The Glass Apprentice, Eulàlia Valldosera and Vayreda Lab. This exhibition marks the beginning of an international tour aimed at promoting and giving visibility to the creativity of contemporary Catalan artisans around the world.
