40 ARTISTS

Manuel ÁLVAREZ (Alvear, Argentina, 1925 -

(Sant Feliu de Codines, 1945) Peratallada, 2010) 100 From Girona 100 Autopista C32 Enric ANSESA MAÑO (Carlos Martín) AP7 From Granollers (Girona, 1945) (, 1936 - 2012) Autovía C 60 Eduard ARRANZ-BRAVO Xavier MEDINA CAMPENY (Barcelona, 1941) (Barcelona, 1943) Francesc ARTIGAU Josep NOVELLAS (Barcelona, 1940) (Mataró, 1950 - 2009) From Barcelona NII-Autopista C32

Miquel BARCELÓ Víctor PEDRA Plaça de (Felanitx, 1957) (Barcelona, 1955) 95 Joan BENNÀSSAR PERECOLL Ronda de Prim Plaça de (Pollença, 1950) (Mataró, 1948) Les Tereses Ajuntament

BERROCAL (Miguel Ortiz PEREJAUME Ronda d’ Berrocal, Villanueva de Algaidas, (Sant Pol de Mar, 1957) Av. del Maresme 1933 - Antequera, 2006) Enric PLADEVALL Luis María CARUNCHO (Vic, 1951) (La Coruña, 1929 - , 2016) Guillermo PÉREZ VILLALTA (Tarifa, Cádiz, 1948) Eduardo CHILLIDA (San Sebastián, 1924 - 2002) Josep M. RIERA i ARAGÓ (Barcelona, 1954)

Xavier CORBERÓ B 3947-2020 (Barcelona, 1935 - Esplugues Gino RUBERT de Llobregat, 2017) (Ciudad de México, 1969) January 27 – October 17, 2021 ENGLISH Ramon ENRICH Manuel RUBIALES (Barcelona, 1952) (Igualada, 1968) Entrance free of charge Elvira FUSTERO Antonio SAURA Opening hours: (Zaragoza, 1947) (Huesca, 1930 - Cuenca, 1998) Tuesday to Friday, 17:00-20:00 Narcís SERINYÀ Saturday, 11:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:00 Juan GENOVÉS Sundays and public holidays, 11:00-14:00 (, 1930 - Madrid, 2020) (Barcelona, 1944) Manolo VALDÉS Closed every Monday and holidays (except October 12, November 1 and Regina GIMÉNEZ December 6, which will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. as long as it is not Monday). (Barcelona, 1966) (Valencia, 1942) For information, bookings and guided tours: Maria GIRONA Eulàlia VALLDOSERA 93 741 29 30 (Monday to Friday, 9:00-14:00) [email protected] 1990-1999 (II) (Barcelona, 1963) (Barcelona, 1923 - 2015) Address: Luis GORDILLO Mateo VILAGRASA NAU GAUDÍ (Sevilla, 1934) (San Rafael del Maestrazgo, 1944- Carrer de la Cooperativa, 47, 08302 Mataró La Cardosa, Lleida, 2018) [email protected] Josep GUINOVART www.culturamataro.cat (Barcelona, 1927 - 2007) Francesco VOLSI es-es.facebook.com/bassatmataro (Trieste, Italia, 1941) @bassatmataro Joan HERNÁNDEZ PIJUAN (Barcelona, 1931 - 2005) José María YTURRALDE Whenever the epidemiological situation allows it: (Cuenca, 1942) Guided tours: the first Sunday of each month at 12:00 Eduard KAZARIAN Family activity about the exhibition: the third Sunday (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1964) ZUSH (Barcelona, 1946) of each month at 12:00 (no Family activity in August) Beat KELLER Family activity about Gaudi’s architecture: the second Saturday (Solothurn, Suiza, 1953) of each month at 18:00 (no Family activity in August) Marcel MARTÍ

© FotoGasull Manuel ÁLVAREZ (Alvear, Argentina, 1925 - (Sant Feliu de Codines, 1945) Peratallada, 2010) Enric ANSESA MAÑO (Carlos Martín) (Girona, 1945) (Barcelona, 1936 - 2012) Eduard ARRANZ-BRAVO Xavier MEDINA CAMPENY (Barcelona, 1941) (Barcelona, 1943) Francesc ARTIGAU Josep NOVELLAS (Barcelona, 1940) (Mataró, 1950 - 2009) Miquel BARCELÓ Víctor PEDRA (Felanitx, 1957) (Barcelona, 1955) Joan BENNÀSSAR PERECOLL (Pollença, 1950) (Mataró, 1948) BERROCAL (Miguel Ortiz PEREJAUME Berrocal, Villanueva de Algaidas, (Sant Pol de Mar, 1957) 1933 - Antequera, 2006) Enric PLADEVALL Luis María CARUNCHO (Vic, 1951) (La Coruña, 1929 - Madrid, 2016) Guillermo PÉREZ VILLALTA (Tarifa, Cádiz, 1948) Eduardo CHILLIDA (San Sebastián, 1924 - 2002) Josep M. RIERA i ARAGÓ (Barcelona, 1954) Xavier CORBERÓ (Barcelona, 1935 - Esplugues Gino RUBERT de Llobregat, 2017) (Ciudad de México, 1969) Ramon ENRICH Manuel RUBIALES (Igualada, 1968) (Barcelona, 1952) Elvira FUSTERO Antonio SAURA (Zaragoza, 1947) (Huesca, 1930 - Cuenca, 1998) Juan GENOVÉS Narcís SERINYÀ (Valencia, 1930 - Madrid, 2020) (Barcelona, 1944) Regina GIMÉNEZ Manolo VALDÉS (Barcelona, 1966) (Valencia, 1942) Maria GIRONA Eulàlia VALLDOSERA (Barcelona, 1923 - 2015) (Barcelona, 1963) Luis GORDILLO Mateo VILAGRASA (Sevilla, 1934) (San Rafael del Maestrazgo, 1944- La Cardosa, Lleida, 2018) Josep GUINOVART (Barcelona, 1927 - 2007) Francesco VOLSI (Trieste, Italia, 1941) Joan HERNÁNDEZ PIJUAN (Barcelona, 1931 - 2005) José María YTURRALDE (Cuenca, 1942) Eduard KAZARIAN (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1964) ZUSH (Barcelona, 1946) Beat KELLER (Solothurn, Suiza, 1953) Marcel MARTÍ

Narcís Serinyà Eduard Kazarian

Elvira Fustero

The exhibition presented brings together the second same time, working the narrative and not limiting to a single lization, naturalization, and consolidation of a state of anthology of artwork from the Bassat collection belonging format. Nevertheless, the preferred format is multimedia affairs prior to the next paradigm shift. That “normaliza- to the 1990's. There are 83 pieces by 40 artists, mostly installation. Obviously, video art and photography, as vehicles tion” of the milestones of the avant-garde is present in the paintings but also with a large representation of sculptures. for plastic arts and which had acquired considerable promi- artwork of the 1990's Bassat collection. This is visible, for The first thing that should be said, albeit obvious, is that nence throughout the previous decade, continue to develop. example, in a group of Spanish artists, from outside these pieces explain the future, the history of their creators, But, of course, these clichés are just the same as stating Catalonia, who had been opposed to Francoism and who, as well as that of their collectors and obviously, a context, a that during the 1960's, everyone went about with an with the consolidation of democracy, are champions of space and a time, Catalonia and during the 1990's. unkempt beard, long hair, and flowers in their hair, preaching the cultural prestige policies of the new democratic However, by no means does history explain these works of free love and living in hippy communes. regime. Those "apocalyptic" of Francoism are those art. In the case that concerns us, the Bassat Collection "integrated" in democracy. If we open any art manual which tells us about the demonstrates a trend: during the 1990's modernity became 1990's, artists and trends which emerged during this period classic. What does this mean? On the one hand, modernity, can be found but everything else is ignored. Artistic clichés understood as a movement that starts with impressionism, of the 90's are politics of gender and of representation, the although roots can be found in artists such as Goya, is no re-politicization of art, post-conceptual practices which take longer prophetic, nor does it scandalize or change paradigms. Text excerpt from Ricard Mas: their inspiration from the conceptual art of the 1970's, On the other hand, post-modernity, as Mannerism was in is The Bassat Collection 1990’s. inserting subjective, hermetic, and casual rhetoric. At the day with the Renaissance movement, constitutes the norma- When modernity became classic.