Presentation of the catalogue Àngel Jové. De Intactu

The presentation of the catalogue of Àngel Jové. De Intactu concludes the public program that the Museu Tàpies has organized within the framework of the temporary exhibition, a program that has been marked by polyphony, dialogue between disciplines and the desire to open new ways of approaching the figure of a creator with a production of many registers.

More than a record of the exhibition, this catalogue expands and unfolds the universe of Àngel Jové from a plurality of perspectives. Thus, the publication brings together contributions from leading voices in the fields of art, literature, and thought, creating a multifaceted reading that engages with the complexity of his work. The texts by Enrique Vila-Matas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Javier Antich, José Luis Corazón, Jesús Martínez Clarà, and Maria Josep Balsach offer complementary approaches to Jové’s trajectory: from the most intimate and literary dimension to the international reach of his practice; from a historical review of the Catalan artistic context of the 1970s and 80s to the philosophical, aesthetic, and poetic readings that explore recurring concepts in his work, such as illumination, trauma, the scream, and the horizon.

This meeting will be an opportunity to share the key aspects of a publication that extends the research begun by the exhibition and contributes to situating Àngel Jové’s work from new interpretive frameworks, making the catalogue a collective work that, true to the spirit of Àngel Jové. De Intactu continues to raise questions and generate dialogue.

The event will feature the participation of Imma Prieto, director of the Tàpies Museum; Maria Josep Balsach, curator of the exhibitionÀngel Jové. De Intactu and Enrique Vila-Matas, one of the voices included in the catalogue. As the culmination of the event, and of the public program linked to the exhibition, the poet, narrator, and literary critic Susanna Rafart will offer a reading of poems conceived as an activation of Àngel Jové’s poetic constellation.