Antoni Llena: Smokey Memories

The publishers L’Avenç and Blume are pleased to jointly present the publication Antoni Llena. Memòries de fum [Antoni Llena: Smokey Memories], on the terrace of the Museu Tàpies.

In this book, Antoni Llena seeks to explain artistic consciousness on the basis of defects and fears, in a fresco that unfolds like a mural charged with contradictions. He begins by sketching out his family context, how he met the person who would be his first partner, a person he still lives with, and enduring friendship. It continues by explaining the unique way Llena discovered art, and his choice to live in the world at a distance, searching for modernity through anachronisms. His decision to live in the world from outside the world. His discovery of art, his interests and his ambitions. His own particular way of doing things, and the roots that have made it grow. His struggles to find a place of his own that was radical, without it being detached from tradition. The artistic personalities who have shaped it, along with the works he has created and others that have influenced him. The path he has taken, without having to lay out a set of markers along the way to get there. Eroticism, loves and phobia, and so much more. Understanding art as a political reality set apart from trendy political choices. Then, all told, his efforts to ensure it is all well written.

This presentation features the presence of the author, Antoni Llena, the philosopher Xavier Antich and the publishers Leopoldo Blume and Josep M. Muñoz.