Walls, Surfaces or Tàpies

During his career, Antoni Tàpies explored the new possibilities offered by painting and experimented with extra-pictorial materials such as powdered marble to achieve different textures in his work. As he was doing this, as he himself said, the painting surprised him by turning into a wall surface.

Have you ever noticed the walls around you at home? What do they tell us? How do they do it? During the activity we want to listen to the surfaces of the walls [the Catalan name of the activity, Parets, murs i tàpies is a play on words in Catalan: all of them mean different types of wall, and of course one is also the artist’s name]. All together, we’ll find out about the creative process behind Antoni Tàpies’ wall creations, about his communicative ability and his fascination for walls. At the same time, while walking around, we will look at the marks on the walls around the museum to see what stories they have to tell.

Family activity