FREDERIC AMAT NOGUERA (Barcelona, 1952).
"L'estrany i l'ocell", 1994.
Mixed media on paper adhered to wood.
Signed and dated in the lower left-hand corner.
Size: 46 x 38 cm; 52,5 x 44,5 cm (frame).
A painter, engraver and set designer, Amat's work belongs to the experimental and conceptual tendencies of the 1970s. His themes revolve around death, violence, sex and architectures, real or imaginary. Trained in Barcelona, between 1975 and 1982 he travelled around North Africa, Mexico and the United States. He has not only worked in the field of painting, but has also developed his facet as a sculptor, as well as creating stage designs linked to dance and theatre. He has directed and organised various opera performances, such as Caldara's "Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo". He has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally, notably in France, Germany, Italy and the United States. Between 1993 and 1994 he was the subject of a major retrospective at the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico, the Joan Miró Foundation and the Instituto de América in Granada. In 2007 he was awarded the National Visual Arts Prize of Catalonia, granted by the Catalan Government, in recognition of the exhibition held at the Carles Taché Gallery. Today his work is divided between important private collections and different art centres, notably the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona.