On display new work of the Catalan Joanpere Massana, installations, works on wood and paper relating his latest research project "The Book of the water to Martí."
His latest project is the natural evolution of research initiated by "The Book of Water", presented officially in Italy at the PAN - Palazzo delle Arti Napoli in 2007. Among the works show an installation composed of soft toys like ancient puppets, now mummified, completely autonomous and apparently coated with a thin layer of powdered iron in advanced oxidation, all suspended above cylinder of limestone, as if to represent the arduous journey of life and the weight of the deposit of our past.
A new book to browse, share and going over all the dimensions that have always characterized the conceptual aspect of time and memory in the works of Spanish artist. A set of symbols, codes and signs apparently simple, and a more thorough analysis of our past, for the vision of a contemporary and future path.
A man / artist who question everything and everyone, to select and secure a future fluid as water to the new son Martí.

"(...) Once more, the art is that it is visible and tangible that being real is not just a personal feeling, but thanks to the art becomes something that can be shared only among those who have lived for wishes. (...) "

(by the critic Arnau Puig)


Joanpere Massana born in Ponts, Lleida (Spain) in 1968, where he lives and works.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, specialization Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts "Sant Jordi" in Barcelona.
Professor and Head of Sculpture Department of Plastic Arts Academy Tàrrega.
Collaborated since 1991 with several galleries in Spain, Italy, France and Germany.
His works are in museums, art galleries, foundations and collections in Italy, Spain and France, among these include: Collection Sanofi-Aventis. Milan. - Collection Alfa Wasserman. Milan-Bologna-Lisbon - Collection Monestir de Santes Creus. - Foundation "la Caixa". - Instituto d'Estudis Ilerdencs. Diputació de Lleida. - French Institute of Barcelona - Museo Comarcal de l 'Urgell. Tàrrega. - Museum of Sant Pol de Mar. Barcelona. - Pinacoteca di Jesi. Italy. - University Catalana d 'Estiu.

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