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Carme Sanglas
 

Carme Sanglas was born in Barcelona in 1953. She lives in Ordis, Alt Empordà, Catalonia, Spain.
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About the Artist

The artist’s work consists of paintings on paper, wood or lead, using the technique of overlaying matte textures with some parts in gold leaf. Gold that has the quality of light incorporated into the picture and at the same time, has its own symbolic value.

Her compositions uses figurative subjects, including figures and objects that, taken out of their normal context or appearance, take on a new form. It is possible to read a descriptive meaning into them in various ways. The images describe themselves or have a certain coherent internal syntax, which is luminous and spatial. At the same time they exist in a strange light that isn’t quite real.

The colors are equidistant between light and darkness, it’s not possible to tell whether it’s dusk or dawn, at times very murky, and at others clearer, but always in stark contrast to the brilliance of the gold. Sometimes the object represented takes on and appears as a distinctive form, or it acquires volume, such as the sheets of lead worked in relief.

Not infrequently, fire is represented (being a process of transformation) and also paths (that imply movement), running water, or simple actions (dawn, a smile or a breath). They add to the dramatic theme of increasing and decreasing light and darkness. One can interpret the images as an allusion to time, as if they were trying to represent or at least suggest it. Sometimes counterposing objects are used, for their own pure presence, and what is said about time.

It is a language that draws information from many sources but that is moving inward. Although appearing similar to that of previous works, with little obvious change, each image evolves into unforseen solutions, discoveries with new meanings, new explanations - and many more questions.

Carme Sanglas has also illustrated periodicals, books and posters. She also enjoys deicatijng part of her time to giving art classes to children in her workshop.
 
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Alimares (Beacons)

2005
36 x 45 cm

Alimares were the bonfires that in past times were lit in high and visible places to communicate from far away or celebrate important events. Under a red sky that colours the composition, we see three bonfires of gold on the peaks of cliffs that rise up out of a sea of black water. In the middle, a still boat. It is a small format with only three colors but it evokes a much more extensive space.

Galvany

2005
92 x 54 cm

Against a background of red dusky light a person, reduced to just a black silhouette stripped of any reference, is crying. This piece is part of a series of figures standing in different poses. Each has the name of a hero from diverse mythologies, distant in geography and time... but notwithstanding, they are all intimately connected.

Llibre del capvespre (The Book

2004
50 x 73 cm

A misty evening sky above the golden sea, where some small black islands float. At the same time they are pages of an open book.

Esplendor del sol (The splendo

2004
21 x 33 x 2 cm

Worked in relief on lead, a sun-belly is embraced and caressed by the black hands of the small black figure that is simply painted on the lead.

Elogi de la matèria (In praise

2004
60 x 71 cm

Emerging from an imprecise magma of paint the color of murky water or what in Catalan would be described as “ the color of a fleeing dog” Five hillocks or promontories rise up and form successive entities: paint, bronze powder, silver and gold leaf, rising up towards the light.

Espill (Mirror)

2004
64 x 60 cm

A dark figure faces the round mirror that she is holding. The mirror appears to be facing us like a full moon with the figure standing before it.

Parar la fosca (Embracing dark

2000
40 x 40 cm

Legs sunk in blue continuum (water, magma, paint?), the figure with arms slightly exaggerated, spreads out a net of gold or light "to embrace the darkness".

Mixed media and gold leaf on p

2000
40 x 40 cm

Against the light, the figure´s immersed extremities, cut the golden magma that moves in a gentle current. If not, the liquid would seem totally still. The eyes reflect the light.
 
Education and biography
1971-1978: studied History of Art at Barcelona University .
1973-1976: studied at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts, Barcelona (unfinished).

Solo exhibitions:
1979: - Galeria Artema, Barcelona.
1980: - Galeria Eude, Barcelona.
1981: - Galeria Canaleta, Figueres.
1983: - Galeria Trece, Barcelona. Drawings from the book De la Cuina al Menjador (From the kitchen to the dining room).
1986: - Espai Anar i Tornar. Col.legi d’Aparelladors. Barcelona.
1990: - Paintings. Sales Municipals d´Exposició Girona. - Galeria Central, Sabadell.
1991: - Taller d'Art. Reus. - Espais. Girona. - Avinyó Gallery. Perelada.
1993: -Figures. Sala Ajuntament, Mataró.
1996: - Text i matèria. Espais:Centre. Girona.
2000: - Ors i cendres (Gold and ashes),Museu de l´Empordà, Figueres.
2003 - Exposition Transfrontalière. Espace République, Montpellier.
2004: - Camins i miralls (Paths and mirrors). Sales Municipals Girona, - Aigua corrent (Running water). Consell Comarcal de l´Alt Empordà. Figueres.
2005: - Palau Solterra. Fundació Vila Casas. Torroella de Montgrí. - Galeria Eude, Barcelona. - Galeria Kroma, Sant Feliu de Guíxols. El cartell del blues (The blues poster), Sala Enric Granados. Cerdanyola.

Group exhibitions:
1995: - Tres parelles (Three pairs). Galeria dels Àngels : Angels Gallery. Barcelona.
1998: - La Mirada del Segle. Museu del Cinema : Cinema Museum. Girona.
- Històries del Cor (Stories from the heart). Museu d'Art : Art Museum. Girona.
1999: - (Per)Versions d'objectes il.lustres. Museu de l'Empordà, Figueres.
2000: - Quí soc? (Who am I?), Museu d´Art, Girona. Itinerant: Sala Blanquerna, Madrid. Sala Ibere Camargo, Porto Alegre. Brasil.
-Art Expo. Galeria Maria Antònia Bagué. Barcelona.
- New Art 2000. TB edicions. Barceló Hotel Sants. Barcelona.
2001: - I Premi de Pintura Contemporània Torroella de Montgrí. Fundació Vila Casas.
- El forat de l´àspid. Viatge i diferència. X mostra de pessebres. Esglèsia del Tura. Olot. Instal.lació.
2002: - 294 artistes per l´esclerosi múltiple (294 artists for multiple sclerosis), Casa de Cultura. Girona.
- 'mEc02: Noves incorporacions’, Museu de l´Empordà, Figueres.
2003: - II Premi de Pintura Contemporània Torroella de Montgrí, Fundació Vila Casas.
- Lot especial Salvem l´Empordàn (Save the Empordà). Museu del Joguet, Figueres.
2004: -Visions del desig: (visions of desire). G. de la Riba. Cadaqués. It: Sala Luzan, Museu Abelló, Mollet del Valles.
2005: -III Premi de Pintura Contemporània Torroella de Montgrí, Fundació Vila Casas.
2006: - De lluna a lluna (From moon to moon). Galeria No+art:No+art, Girona. 4ª Biennal d’Art. Girona.

Collections:
Col.lecció d'art contemporani Fundació "La Caixa". Barcelona. - Col.lecció Testimoni. "La Caixa". Barcelona. - Fundació Espais. Girona. - Col.lecció Salvador Riera. Museu d’Art Contemporani. Barcelona. - Museu de l´Empordà. Figueres. - Col.lecció AGBAR, Aigües de Barcelona. - Museu d´Història de la Ciutat. Girona. - Col.lecció Banc de Sabadell. - Col.lecció Xarxa Cultural. Barcelona. - Museu del Cinema. Girona.- Fundació Vila Casas. Torroella de Montgrí.
 
Future shows
Future shows: Galeria Eude, Barcelona.
Date to be confirmed
 
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