Ceramics by Miquel Barceló in Thaddaeus Ropac London

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"Miquel Barceló's first exhibition of ceramics in London reveals his inventive approach to the medium, which has long been central to his practice. Inspired by ancient techniques from Mali and his native Mallorca, Barceló's ceramic sculptures are captured in a moment of dissolution or becoming, a state of 'continuous transformation'. They seem to evolve before our eyes into other forms: sprouting leaves, rippling with marine life or folding in on themselves.

Barceló's vessels are intentionally deconstructed and expressively distorted, with ripples and folds or perforations that open them up to the surrounding space. In gestural, expressive strokes of paint, he depicts the simplified forms of fish and bison, botanical and human figures, recalling the cave paintings in Lascaux where he spent time alongside palaeontologists.

Ceramics have become central to Barceló's artistic production, forming the basis of several large-scale works. The central role of the body in his ceramics is exemplified in his Paso Doble performance, conceived with choreographer Josef Nadj for the Avignon Festival in 2006. Barceló describes this as 'a way of staging the tools and gestures of my work with clay. The body as a tool. The body in positive and negative, mould and cast.' The performance has since been staged in New York, Madrid, Zurich, Barcelona, Paris, Athens and Mali as a tribute to those who introduced him to the art of ceramics."

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