The Memory of Objects
The collection of works you will see in this exhibition presented by Emili Biarnés (Barcelona, 1956) at the Museu del Càntir in Argentona, despite having been created at different times during his long and fruitful artistic career, form a unity. These works highlight the artist's personality. Nothing is more valuable in art than the honest artist who is able to convey to us, through materials, the concepts of human life, time, and finite temporality. An artist interested in the boundaries of time, in the transit between past and future, ultimately, he continually speaks to us about the threshold, as this exhibition is titled.
I would define Emili Biarnés as a sculptor with a capital S. A creator of objects with a harmonious geometric base where the crack, archaeology, and alchemy play an important role.
Emili does not follow a directed mastery, which we could call classical, but rather explores other avenues of research. The result is these hybrid objects, sometimes incorporating glass, iron, engobes, and so on, all combining with fire.
The viewer will ask many questions, wondering if the piece could belong to an ancestral past or have arrived from the future in a reversed time. It is in this context that the artist's thoughts on the philosophy of life itself are present. From his solitary reflection in the house-studio on the outskirts of the small village of Raset (Cervià de Ter, Gironès) in the midst of nature, he has been working masterfully with earth and fire for over thirty years.
Immerse yourself in the mystery emanating from his works, with a careful gaze on these pieces born from his hands. Penetrate carefully those shimmering patinas of enchanting metallic blues, which contrast brilliantly with the finishes that seem extracted directly from nature itself, such as volcanic earth and others, so well found by the artist.
Emili creates objects from a civilization yet to be discovered, which stimulate our imagination and make us think. Therefore, it is up to each viewer to interpret, to let the work speak to us about the objects' possible memory.
Maguí Noguer Torres
Director of the Valvi Foundation
The Memory of Objects
The collection of works you will see in this exhibition presented by Emili Biarnés (Barcelona, 1956) at the Museu del Càntir in Argentona, despite having been created at different times during his long and fruitful artistic career, form a unity. These works highlight the artist's personality. Nothing is more valuable in art than the honest artist who is able to convey to us, through materials, the concepts of human life, time, and finite temporality. An artist interested in the boundaries of time, in the transit between past and future, ultimately, he continually speaks to us about the threshold, as this exhibition is titled.
I would define Emili Biarnés as a sculptor with a capital S. A creator of objects with a harmonious geometric base where the crack, archaeology, and alchemy play an important role.
Emili does not follow a directed mastery, which we could call classical, but rather explores other avenues of research. The result is these hybrid objects, sometimes incorporating glass, iron, engobes, and so on, all combining with fire.
The viewer will ask many questions, wondering if the piece could belong to an ancestral past or have arrived from the future in a reversed time. It is in this context that the artist's thoughts on the philosophy of life itself are present. From his solitary reflection in the house-studio on the outskirts of the small village of Raset (Cervià de Ter, Gironès) in the midst of nature, he has been working masterfully with earth and fire for over thirty years.
Immerse yourself in the mystery emanating from his works, with a careful gaze on these pieces born from his hands. Penetrate carefully those shimmering patinas of enchanting metallic blues, which contrast brilliantly with the finishes that seem extracted directly from nature itself, such as volcanic earth and others, so well found by the artist.
Emili creates objects from a civilization yet to be discovered, which stimulate our imagination and make us think. Therefore, it is up to each viewer to interpret, to let the work speak to us about the objects' possible memory.
Maguí Noguer Torres
Director of the Valvi Foundation