Miquel Barceló and Asia: The ascetic in the cave

He often frequents the reserved area of the Guimet Museum, Miquel Barceló's (Mallorca, 1957) first contact with oriental art. Among many other places he has visited the Himalayas, where he travels with devotion. From this mountain range he is amazed by the caves with remote Buddhist paintings: after walking for hours through a mountain without a path, at a small entrance he could see paintings with fragments of lapis lazuli and gold that nobody had stolen. In the solitude of the cave there was an ascetic, so he decided to lower his voice, but his guide began to dance and explained: "to him we are like an ant: he does not see us". He began to meditate not long ago, to discover that he already knew how to control his breathing because he had been diving all his life, and that meditation was very much associated with the loneliness and immobility of the artist.
Fourth chapter of the mini-documentary series entitled "Asia and I. Conversations with artists", which includes extracts from interviews with thirteen artists by the curatorial team of the exhibition "The Asian Principle. China, Japan and India and contemporary art in Spain (1957-2017)" as part of the oral history project "Asia and contemporary art in Spain".
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Muy interesante! Felicitaciones Miguel ! Gracias por compartir! 🎄🌷💫🎄🌷💫🎄🌷💫🎄

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Que Grande!

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Es el nuevo Bob Ross del arte moderno.