“Tàpies” documentary (BBC 1990)

[@joaofeiteira6309]

Great documentary. This is how I also view art: a reminder of a higher ground, a shelter from the mundane and chaos of the superficial existence, the violence, the cheating, the lies we tell. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@zohremeshkini2309]

One of the best documentary about him.... With beautiful atmosphere and symbols

[@chambermuses7802]

The essence of his aim is beautifully expressed at 1:25 - "... the true meaning of a work of art [is] its power to transform the individual consciousness, to carry us towards that state where, for a moment, we're in touch with a higher reality."

[@Michael-jr1dc]

Powerful words around 54:00 - "To search for a true equilibrium-to find a perfect balance between what a man knows and what he does-seems to me to be one of the most beautiful ends to which an artist can direct himself. And not only an artist-it should be the ambition of anyone who thinks seriously about the world."

[@roybrown1529]

One of the great artists of the century...enjoyed the documentary...thanks to all.

[@juanantoniocobomartinez6764]

Tapies. Un farsante. Una obra sin técnica y vacía en todos los sentidos.

[@richardmcmurry9102]

I enjoy the almost monochromatic aspect of his art. Great documentary!!!

[@rr7firefly]

The extremely limited palette is a welcome relief from the chromatic cacophony in more contemporary visual art. Even more restricted than a composition in an analogous color scheme. For me, trained as an architect, the absence of finely drawn continuous lines and well-defined shapes is strangely intriguing. Tàpies' rough textures and broken edges are exotic departures from what we design professionals would choose when we make something. The organic language he employs in his art offers a shocking re-interpretation of familiar materiality. I am still studying all this. // I failed to speak of the higher purpose in Tàpies' art. He clearly states that ultimately the marks he makes and the materials he shapes are intended to lead us to see beyond the physical.

[@edub9930]

Lovely insight. Happy trails

[@neildaly6787]

Well said! You might be interested in some of his early drawings, including some self-portraits, from the late 1940's.

[@darylcumming7119]

Thank you.

[@whitesnowy1301]

진귀한 영상 감사합니다 두고두고 볼게요

[@lynsey6088]

I enjoyed this documentary. I'll visit the Fundació tomorrow and this context will be important for understanding his work.

[@SoopSoopa]

Does anyone recognize the music at 18:22 ?

[@neildaly6787]

The piece is called "Tabula Rasa" by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. This album with Gil Shaham on the violin is a good introduction to Pärt's work: kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_kOQRhnl3f7U0zRAC-VhyQyFoxQmmqJsNw

[@boristabareag3598]

Bringing to our eyes the story and the poetry of a rusty door, a moldering surface. A thousand years constrained into a painting. That is what Tapies would do.

[@pedroparamo7351]

Sorry, I don't understand. Was this guy Tapié the teacher of Basquiat????

[@johnA012]

Thank you KunstSpektrum for posting and a monster thank you 'maestro', for sharing..

[@johnA012]

RIP

[@yoshisniper34]

important moments: 11:29 12:35-12:45 14:35-14:46

[@jimneysweep9810]

Finally an English one . Thank you . He is so good

[@rodkirkbride2230]

@@benisrood he did a beautiful job.

[@unbroken1010]

@@benisrood good job

[@unbroken1010]

I know

[@grigorigrigorian-nu2yn]

BELLISSIMO❤

[@talentohumanonodispar]

12:02 si ese fuese el último linezo de tu vida, ¡ayy corazón!

[@ЕдкийНатр-ъ1т]

In Catalonia he is the big star!

[@christianegonbarnthaler1426]

super art

[@perttiheinikko3780]

Great artist, great film! I have one lithograph by him, but it maybe suffers from the flaw of understatement that the man himself brought up. Black on brown paper, a cross, the letter a and what I figure are basically spectacles upside down. I'm not sure what to think of the picture...

[@LuisTorres-wk6ir]

Obra de Mda como una casa

[@jasperjasper5534]

thank you

[@opelsnest]

now i feel more artsy

[@adamblackshaw9151]

Excellent. Hate to be his studio assistant and having to clean up after him. And let's not talk about the OH&S issues here either lol

[@unbroken1010]

Love it

[@N7Sound]

#Hamparte

[@luvansynunez3389]

Hamparte, hamparte, cogio pintura, una escoba, hizo un 8 un corazón, no duró 10 minutos teoríza hacerca de la pintura y materiales y ya.... Que asco de verdad que halla gente que crea que eso es arte y del bueno.

[@keltyk]

Is the director looking back and squirming at how pretentious this documentary is? Possibly it was just a thing of it's time, that aged badly. It also looks like he's padding it out, to the detriment of Tapies' work

[@luvansynunez3389]

#Hamparte puro y duro.... Osea vale 0

[@cliffdariff74]

Hate the groaning music.

[@zoilenysantos]

carlos v no caramba no me gusta este artistas creo que hay artistas mejores no me gusta para nada colores muy feos feos ccolores no colgaria un cuadro asi en mi casa.

[@BBRocker75]

Fraud-ies! He and Miró were ahead hampartista movement.

[@nikolausgerszewski2086]

This is like Beuys without a content.

[@alternativefuture]

Junk

[@heraldeventsandfilms5970]

See you NT.

[@ЕдкийНатр-ъ1т]

Shooting junk and paint as good as Tapies

[@benevolentbaphomet]

To keep it funky reminds me of neglected public bathroom occupied by a crazy religious bum man. Maybe it's for swish pumpous high class people

[@willmercury]

Taste their subjective, but they also are cultivated. Save by you.

[@cazacevschi]

what a waste of space and canvas

[@jeffreyolson2139]

What a waste of letters!

[@willmercury]

The space between your ears...