Tomeu Ventayol. Retrospectiva

Trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Barcelona, Tomeu Ventayol (Alcúdia, Mallorca, 1945) burst into the island’s artistic scene towards the end of the eighties with a work purified of any referential element and impregnated with features that will remain throughout his career: formal austerity and extreme compositional simplicity, on the one hand, and an interest in sign elements, on the other, to which he will soon add a passion for three-dimensionality, which will lead him shortly after to develop an intense sculptural activity. In parallel to his pictorial experimentalism, and which becomes constant until today.

Ventayol draws from the sources of geometric abstraction, informalism, objet trouvé, arte povera... but also conceptualism, abstract expressionism, land art, informalism. And although sometimes a face, a human figure or a landscape is taken as a starting point, there will always be a rigorous synthesis process that will conclude in essential, forceful forms, where the effectiveness of the minimal gesture emphasizes its evocative potential.

Tomeu Ventayol. Retrospectiva
Ground floor and mezzanine / Casal Solleric
23rd March - 26th May 2024
Curators: Cati Vallespir and Joan Carles Gomis 

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Next Tuesday, March 7 at 7 pm, as part of the Retrospective exhibition of Tomeu Ventayol, there will be a dialogue visit with the artist, Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta, and the curators of the exhibition: Cati Vallespir and Joan Carles Gomis.

  Tuesday, 7 May, at 7 p.m.

  Casal Solleric

  Free activity

The activity will serve as a window into Ventayol's creative universe, allowing visitors to explore and immerse themselves in his work. Through this opportunity we want to highlight the diversity and depth of her artistic production, from her first explorations to her most recent creations. The interaction between Ventayol's pieces and the space of Casal Solleric establishes a dialogue between art and architecture, enhancing the understanding and appreciation of his work in a museum context.

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