Today I took a metro trip down to Caixa Forum to go see ^ an artist from Majorca (an island in the Balearics). I got off at Plaza Espana an area I'm definitely going to be visiting a lot. After walking 10 mins in the wrong direction I followed the obvious street signs and ended up on the right track, which happens to be a beautiful walk through 2 pillars in the direction of the monumental MNAC Museum (hopefully my next visit) and towards Monjuic. As I approached Caixa Forum I noticed a giant sculpture out front, which I first perceived to be a grotesque interpretation of an organ. Look for yourself.
But as I got closer it was obvious what it was... an
elephant. This was the first piece of Miquel Barcelo's exhibit only a prelude to the many animals represented by Barceló. What I found most interesting about the pieces in the exhibit were all the different elements and materials he used. From cardboard to clay and watercolors to oil his work creatively combines the natural and material worlds. One of my favorite pieces was a self-portrait (autorretrato) Barceló created on cardboard with sticks. The image was contrived by puncturing holes and creating scrapes over the canvas and quit impressively it truly resembled him. Iv been looking for a picture on the Internet but haven’t come across it yet when I do ill post it. Also intriguing but extremely bizarre was a video of Barceló creating one of his pieces. The video was basically a repetition of Barceló being pounded with giant clay pots as he struck a pose … its art right? Over all I enjoyed the exhibit his upbringing near the ocean is undeniable as a major influence bellow is a picture of a piece appropriately named "L'amour+ Fou" there were many pieces like this one The ocean is a reaccuring theme in his work. Also on display were illustrations Barceló created for the Dante's Inferno, its worth checking out online. .... well thats all I got for now im beat
at the bottom of the blog ill post the press release for the show if you’re interested in more info.

>>http://press.lacaixa.es/socialprojects/miquel-barcelo-caixaforum-bcn-engl__816-c-7262__.html