Alfons Borrell Palazon - Alfons Borrell Palazón - zeefdruk 'Cuadrado azul' ('Blue Square') - Verkocht

Kunstenaar:  Alfons Borrell Palazón (Barcelona, 1931)

 

Titel:  Cuadrado azul (Blue Square), 1990 

 

Techniek:  Zeefdruk

 

Gesigneerd:  ja 

 

Genummerd: 19 / 99 

 

Formaat:  76 × 56 cm

 

Born in Barcelona in 1940 his family moved to Sabadell, where Alfons Borrell lives since he was 9 years old. After several casual jobs in 1950 he completed his military service in Port de Pollença (Mallorca), where he attended the workshop of Hermen Anglada Camarasa. In Barcelona, he made two free courses in life drawing at the Escola de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi drawing school.

 

In 1955 Borrell evolved from figurative to abstract painting. The same year, he participated with Joaquim Montserrat in the creation of the Sala d'Art Actual Art Gallery in Sabadell and helped to create the Academy of Fine Arts of Sabadell. He worked for the Riutort magazine directed by Andreu Castells.

 

In 1969 he joined the Gallot Group with Antonio Angle, Llorenç Balsach i Grau, Joan Josep Bermúdez, Manuel Duque, Josep Llorens, Joaquim Montserrat and Lluís Vila Plana following the art of Action Painting; which various perform actions on the street, both in Sabadell and Barcelona. Invited by the art critic Cirici Pellicer, he participated in the inaugural exhibition of the first Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. 

 

Solo exhibits:

1978 - Espai 10, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. 1979 - Galeria Joan Prats Gallery, Barcelona. 1987 - Galérie Anne Marie de Sacy, Paris. 1988 - New York Exhibitions, New York. 1990 - Francony Gallery, Tokyo, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, California. 1996 - Alfons Borrell o l'aura de pintura, travelling exhibit, several museums in Catalonia. 2006 - Alfons Borrell o la celebració del color, Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat. 2007 - Alfons Borrell o la celebració del color, Museu d'Art de Sabadell, Sabadell, Catalonia. 2011 – Alfons Borrell. Obra sobre paper 1956-2010, Fundació Palau, Caldes d'Estrac, Catalonia. 2013 - Alfons Borrell. Obra sobre paper 1956-2010, Museu d'Art de Sabadell. 2015 - Alfons Borrell. Els treballs i els dies, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona.