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Organized in collaboration with Fearless Art and the Royal Artistic Circle of Spain, the exhibition presented more than twenty works associated with four artists: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, John Clark and Alberto Carrera. Watercolors, prints, oil paintings and mixed-media works explored Spanish street scenes, ports, Mediterranean fish, still lifes and portraits.
The exhibition also included abstract and nature-inspired works, alongside sculptures by Kim Sung Bok, Jang Sung Jae, Kim Byung Kyu, Yang Tae Geun, Daniel Arsham and Banksy Lven, as listed in the exhibition materials.
We sincerely thank the Korean sculptors and the Chinese gallery for bringing this exhibition to a successful conclusion during the difficult pandemic period.
Introduction to the Royal Artistic Circle of Spain
Founded in 1881 and associated with royal patronage.
The association is based in Barcelona’s historic Savassona Palace and has a long history of supporting artists in Spain.
Combining the roles of an arts academy, club and foundation, the association has brought together prominent artists including Picasso, Miró and Dalí. It also maintains a significant private library in Catalonia, with collections of documents, periodicals, historic books and manuscripts.
Its membership includes artists, connoisseurs, critics and collectors. Exhibitions, courses, concerts and exchanges support artistic activity in Spain.
Since its foundation, the association has encouraged artistic and cultural activities, including exhibitions, courses, concerts and artist exchanges, and has developed international connections.
Royal Artistic Circle of Spain
A special exhibition organized in collaboration with a Chinese gallery, held in Xiamen, China.
Prominent members of the Royal Artistic Circle of Spain: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Montserrat Caballé, Josep Carreras and Conchita Vents Oliver
About the Exhibition Venue
The Royal Artistic Circle’s headquarters in Barcelona includes the historic Casa Pignatelli and Casa Bassols buildings.
Located in the city center, the premises include several levels, terraces and a roof.
One of its distinctive features is the L-shaped arrangement along Cucurulla Street.
Carved windows, friezes and columns reflect the character of the historic buildings.
Sculptural details include references to Hercules and Barcelona’s founding mythology.
The Atlantis Hall draws on the myth of Atlantis, with painted and sculpted decoration.
The venue brings together historic architecture and artistic heritage.
Salvador Dalí (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) was a Spanish Catalan artist born in Figueres, known for his Surrealist work and extraordinary imagination. His unsettling, dreamlike imagery combines precise draftsmanship with techniques influenced by Renaissance masters. His unconventional public persona became inseparable from the reception of his art.
Works discussed in the exhibition materials include The Persistence of Memory, Un Chien Andalou and Premonition of Civil War. Dalí made a major contribution to Surrealism and twentieth-century art by giving dreams a precise and compelling visual form.
Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor and a central figure in modern art. His extensive and innovative work helped shape twentieth-century visual culture. Major works include Guernica, Dove of Peace, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and La Vie.
Alberto Carrera (1952–2016) was born in Huesca in northern Spain and lived in Barcelona. His paintings read as a visual diary of his emotional relationship with the world. Their portraits, gestures and layered imagery combine energy with reflection on tragedy, compassion and human existence.
Selected exhibitions mentioned in the exhibition materials include “Time Is Also Color” at Goya in 2015, “The Color of the Night” at Villahermosa Palace in 2013, “Role” at Maria Jesus Gallery in 2011, and an exhibition at the national gallery in Dakar, Senegal, in 2008.
John Clarke graduated from the Ruskin School of Fine Art at Oxford University in 1986. He subsequently worked in sculpture, taught at art colleges and worked in galleries before spending five years as an art director at Sony. He continued painting throughout this period and returned to full-time independent painting in 2010.
Since 2015, Clarke has exhibited in London, New York, Bristol and Cambridge, including at the Royal Academy of Arts. His activities have included public presentations, art fairs and media features. His paintings use simplified figures, imagery and allegory to explore the psychological conditions of contemporary working life. Contrasts between crowded figures and isolated forms suggest stillness, loneliness and uncertainty.
These four Korean artists have participated in numerous exhibitions in Korea. Their predominantly stainless steel sculptures joined this exhibition as a tribute to the masters.
Artist: Pablo Picasso | Title: Absinthe and Fruit Bowl
Composition with a glass and fruit bowl; printmaking on a copper plate
Color etching and engraving
Dimensions: 83.5 × 63 cm
Year: 1965
Paper: French acid-free Arches paper
Signature: signed by the artist
Publisher: Atelier Crommelynck, Paris
Publisher’s stamp: “ATELIER CROMMELYNCK PARIS EDITEUR”
Reference: Mallen, Enrique, ed. Online Picasso Project (OPP), 1997–2015.
Sam Houston State University. Reference 65:016.
Salvador Dalí | The Four Seasons series uses figures and motifs to represent each season.
Butterflies evoke spring, flowers suggest summer, poppies mark autumn, and footprints in snow recall winter.
Alongside precise imagery, Dalí’s work also explores freer painterly expression.
The seasons have long been a recurring subject for painters, musicians and other artists. These works belong to Dalí’s Las cuatro estaciones series.
The individual titles are:
Spring / Las cuatro estaciones, La primavera
Summer / Las cuatro estaciones, El verano
Autumn / Las cuatro estaciones, El otoño
Winter / Las cuatro estaciones, El invierno
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Alberto Carrera
Artist: John Clark
Artists: KIM BYUNG KYU · JANG SUNG JAE
Artist: KIM SUNG BOK
作者：梁太根
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