Àngels Ribé (born 1943 in Barcelona) is considered one of the most important Catalan conceptual artists of the 70s. With a strong international presence, she worked alongside such artists as Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Gordon Matta-Clark, Lawrence Weiner, Hannah Wilke, Martha Wilson, Francesc Torres, and Krzysztof Wodiczko, among others.
Biography
editRibé moved from Barcelona to Paris in 1966, and in 1969 began creating sculpture and installations, later actions and performances, working primarily with space and the body.[1]
In 1972 Ribé moved to the United States, where she lived and worked for several months in Chicago before settling in New York City. She returned to Barcelona in 1980.[2]
Work
editRibe's work, contextualized in the conceptual art of the late 60s and 70s, utilized nontraditional material, which she gradually discarded to concentrate on the ephemeral—light and shadow—and the location of the body in space. In Catalonia, her work is in the collections of the Vila Casas Foundation[3] and the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art MACBA. Her work from 1969 to 1984 was the subject of a retrospective at MACBA in 2011.
Main works
edit- Laberint (1969)[4]
- Acció al parc (1969)
- Escuma (1969)
- 3 punts (1970–1973)
- Transport d'un raig de llum (1972)
- Invisible Geometry 3 (1973)
- Light Interaction and Wind Interaction (1973)
- N.A.M.E. (1974) Performance
- Véhicule (1974) Performance at la Galérie de Mont-real.
- Two Main Subjective Points on an Objective Trajectory (1975)
- Can't Go Home (1977)
- Amagueu les nines, que passen els lladres
- Triangle (1978)
- Ornamentació (1979)
- Paisatge (1983)
Main exhibits
edit| Year | Title | Place | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Laberint | Centre Artístique de Verderonne | París |
| 1975 | Two Main subjective Pints on an Objective Trajectory | 3 Mercer St. Gallery | New York |
| 1977 | Can't Go Home | C Space Gallery | New York |
| 1977 | Amagueu les nines que passen els lladres | Galeria G | Barcelona |
| 1977 | El viatge: primera part: No es pot tornar | Espai Tres. Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sabadell | Sabadell |
| 1978 | I demà encara plourà, encara que els elelfants tinguin por (perquè tenen els ulls petits) | Fundació Joan Miró | Barcelona |
| 1979 | E la forma | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Bellaterra |
| 1979 | Ornamentació | Escola Universitària de Professorat | Sant Cugat del Vallès |
| 1979 | Ornamentation: the unrelated Object | C Space Gallery | New York |
| 1980 | Bajo el... | Sala de Cultura de la Caja de Ahorros de Pamplona | Pamplona |
| 1983 | Escultures | Espai 10, Fundació Miró | Barcelona |
| 1998 | Angels Ribé 1997 | Centre d'Art Santa Mònica. Espai Vau[5] | Barcelona |
| 1998 | El terrat | Galeria Senda | Barcelona |
| 2003 | Àngels Ribé | Fundació Vila Casas, Espai VolART[6] | Barcelona |
| 2011 | En el laberint. Àngels Ribé 1969-1984 | MACBA[7] | Barcelona |
Awards
edit- 2012 - Premi Nacional de Cultura[8]
References
edit- ^ "El Punt Avui".
- ^ "Àngels Ribé i el canvi de paradigma en l'art dels anys setanta".
- ^ http://www.fundaciovilacasas.com/ca/projecte_art/artistes/2444/ficha_artista [dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Centre d'Art Santa Mònica. Barcelona (1998). Àngels Ribé: 1997; Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, gener 1998. Centre d'Art Santa Mònica. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Àngels Ribé; Juan Bufill (2003). Àngels Ribé: del 4 de setembre al 4 d'octubre de 2003, Fundació Vila Casas, Espai VolART, Barcelona. Espai VolART. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ 15/07/2011- 23/10/2011. 70 artworks or photos of the artist's first years
- ^ "Premis Nacionals de Cultura 2012". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
Further reading
edit- Àngels Ribé (1998). Àngels Ribé 1997. Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 28 September 2011.