"From Miró to Barceló. Joan J. Puig, the adventure of collecting"

The Museu del Suro de Catalunya opens the exhibition De Miró in Barceló on 15 July at 7.30 pm. Joan J. Puig, the adventure of collecting, a unique opportunity to meet the most relevant artists of the 20th and 21st centuries through a fun tour that aims to bring contemporary art closer to all audiences.

International artists such as Robert Delaunay, Sol Lewit, Ben Vautier or Fede coexist with a remarkable representation of the Catalan school, which includes Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies and Joan Brossa to Narcís Comadira, Jordi Alcaraz, Samuel Salcedo or Maria Yelletisch. The Madrid scene is another important axis of the collection, which begins in the post-war years with Antonio Saura to continue with Guillermo Pérez Villalta and El Roto, until reaching the proposals of Oscar Mariné or Edgar Plans .

It is relevant to highlight the presence of award-winning and world-renowned artists such as Miquel Barceló or Ángela de la Cruz, both represented through key works in their careers, as well as Cesc Abad, Oscar Mariné, Xevi Solà or Victor Dolz.

The sensitivity and knowledge of Joan J. Puig lead him to choose the most representative and mature pieces of each author, works of reference without a doubt, which make it possible to form a collection rich in content, diverse and dynamic but at the same time complete and coherent. All of this allows us to take a journey not only through the history of contemporary art but through sensations, feelings and ideas, maintaining a constant and captivating dialogue with the works.

As Anna Pou van der Bossche, curator of the exhibition, says, Puig's interest in existentialist literature and the philosophy of Emil Cioran define the collection, which as in a tragicomedy the works move to the rhythm of a strong vital drive between two poles: color, joy and sensuality that coexist with emptiness, darkness or impotence. The pieces parade orgiastically in a kind of Bacchic dance that reflects the character of its owner, a vital, tireless, traveling and curious man who lives literally surrounded by his works, with which he needs to live.