Antoni Tàpies: La pratique de l'art. Peinture our eyes open wide to

our eyes open wide to Paris

thanks to a donation from the heirs of a private collector

as well as Luxembourg

not only among themselves but with the earth and the universe

Siena is home to a pictorial tradition that would prove fundamental to the history of Western art

Antoni Tàpies: La pratique de l'art. Peinture our eyes open wide toThis book was published on the occasion of the retrospective marking the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tpies (Barcelona, 1923 2012), a key figure in post war modern art. It presents numerous key works from each of the artist's periods: after his self portraits and works influenced by surrealism and Dadaism, Tpies produced his first matiriste paintings in the 1950s, which incorporated raw materials, stains, and signs. Formal and material