Joan Gardy Artigas
Catalan Artist (1938)
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Transgression, Punishment, Responsibility, Forgiveness
Transgression, Punishment, Responsibility, Forgiveness
Framed: 15 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Inside Frame: 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
Signed by Artist
c. 1998
Edition: 88/100
Transgression, punishment, responsibility, forgiveness. Original color lithograph, 1998. 100 signed and numbered impressions on wove paper published by Graven Images, Madison WI. This lithograph was commissioned for Transgression, punishment, responsibility, forgiveness: Studies in Culture, Law, and the Sacred (Madison: University of Wisconsin Lawschool 1998). "When I asked him which quadrant was devoted to which concept, he replied that each viewer will have to make that decision for themselves." from Spaightwood Galleries
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About the Artist
Joan Gardy Artigas (born 1938) is a Catalan ceramist, artist and (was) a close collaborator with Joan Miró.
Artigas was born on 18 June 1938 in Boulogne-Billancourt (near Paris) and his father was Josep Llorens Artigas who worked closely with Miró and Pablo Picasso. Artigas was able to work for Miró, whilst still a teenager, because of his father's relationship with Miró. Artigas trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he met the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti.[1] Artigas established his own studio where at Giacometti's suggestion he concentrated on sculpture. Artigas supplied his expertise to the Georges Braque and Marc Chagall.
When Artigas created the 7,200 tiles for the Miró Wall he coloured the tiles based on an image which Miró had created. Using that scale model, he marked out each section on an individual 20 by 36 centimetres (7.9 in × 14.2 in) tile. The artwork includes the signatures of both artists. Artigas' signature is dated 1979.
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