Joan Rabascall

Publication based on the eponymous series of works (“The Catalan painting lesson”, a devious and ironic presentation of traditional standards of academic painting), with an interview and commissioned essays by Brigitte Léal and Pierre Restany.

A text by Rabascall on the relationship between real, pictorial and TV landscapes, whose layout refers to media imagery on which Spanish artist has worked for over thirty years.

A text by Rabascall on the relationship between real, pictorial and TV landscapes, whose layout refers to media imagery on which Spanish artist has worked for over thirty years. This limited edition features an original and unique artwork for each copy signed by the artist, a silkscreen print enhanced with collages and vegetal elements.

This artist's book presents a series of works by Joan Rabascall realized in small plastic TV screens, parodying the kitsch of TV series: a playful journey with the popular culture icons of the XXth century. Full colors photos are accompanied by a text by Masashi Ogura, evoking the determining place of the small screen in Japanese culture.