Colloquium: So bad that we like it

Thursday 25, May, 2023 18.30 h. - Thursday 25, May, 2023

Can Framis, Barcelona

With Rafel G. Bianchi, Pere Llobera and Antonio Ortega. Moderated by Eloy Fernández Porta

Three of the most notable Catalan artists of their generation discuss notions of quality and aesthetic value, drawing on how their own creative practices relate to ‘bad’ painting as a source of inspiration or a critique of the pictorial canon, from conceptualist perspectives and an unabashed humour.

Rafel G. Bianchi (Olot, 1967) has held many exhibitions, for example, Segunda parte (Max Estrella), La bandera en la cima (CGAC, Santiago), El col·lecionista absent (NoguerasBlanchard) and Si camina com un lloro i parla com un lloro, és un lloro (Centre Cultural Terrassa). His work has won awards such as the Premi BBVA de Pintura Ricard Camí and Premi de Pintura Fundació Vila Casas. He teaches painting at the Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona. Instagram: @rafel_g.bianchi.

Pere Llobera (Barcelona, 1970) has held exhibitions such as Cuadros para poder vivir (Galería F2, Madrid), Supuració etílica de la pedra (MNAC), Faula Rodona (La Capella), Orplid (Bombon Projects) and Coses que fan crack (Fundació Joan Brossa), which won the PostBrossa competition. He had an artist’s residency at Rijksakademie (Amsterdam) in 2006 and 2007 and has won the Premio Estampa. Instagram: @perellobera.

Antonio Ortega (Sant Celoni, 1968) has held exhibitions such as Populisme i Popularitat (Museu de l’Empordà), Werbung und Demagogie (Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman), Demagogie et Propaganda (Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Paris) and El múltiple i la seva rèplica (ADN), and he curated Autogestió (Fundació Joan Miró). He has a Doctorate in Fine Arts from Universitat de Barcelona, is a lecturer at Escola Massana, and wrote the essay La lección de Johanna van Gogh (Como Ediciones). https://issuu.com/antonio.ortega

Date: Thursday 25^th May, 6.30 p.m.