November 2010

MARE MEVM exhibition in Mallorca

A magnificent selection of recent works, and works from the last decade, could be seen in the Sala Art at the Convent de la Missió in Palma de Mallorca in an exhibition entitled MARE MEVM.

    The exhibition included oils on canvas, watercolours and pencil and ink drawings on paper. These impeccably executed works offer a glimpse of the intimate moments of great pleasure enjoyed by their creator during their making.

    OTB’s exhibitions in Mallorca reflect his fondness for the island and especially for its sea.

    Convent de la Missió. Palma de Mallorca from 19 November 2010 until 8 January 2011

November 2010

Arquitecturas y demás exhibition


On the occasion of the opening of the New Hall of the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium - Canary Island Conference Centre, the Las Palmas Auditorium Foundation holds the Arquitecturas y demás exhibition, a retrospective sample of Oscar Tusquets Blanca's paintings.

 

November 2010

Eñe Festival in Madrid

On 12 and 13 November the Eñe Festival, a brand-new literary showcase, took place at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. It brought together over a hundred renowned names from the world of Spanish letters in a programme that included numerous activities from round-table discussions to speeches, workshops and concerts. Two days full of literature.

    On 13 November there was a talk between Oscar and Esther Tusquets, the one an architect and the other a writer, to discuss the book they are beginning to write together—a work for four hands, as it were—that could be very interesting.

October 2010

How design is reflected in architecture

 

On 6 October, as part of Architecture Week, and with the sponsorship of Dornbracht, a talk was held on how design is reflected in architecture. The speakers were the architect OTB and the designer Christian Sieger.

September 2010

The Gaulino at Bd Barcelona Design

 

"It brings me great pleasure to know that Bd is going to launch a reissue, an improved version, of the historic Gaulino Chair, designed in 1987. The chair took on a shape that was influenced by Antoni Gaudí and the 1950s Italian designer Carlo Mollino. For that reason, and before anyone had a chance to remind us, we decided to call it Gaulino."

    OTB

September 2010

Il sgono si avvicina at the Palazzo Reale from Milano.

From 22 September 2010 until 30 January 2011


The visionary genius of Salvador Dalí is the protagonist of the 2010 season at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. The exhibition Il sgono si avvicina investigates the relationship the great Spanish artist had with the landscape, dreams and desire.

     The exhibition is curated by Oscar Tusquets Blanca, Dalí’s friend and collaborator.

 

July 2010

Through Laberints, CCCB exhibition

 

"When Josep Ramoneda, the director of the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, suggested I curate and design the exhibition Requiem for the Staircase, I asked him to keep back for future exhibitions two subjects that I was particularly passionate about: one of them was the window; the other, the labyrinth. That was ten years ago, but Ramoneda has kept his word.

    The publication of Ramon Espelt’s well-documented book Laberints prompted this exhibition project. It seemed essential to share the curatorship with Espelt but the experience also turned out to be an example of learning while having a good time. First of all, we decided to focus on the strict concept of the labyrinth; strict insofar as possible because it isn’t easy to interpret something so rich in meaning. In any case, whether they are real or imaginary, we are exhibiting labyrinths that we, or other animals, can or could move through. We have only touched on the themes that might lead to other fascinating exhibitions; networks, the brain as a labyrinth, the city as a labyrinth, creation (pictorial, literary, musical) as a labyrinth…

    We hope that, after visitors have made their way through this labyrinthine exhibition, they will take away, if not certainties, suggestions about this powerful, enduring image; an image dating back millennia to pre-historic times, but whose enigma continues to enthuse contemporary creators and thinkers. In order to achieve this, while still recognising the undeniable artistic merits of the labyrinth, we decided not to display original pictures or installations which show, sometimes anecdotally, a labyrinth. If what they depicted was relevant to what we were trying to say, and we hadn’t been able to obtain the original, we didn’t mind exhibiting a reproduction. The exhibition isn’t a compilation of major works of art that feature labyrinths; it sets out to provide an educational artistic experience (insofar as an artistic experience can be educational). Espelt’s extraordinary erudition totally freed me of the responsibility of deciding on the labyrinthine questions that we needed to address.

    As the exhibition designers, we were sure that we hadn’t left anything out, and had every confidence in what we were dealing with, which allowed us to concentrate on how we said it".

    Oscar Tusquets Blanca

May 2010

La Luna, design for Nani Marquina

 

This dreamy piece is a re-edition from the ’80s that comes from Oscar Tusquets’ La Tierra and La Luna rugs. Advances in photographic techniques have allowed this exact reproduction of an image of a moon in its waxing phase to be given even greater definition.

     The colours of the original work have also been revised, making them warmer, in browns and beiges. The 1980s version of La Luna was smaller, so this bigger version allows it to be placed in passage ways, hallways or at the foot of a bed. Now you can ask for the moon without wanting the impossible, and walk on the moon without it being a giant leap.