Joan Carles Roca-Sans (1946) - Cadaqués (Gerona)
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Cadaqués (Gerona), oil painting, 1986, country of origin Spain, original, framed, 56 x 65 cm.
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Description from the seller
The artwork is signed at the bottom (Roca Sans).
On the back, it is titled and dated 1986.
The work is presented framed.
The condition of the work is good.
Dimensions of the work: 45 x 54 cm.
Dimensions of the framed work: 56 x 65 cm.
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Artist's biography:
Joan Carles Roca Sans is a Catalan painter and multidisciplinary creator whose career is characterized by a firm defense of figurative painting and a constant reflection on the European artistic tradition.
Born in Barcelona in 1946, he began painting activity at the end of the 1970s, at a time when the avant-garde dominated the art scene. Trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts, he chose a different path, drawing inspiration from classical Greece, the Renaissance, and the great Western pictorial tradition to develop a personal postmodern language.
During the 1980s he spent long periods in Germany, especially in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Munich, where he absorbed the influence of Central European Expressionism. From this period emerged a style the artist himself defines as synthetic expressionism, characterized by formal simplification, chromatic intensity, and a strong narrative charge.
Between 1987 and 1991 he bought and restored the pre-Romanesque Palau-sator castle, a project recognized by the Fundació Catalunya Nostra with the Castells Culturals prize. Subsequently he promoted the cultural space Atrium Torroella, dedicated to the dissemination of contemporary art and European artistic heritage.
From the year 2000 he evolved his plastic language by incorporating new explorations into light, time and visual narration. Between 2007 and 2016 he developed the Ermoupoli Project, an ambitious initiative that combined painting, sculpture, graphic novel, video and new technologies inspired by his travels in the Mediterranean. In 2017 he brought this project to a close to return to a more essential painting, focused on the capacity of the image to generate multiple interpretations.
His work, rooted in urban and Mediterranean influences, is populated by symbolic characters and scenes laden with cultural references. For Roca Sans, painting and life are inseparable: each painting constitutes a page of his own biography.
He has held more than a hundred solo exhibitions, and his works are part of numerous public and private collections.
In addition to his work as a painter, he has published various books on art and aesthetics and has developed an intensive activity as a writer and cultural promoter. His production spans painting, drawing, sculpture, installations and editorial projects, establishing him as one of the singular voices of Catalan contemporary art.
The artwork is signed at the bottom (Roca Sans).
On the back, it is titled and dated 1986.
The work is presented framed.
The condition of the work is good.
Dimensions of the work: 45 x 54 cm.
Dimensions of the framed work: 56 x 65 cm.
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Artist's biography:
Joan Carles Roca Sans is a Catalan painter and multidisciplinary creator whose career is characterized by a firm defense of figurative painting and a constant reflection on the European artistic tradition.
Born in Barcelona in 1946, he began painting activity at the end of the 1970s, at a time when the avant-garde dominated the art scene. Trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts, he chose a different path, drawing inspiration from classical Greece, the Renaissance, and the great Western pictorial tradition to develop a personal postmodern language.
During the 1980s he spent long periods in Germany, especially in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Munich, where he absorbed the influence of Central European Expressionism. From this period emerged a style the artist himself defines as synthetic expressionism, characterized by formal simplification, chromatic intensity, and a strong narrative charge.
Between 1987 and 1991 he bought and restored the pre-Romanesque Palau-sator castle, a project recognized by the Fundació Catalunya Nostra with the Castells Culturals prize. Subsequently he promoted the cultural space Atrium Torroella, dedicated to the dissemination of contemporary art and European artistic heritage.
From the year 2000 he evolved his plastic language by incorporating new explorations into light, time and visual narration. Between 2007 and 2016 he developed the Ermoupoli Project, an ambitious initiative that combined painting, sculpture, graphic novel, video and new technologies inspired by his travels in the Mediterranean. In 2017 he brought this project to a close to return to a more essential painting, focused on the capacity of the image to generate multiple interpretations.
His work, rooted in urban and Mediterranean influences, is populated by symbolic characters and scenes laden with cultural references. For Roca Sans, painting and life are inseparable: each painting constitutes a page of his own biography.
He has held more than a hundred solo exhibitions, and his works are part of numerous public and private collections.
In addition to his work as a painter, he has published various books on art and aesthetics and has developed an intensive activity as a writer and cultural promoter. His production spans painting, drawing, sculpture, installations and editorial projects, establishing him as one of the singular voices of Catalan contemporary art.
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Artist
Joan Carles Roca-Sans (1946)
Sold with frame
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Cadaqués (Gerona)
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
1986
Condition
Good condition
Height
56 cm
Width
65 cm
Period
1980-1990
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