“This is my world, my land, and my sea, I have known it always. All of the fish and fruits I know by memory, they have formed part of my cultural landscape since I was a child.” — Miquel Barceló Our exhibition “Barceló’s World” is on view in our New York gallery through September 9th, featuring a selection of paintings and ceramics by the Spanish artist from the 1980s to today. The presentation includes this luminous painting, “Exoplanete” from 2016, which conveys the mystery and beauty of the deep underwater world that Miquel Barceló (born 1957) loves to explore deep sea diving, while also suggesting an otherworldly, lunar landscape. Inspired by the materiality, colors, and beauty of the natural world, Barceló has explored the diverse landscapes and textures of the earth across his work, from the arid deserts of Africa to the sands of the bullfighting arenas of his native Spain to the rocky landscape and underwater marine universe of the Balearic Islands. Over the past four and a half decades, Barceló has worked across a wide range of mediums, from paintings to works on paper, ceramics, and bronze sculptures to large-scale installations and performances, focusing on the expressive qualities of his materials to explore texture, touch, and surface. Despite his deep-rooted connection to Spain, Barceló draws inspiration from his time spent in varying locations, having worked in Barcelona, Portugal, Palermo, Paris, Geneva, New York, the Himalayas, and West Africa in addition to his native Mallorca. The varied terrain of his travels have influenced and shaped his work, with his art transforming as he experiences new environments around the world. The works on view in Barcelo’s World span themes ranging from his well-known seascapes, bullfighting images, and a painting from his early series of abstract landscapes known as the “white paintings,” begun after the artist spent six months traveling across the Sahara Desert in 1988. MIQUEL BARCELÓ Exoplanete, 2016 Mixed media on canvas 55 1/2 x 71 1/4 in. (141.0 x 181.0 cm) © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris #MiquelBarceló #MiquelBarcelo #BarcelosWorld #Acquavella #AcquavellaGalleries