Original lithograph signed and numbered - Joan GARDY ARTIGAS - Scene of the current life

To keep in mind

Joan Gardy ARTIGAS is undoubtedly the only artist of his generation to have shared so many working hours with the great artists of the previous generation. From Miro, of course, to Braque and Chagall, he accompanied them in their work, they nourished his own. Thus, Joan Gardy ARTIGAS, besides being the son of the most famous Spanish ceramist, and having therefore immersed himself from his earliest childhood in the artistic milieu, managed to follow, in his own way, the footsteps of his father (through his own research on ceramics) and to wander according to his moods on more personal paths. Through his experiences, throughout his career, he aimed to find the expression of a work in motion, never frozen, as if the search itself was a goal, since it leads him on paths where, like an adventurer of the soul of his contemporaries, he represents, in colors and shapes, the happiness and anxieties, the small concerns and big questions of those who cross his path. And this representation, more often than not, he chooses to exhibit it to everyone's eyes, since a large part of his career has been devoted to monumental works which find their place in our cities (UNESCO in Paris), our universities (Harvard) or our airports (Barcelona). Thus, Joan Gardy ARTIGAS travels through his time so that his own contribution becomes a link in another creation to come... A generous artist, a warm work and a readability at every moment as if this simplicity emanating from his work was only there to remind us that creating is first and foremost giving... At 71 years old, this eternal young man, full of fervor, remains one of the European artists who has most influenced the artistic evolution of the 80s and 90s, between the myths coming from the American continent, the English events, and the heirs of the French New Realism.