Miquel Mont

MIQUEL MONT (Barcelona, 1963).
"Peau XXI. Paris.
Acrylic and gel on wood.
Signed, titled and located on the back.
Measurements: 195 x 124 cm.

Miquel Mont's painting is based on theories of pictorial perception, specifically, those that put in dialogue the work and the space, the representation and the support, the content and the continent. This can be seen in this work, which belongs to the "Skins" series, in which the artist makes holes at regular intervals and covers them with layers of dense paint, so that some holes remain visible while others are filled in. The result is ultimately random, and gives the painting a density that transcends the two-dimensional plane.

Miquel Mont began painting in the 1980s. At the end of this decade he moved to Paris, where he has been working and living ever since. From that moment until the end of the 90's his works are worked with such density that they end up becoming three-dimensional objects. Since 2000 he has combined his artistic work with teaching, currently teaching at the École Supérieure d'Art et de Design TALM-Tours and the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville. He has had exhibitions all over Spain, for example at the Centre d'Art la Panera; or in France, in spaces such as the Galerie Aline Vidal or the FRAC Alsace; but also in Austria. Along the same lines, his works can be found in numerous collections, such as the "la Caixa" Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts of Alava or the Mumok. In his works, industrial materials are presented naked, showing their roughness and the economy of means that characterizes the artist's work. Methacrylate or wood become tools that break the frames of presentation to expand and dialogue with the space where they are presented.
Selection of solo exhibitions: 2019 Galerie HUS, ESADHaR, Rouen, France
Horizontal, Miquel Mont Guillermo Mora, La Fragua, Tabacalera, Madrid -Mal Tiempo, Galeria Trinta, Santiago de Compostela. 2018 Traces et affects, Artothèque de Vitré, France 2017 The worst, the worst of everything, Galeria Altxerri, Donostia 2016 The economy dictates everything, Formato Cómodo, Madrid 2015 Fundació Suñol, Barcelona. Selection of group exhibitions: 2019 La Ronde, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France. 2018 De(s)rives, un parcours à l'île Saint Louis, Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris, France 2016 Abbaye St André, Centre d'art Contemporain, Meymac, France. 2014 Le Mur, collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison Rouge, Paris, France 2013 A promise of change, commissaire Alain Coulange, Belfort, France.do, titled and dated "Pantin, Paris 1999."
Measurements: 73 x 92 x 4.5 cm.