'Post-War art in Spain' opens at London gallery

This week, an exhibition opened in London that aims to look back on a very particular moment in Spanish art. Called ‘Post-War Art in Spain,’ the display runs until March 9, put on by the Barcelona-based Galeria Mayoral and is held at the Colnaghi Gallery in the English capital, one of the oldest in the city.

Injustice, oppression, and uncertainty leads to art

Here, Londoners will get a chance to discover the art of Joan Brossa, Luis Feito, Antoni Tàpies, Antonio Saura and Manolo Millares, through which these creators expressed the existential malaise of a generation due to the “injustice,” “oppression,” and “uncertainty” that 20^th century politics generated.

There are 11 paintings and 4 object-poems on display, all work that showcases the artists’ opposition to the status quo. Additionally, visitors will also get a chance to see two large-scale paintings by Saura and a selection of compositions by Tàpies.

One of the pieces by Feito was already shown in 1962, in a similar exhibit at the prestigious Tate Gallery in the same city, alongside other “disruptive” artists. Having the Feito piece among those on display today, the gallery admitted, is a “miracle.”