Benet Rossell: Hieroglyphic, Calligraphy and Performance

Pictographs, Visual image-writing, Collages, Video, literature, performance, and painting are the most remarkable elements in Rossell`s world. Some examples of Benet Rossell`s Hieroglyphic - Calligraphy :

Quête de réalité - Detail. chinise ink. 1970

Amortisseur 1 - 1971

Detail - Equilibri Determinat - 1974

Micro-graphycs, ideographycs, own language, own symbols, icons of language...Rossell said: "Art, I plant it in land. My calligraphic signs are vegetables , they spread out like grass, the bad and the good both germinate". Performances as well as ready-made works also characterize this versatile artist born in Àger (1937 -> Lleida- Catalonia - Spain). Some of his sculptures can be found in the city of Lleida.

bye bye Garrofa - 2009

The images shown in this post were taken from the book Paralelo Benat Rossell-MACBA

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