BERNARDÍ ROIG (Palma de Mallorca, 1965). "Homage to Jan Gossaert", 1995. Oil on canvas. Frame made by the artist himself in wrought iron as a tray.

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  BERNARDÍ ROIG (Palma de Mallorca, 1965). "Homage to Jan Gossaert", 1995. Oil on canvas. Frame made by the artist himself in wrought iron as a tray. Signed, dated and titled on the back. Size: 75 x 135 cm; 81 x 150 cm (frame). The work presents a composition that alludes to the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert (Maubeuge, ca. 1478 - Antwerp, 1532), better known by the pseudonym of "Mabuse". Vanitas becomes a recurring theme in Jan Gossaert's work, with works featuring skulls, the quintessential symbol of vanitas, accompanied by objects alluding to wealth, knowledge and military power, all of which disappear with death. On this occasion Bernadí offers a modernised composition in which the skull is accompanied by plants, a candelabrum and a vase, as well as a "+" sign that reinforces the symbolism of the vanitas. The Latin term "vanitas" designates a particular category of still life, of high symbolic value, featuring objects that allude to the fragility and brevity of life, the passing of time and death. Vanities denounce the relativity of knowledge and the vanity of mankind, subject to the passing of time and death. It is a genre that was particularly popular during the Baroque period, and its title and conception are related to a passage from Ecclesiastes: "vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas" ("vanity of vanities, all is vanity"). The message it conveys is the futility of worldly pleasures in the face of the certainty of death, encouraging the adoption of a sombre view of the world. In the 17th century, these moralising still lifes became very frequent as an indispensable complement to preaching and devotion in Europe, in forms and with slightly different intentions in Catholic and Protestant areas. One of the most interesting young artists on the Spanish scene, Bernardí Roig has been awarded important prizes such as the Special Prize of the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, the Sotheby's Prize, the Egypt Biennial in 2001 and the official prize of the XXI International Biennial of Graphic Art in Slovenia. Since the mid-1990s, he has held solo exhibitions in leading galleries, museums and art centres such as the Miró Foundation (1995), the Totem il Cannale gallery in Venice (1996), the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design of San José in Costa Rica (1997), the Ludwig Foundation in Havana (1999), the Museo Jacobo Borges in Venezuela (2000), the Museo de Bellas Artes in Oviedo (2000), the Max Estrella Gallery in Madrid (2000), the Adriana Schmidt Gallery in Cologne (2000), the Claire Oliver Gallery in New York (2002) and the Ludwigsburg Museum in Stuttgart (2002). He has also taken part in the Venice Biennale (2001), the Egypt Biennale (2001) and the Arco fair in Madrid. He is currently represented at the AENA, Miró and La Caixa foundations, the Jacobo Borges and Sofía Imber museums in Venezuela, the Ministry of Culture in Mallorca, the Saikade Museum in Japan, the Gille Collection in Belgium, the Ludwig Foundation in Cuba and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Costa Rica.
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