Reality and Desire, the title of the edition of the complete works of the Spanish
poet Luis Cernuda (1902-63), has been taken by the curator of the Juan Miro Foundation in Barcelona as the pretext for a look at the new figurative art of the 1990s and the subject of figuration and abstraction in the world of art in general. The neo-conceptual currents of the 1980s put an end to the predominance of neo-expressionism, to the benefit of photography and installations. However, in recent years, an international group of leading artists has discovered in figuration – as seen from an analytical and conceptual point of view – and in the traditional media used in painting and sculpture, an effective vehicle for their ideas.
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