Temporary exhibition
“MATTA. IMMERSED IN HIS WORLDS”
With the projection of the documentary “Matta, un siglo d’mente”, Directed by Pablo Basulto (2000) - Puntociego Production, Chile.
From June 3 of 2017 the Ralli Museum in Marbella will offer the temporary exhibition “Matta. Immersed in his worlds”, comprising 32 works by the Chilean artist Roberto Matta.
Roberto Matta is one of the most influential international artists in the culture of the 20thand 21st Centuries. He joined the Surrealists in Paris in 1938, and contributed greatly to the renewal of the movement. His works stem from surrealism and have a strong metaphysical component.
In this exhibition, we shall see the engraver facet of this artist. Known mainly for his pictorial works and contributions to movements like Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, Matta worked with different artistic techniques and became involved in an endless list of proposals and movements, both in Europe and America.
In his engravings, Matta illustrates historical events, myths of the Inca, Greco-Latin or Etruscan traditions, as well as literary texts and poems, both old and contemporary.
Hom’mère, Carné Amont, L’arc obscur des heures, La Araucana and Verbo América are some of the series included in this sample. There are thirty-one engravings in total accompanied by an oil painting, thanks to which we will be able to see first-hand the relations between the pictorial work of Matta and its graphical aspect.
INAUGURATION: SATURDAY, JUNE 3 AT 12.00
PLACE: RALLI MUSEUM, MARBELLA
DURATION OF THE EXHIBIT: JUNE 3, 2017 - MAY 26, 2018
