Aballí was born in 1958 in Barcelona, the same city where he graduated in Fine Arts (Universitat de Barcelona) in 1981. In his beginnings, his work is painterly, but he soon shifts to the literality of the painting as a physical object. The diversity of formalizations, techniques, and materials used in his work highlights him and classifies him in the conceptual practices of contemporary Catalan art. Above all, he focuses on the relationship established between the limits of art and daily life. In his work he deals with concepts such as absence, non-intervention, and space, frequently treated through opposite concepts, incorporating vacuum as an active agent in the process of conceptualizing and exhibiting works.
He has done a lot of different exhibitions around the world since the early 90s, alternating his presence in galleries and national and international public institutions. MACBA, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Biennial of Venezia, or Galerie Meessen-de Clercq are some of the spaces where he has exhibited his art.
List of artworks
Rètol (museum) , 2006
Sense títol , 2013
Classificats (rosa) , 2008
Rètol (museum) , 2006
Sense títol , 2013
Classificats (rosa) , 2008
Signs and Writing
Josep Suñol Collection
Collective exhibition which hosts around fifty works, all of them part of collection funds and carried out between 1972 and 2008.
Dialogues of the Gaze
A selection of works from the Col·lecció Josep Suñol with the aim of reflecting on the importance of the gaze.
Everything Solid Fades Away
In Three Acts
The second act, titled Everything Solid Fades Away, is a journey through a group of works that allow us to understand the extent to which the abstract pulsation did...
5th Anniversary
Josep Suñol's Collection
A fresh insight into his collection that can help us understand the function of art in society.
Itineraries
Dialogues of the Gaze
EL QUE SAPS / EL QUE SENTS / EL QUE PERCEPS: tres itineraris de l'exposició Diàlegs de la mirada.
La Nit dels Museus 2016
Free entry on May 21st of 2016, from 7pm to 1am.
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