Ignacio Barcia is a Spanish artist who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University in Madrid (1984) and a PhD in Fine Arts from Salamanca University (1989). He taught Drawing and Sculpture at the latter university from 1985 to 1996 before moving on to teach Sculpture at the University of Vigo. He has been producing works of art since the mid-1980s, as part of a generation that also includes Natividad Bermejo, Ricardo Cárdenes and the Leona group. His work can be seen as conceptual art, and mainly consists of sculptures, although he has also produced drawings, printed images and photographs. Striking features include his use of innovative materials such as electric light, associated with plastic, cement, aluminium, copper and mica, and his use of objets trouvés after the fashion of Duchamp. He is constantly searching for the metaphysical poetics of the nature of being. In this he draws on philosophical concepts, particularly those of Theodor W. Adorno. He typically produces works of extraordinary visual power, but with a characteristic economy of form. Since the late 1990s Barcia has also begun using lacquered wood in cold colours and geometrical forms rooted in minimalism.
His work was first shown in the mid-1980s at collective exhibitions such as the first Young Art Show at the Institute of Youth (Madrid, 1985 and 1987) and the10th Salón de los 16 show at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Madrid, 1990). Since the 1990s he has staged several solo exhibitions on the Spanish art gallery scene, including stand-out shows at the Jorge Kreisler Gallery (Madrid, 1990 and 1992), the Egam Gallery (Madrid, 1994, 2000 and 2007) and the Luzán Gallery (Zaragoza, 1990).
Ignacio Barcia is a Spanish artist who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University in Madrid (1984) and a PhD in Fine Arts from Salamanca University (1989). He taught Drawing and Sculpture at the latter university from 1985 to 1996 before moving on to teach Sculpture at the University of Vigo. He has been producing works of art since the mid-1980s, as part of a generation that also includes Natividad Bermejo, Ricardo Cárdenes and the Leona group. His work can be seen as conceptual art, and mainly consists of sculptures, although he has also produced drawings, printed images and photographs. Striking features include his use of innovative materials such as electric light, associated with plastic, cement, aluminium, copper and mica, and his use of objets trouvés after the fashion of Duchamp. He is constantly searching for the metaphysical poetics of the nature of being. In this he draws on philosophical concepts, particularly those of Theodor W. Adorno. He typically produces works of extraordinary visual power, but with a characteristic economy of form. Since the late 1990s Barcia has also begun using lacquered wood in cold colours and geometrical forms rooted in minimalism.
His work was first shown in the mid-1980s at collective exhibitions such as the first Young Art Show at the Institute of Youth (Madrid, 1985 and 1987) and the10th Salón de los 16 show at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Madrid, 1990). Since the 1990s he has staged several solo exhibitions on the Spanish art gallery scene, including stand-out shows at the Jorge Kreisler Gallery (Madrid, 1990 and 1992), the Egam Gallery (Madrid, 1994, 2000 and 2007) and the Luzán Gallery (Zaragoza, 1990).