Jordi Teixidor (eng)

Jordi Teixidor
Spain, 1941

Considered as one of the most important representatives of the Spanish Abstraction, and National Prize of the Arts, Jordi Teixidor identifies himself with the modern tradition and critical thought, translating to his work a doubtful and critical spirit, developing abstraction and a work that is rational, genuinely Apollonian, superbly balanced, strictly contained with regard to expressive elements.

The modernity of Jordi Teixidor is reflexive and his paintings don’t look for satisfaction, but require the spectator to think, denying a narrative reading.

More than a tour de force abput the possibilities of the abstraction at the present time, his work must be understood as an aesthetic and intelletual reflection on the limits of painting, as a search after the non painting, as the unattainable desire of making the final picture, or, what it is the same, the non- picture, but also as the personal expression of a feeling of ethical-political failure.

Through his use of black, Teixidor has formalized a solemn sequence of images that make up one of the most outstanding tragic expressions in contemporary Spanish painting.

He has participated in the Venice Biennale and has exhibited at institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Spanish Academy in Rome, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, UNAM Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City, and IVAM, among others.

His work can be found in collections such as the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Fundación Juan March, Colección Banco de España, Colección Stuveysan, Museo Patio Herreriano, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, SFMoMA, Fundación La Caixa, and the Berkeley Art Museum.

Jordi Teixidor. Untitled 1470. 2013. Oil on canvas. 155 x 190 cm

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Jordi Teixidor. Untitled 1602. 2021. Oil on canvas. 210 x 210 cm

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Jordi Teixidor. La edad de las cosas 1618. 2023. Oil on canvas. 180 x 94 cm

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Jordi Teixidor. Sin título 1623. 2023. Oil on canvas. 100 x 100 cm

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Jordi Teixidor. Canova/Viena. 2023. Óleo sobre lienzo. 160 x 160 cm

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Jordi Teixidor. Sin título 1540. 2017. Oil on wood and canvas. 69 x 55 cm

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Jordi Teixidor

Solo Exhibitions

2024
The Role of Painting. Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca

2023
The Age of Things. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid

2022
Endgame. Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia

2020
The Limits of Painting. Centro José Guerrero, Granada

2019
The Limits of Emptiness. Curated by Isabela Villanueva. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid and Galería nueveochenta, Bogotá

2016
Decade 2005 – 2015. Galería Paz y Comedias, Valencia
Fundación Chirivella Soriano, Valencia
Late Hours. RocioSantaCruz Art, Barcelona

2015
Galería Adora Calvo, Salamanca

2014
Galería Altxerri, San Sebastián
Painting. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid
Natural Geometry. Vuela Pluma Ediciones, Madrid

2012
Journey. Palacio Almudí, Murcia
Galería La Aurora, Murcia

2011
Rites of Passage and The Cross of Santa Fe. Instituto de América, Santa Fe, Granada
Supports, Surfaces and Reliefs. Galería Charpa, Valencia
Masterpieces from the IVAM Collection. IVAM, Valencia

2010
Recent Work. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid
L’atelier rouge. Galería La Caja Negra, Madrid

2007
Latest Paintings. Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid

2005
Galería Maior, Pollensa
Galería La Nave, Valencia

2004
Black Series 1994–2004. Sala Alameda, Diputación de Málaga, Málaga
Musical Geometry. Galería Extranjero, Spanish Academy, Sofia; Fundación Teologlion, Thessaloniki
Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid
Galería Adora Calvo, Salamanca

2003
Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid

2002
Centro Cultural Casa del Cordón, Caja de Burgos
Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño

2001
Centre d’Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona
Galería Sandunga, Granada
Galería Maior, Pollensa, Mallorca

2000
Galería Altxerri, San Sebastián
Galería Senda, Barcelona

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
Becoming Painting. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Seville

2019
Cuenca: City of Spanish Abstraction. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston
Antes del arte: Fifty Years Later. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante (MACA), Alicante
Contemplations: Ana H. del Amo, Guillermo Mora, Nico Munuera, Mar Vicente. Curated by Rosa Ulpiano. SET Espai D’Art, Valencia

2017
Art in the Palace: 30 Years of Exhibitions at the Casa del Cordón, Burgos

2016
Museo de Arte Abstracto Español. Fernando Zóbel 50th Anniversary, Cuenca
Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
Painting, Journey, Contemplation. Fundación Chirivella-Soriano, Valencia

2015
Artistic Collectives in Valencia under Francoism. IVAM, Valencia

2014
On Colour. Ámbito Cultural – Calle Preciados, Madrid
The Work of the Visible. Galería Odalys, Madrid
IVAM Collection: 25th Anniversary, Valencia
Fresh Water. Museo Auga Doce, Centro Gaiás, Santiago de Compostela

2012
Malas Artes. NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid
Junction and Colour. Fundación Chirivella-Soriano, Valencia

2011
Fictions and Realities. Museo de Arte Moderno, Moscow
From Revolt to Postmodernity. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Masterpieces from the IVAM Collection. IVAM, Valencia

2010
Spanish Art in the IVAM Collection, Valencia
Shanghai Urban Planning Center, Shanghai
Signs and Writings. Fundació Suñol, Barcelona

2009
Nostalgia for the Future. Tribute to Renau. Centro del Carmen, Valencia
Geometry Drifts. Fundación Jorge Oteiza – Museo Alzuza, Navarra
Art and Architecture. Centro Cultural Bancaja, Valencia
Geometries. Sala Martínez Guerricabeitia, Universitat de València
The Red Line. IVAM, Valencia

2008
Homage and Memory. Works from the Museo de la Solidaridad. Palacio de la Moneda, Santiago de Chile
Abstraction in the IVAM Collection. IVAM, Valencia

2007
Kingdom and City: Valencia in Its History. Museo del Carmen, Valencia
Line and Plane. Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid
Transfiguration. Sala Alcalá 31, Comunidad de Madrid
In Yellow. Fundación Rodríguez-Acosta, Granada

Selected Collections and Museums

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia

University Art Museum, Berkeley

Cisneros Fontanals Collection, Miami

Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid

Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca

Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Fundación Juan March, Madrid and Palma

Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona