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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.