Josep Maria Riera i Aragó

JOSEP MARIA RIERA I ARAGÓ (Barcelona, 1954).
"Avió castell".
Etching and collage on paper, copy 26/35.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 49 x 68 cm.

This work is integrated in the characteristic iconography of Riera i Aragó, where flying machines embody his fascination with technology as a modern myth, but reinterpreted from a poetic sensibility. The machine is not an end in itself, but a symbol that condenses nostalgia, exploration and the tension between the possible and the imagined.

Riera i Aragó is one of the contemporary Catalan artists with the greatest institutional projection. His work is part of important public collections, including the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), the MACBA (Barcelona), the IVAM (Valencia), the Museo Patio Herreriano (Valladolid), the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Ibiza, the Fundació Vila Casas, the Col-lecció "la Caixa", as well as various municipal collections and private foundations in Spain and Europe.