Contemporary art selection, December 22.

Most important names in 20th century plastics compete in the next auction of select lots in Setdart. Except for the Ecuatorian Oswaldo Guayasamin, they are mostly Spanish artists, all of them with a resounding international projection: Miquel Barceló, Antoni Tàpies, Antonio Saura, Manolo Valdés, Francisco Leiro, Luis Feito, Eusebio Sempere, among others …

Several of these paintings come from the Valencian gallery Puchol, such as the magnificent “Taula” by Miquel Barceló (lot 35214478), dated 1985, a time when the Mallorcan artist was imbued with disparate influences that converge here: the heritage of abstract expressionism American and the Baroque legacy. The objects in the still life melt into the ocher-colored chromatic magma that refer to the chiaroscuro of the Castilian tradition, on the one hand, and on the other, it evokes the lands and fillings of Dubuffet, Fautrier and Tàpies, important references for Barceló.