LLUíS VILÀ. Banyoles (Girona) 1952

LLUíS VILÀ. Banyoles (Girona) 1952. Painter. Sculptor. He starts in the late seventies, taking part in the Collective Exhibition GRUP TINT-2 in the Llotja del Tint in Banyoles. From the beginning of his career until mid 80s he develops his work in the field of research and the installation, following the conceptual tendencies of the "eat art" and the fungible art. He carries out works like “LES SABATES COMESTIBLES” also taking part in Art 14'83 CIAC in Basel, “ENTRE PA ENLLUÏT” at Miró Foundation in Barcelona, “FAGOCITOSI” at Montcada (La Caixa Fundation) in Barcelona and "CAMBIO DE PIEL” in the Navarra Festival. Later on he shows an interest in the packaging of canned food, the “llaunes”, shaping iron sculptures without volume, and the design, adapting a language between this one and the sculptural one, presented at “La Sala Vinçon” in Barcelona and in the “Sala Tránsito” in Madrid. He is involved in several intemational fairs, taking part in the design of the Spanish Pavilion for the Seville Universal Exposition in 1992. He develops “CLÀSTICS” and also takes part in the remodelling of the Croscat volcano in Olot (Girona), FAD award, and he exhibits in “Capitals del Disseny” at the George Pompidou in Paris. A thing that becomes a constant in his work is the use of fungible materials and, his críticism targeted towards the consumer society, which he understands as finished, by the time of the “ÀLEF” exhibition at Alter Ego Gallery in Barcelona. From this time onwards, he integrates the pictorial language and the sculptural one, creating “CONTRARIS” and his recent work “LOGOS”.