Jaume García Antón (1948-2020) - Carrero Ventallo

Jaume García Antón València, 1948 - 2020 Member of the Area of Research of the Miró Foundation and co-creator of the Association of Visual Artists of Catalonia. Jaume García Antón is situated within the “neopop” movement for the recurrent use of images taken from the media and the recurrence to artists who, as a homage, absorb into his own language. His artistic production leads to the will to constantly reflect on nature, the pictorial language, the genres and the different expressions of the world. Strongly linked to artist movements clearly politicized, message and form have been the ideological support of his global projection. At the end of his career the political denunciation message weakened, and his work gives way to the immediacy of casual and everyday scenes. • Beginnings (1970s): He held his first solo and group exhibitions in Valencia and Barcelona, later expanding his work to Girona, Palma de Mallorca, Madrid and Atlanta (USA). • “Batecs de la memòria. A 70 anys de la Segona República” (2001–2002): A commemorative group exhibition in which he presented the work Joia, a special piece that reflects popular enthusiasm in the Plaça de Sant Jaume during the proclamation of the Catalan Republic of 1931. This work became part of the holdings of the Museum of Catalonia History. • “Grans formats / Grandes formatos” (2016): Large-format collective show with other artists such as Manel Álvarez, Alfonso Alzamora, Isabel Cruellas or José María Guerrero Medina. • Other group shows: He has participated in fairs and exhibitions of realist and contemporary painting (such as Once pintores realistas + 1 in 2012), and his work forms part of institutional collections such as the Martínez Guerricabeitia Collection of the Universitat de València and the Testimonio Collection of "la

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