Pulp Art

Gallardo

29/04/93. (Sala 149)

La Sala Vinçon holds an exhibition by Miguel Gallardo (Lleida, 1955) titled “Pulp Art” from 29 April – 15 May.

This exhibition, organized by the FICOMIC exhibition department coincides with the solo exhibition titled “Perro Nick”, Best Album Award 1992, dedicates the 11th Saló Internacional del Còmic de Barcelona this year.

Gallardo “Pulp Art” proposes new ways of thinking about art concept of interiority, which undoubtedly forms part of its distinctive syntax style: his images are of great adjective exuberance that combines different iconographies turning a particular story into a repository of different worlds. Gallardo ultimately approaches reality not as a univocal and lineal truth but as something entirely personal, where objective aspects become a part but also the dream, the desire, the unconscious… So that we finally contemplate his own inner world – the pulp, that which remains hidden beneath a seemingly logical reality.

The term “Pulp” was also used during the 30’s to name cheap publications and especially “sensational” novels some of them over time are no longer direct consumer pieces becoming works of artistic interest. Gallardo has also wanted to emphasize on his relationship with this creative area that took on the creative imagery and recognizable consumer advertising, magazine illustration, interior design, comics, television… in a chaotic and ambiguous way.

Gallardo connects his work not only with current plastic trends that deny the visual narrative vision of reality but he also does it with a contemporary perception that understands fragmentation as a system of understanding in an unconnected world.

The “Pulp Art” exhibition by Gallardo includes the most important graphic works, from posters to more personal work and shows us Gallardo’s great graphic domain and strong communicative will.