In Real Time. Rafael Tous Collection of Conceptual Art

For the first time ever, the Rafael Tous Collection of Conceptual Art is staged at the MACBA Barcelona, offering a wide analysis of the artistic practices of a specific period in time. Donated to the museum just one year ago, this body of works highlights associations and affinities within the international context and promote a necessary rereading of those years. This collection contains the testimony of a generation that chose to take part in exhibitions held in alternative cultural spaces rather than more conventional art venues.

The exhibition includes diverse practices such as action art, the interaction with nature, an interest in the media and the new consumerism, social and political critique, the word and the incorporation of the object, to mention but a few.

Curated by Antònia Maria Perelló, curator and head of the Collection MACBA, and Claudia Segura, curator of exhibitions and collection, the presentation brings together artists: Francesc Abad, Eugènia Balcells, Jordi Benito, Carmen Calvo, Jordi Cerdà, CVA (Comité de Vigilancia Artística), Benet Ferrer, Alicia Fingerhut, Teresa Gancedo, Ferran Garcia Sevilla, Eulàlia Grau, Josep Maria Joan i Rosa, Àngel Jové, Antoni Llena, Eva Lootz, Miralda, Fina Miralles, Muntadas, Pere Noguera, Jordi Pablo, Pilar Palomer, Carlos Pazos, Carles Pujol, Joan Rabascall, Àngels Ribé, Benet Rossell, Francesc Torres and Jaume Xifra.