FONS ÀUDIO #5
Benet Rossell
Pictograms, videographic works, literature, performance and painting are some of the elements that form part of Benet Rossell’s creative universe. Since the sixties, this versatile Catalan artist has shown his work around the world in a wide range of different contexts, probing the boundaries of languages and forms of communication.
In FONS ÀUDIO #5, Benet Rossell contextualises some of his works in the MACBA Collection.
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