Om Barbarà con Canals Galeria d'Art en Room Art Fair Madrid 2016

CANALS GALERIA D’ART participa con Om Barbarà en la quinta edición de ROOM ART FAIR de Madrid Los días 26,27 y 28 de Febrero de 2016 tiene lugar este acontecimiento artístico en el Hotel Petit Palace Santa Bárbara –Pl. Santa Bárbara de Madrid. La galería de Sant Cugat –Barcelona- participa por tercera vez y lo hace en el espacio de la habitación n. 208 del Hotel Petit Palace Santa Bárbara, en donde exhibirá sus obras el artista OM BARBARÀ, que la galería defiende y que ahora presenta en esta feria. Om Barbarà (Barcelona, 1979) La suya es una obra recentísima, espontánea y fresca. Original. El lei motiv de las composiciones es la silueta de la figura humana para dar la idea de Alma. Una silueta que recorta, encola y hace resaltar sobre un fondo rico en texturas y colores. Con su trabajo persigue expresar como él ve la importancia y la vitalidad del alma. Su obra no se somete a los intereses del mercado ni quiere seguir las modas imperantes. Esta es una obra sin mimetismos. Tal cual surge. Con sus obras pretende que el espectador realice un viaje hacia su interior, para reencontrarse con su alma, la esencia que sentimos los seres humanos. Se trata de una obra meditativa, espiritual, metafísica y filosófica. ROOM ART FAIR es la feria de arte más joven e independiente de Europa, que este año se celebra en el Hotel Petit Palace Santa Bárbara –Pl. Santa Bárbara – i que cumple su quinta edición. En ella confluyen diferentes agentes del arte actual con un mismo compromiso: disminuir la barrera que separa el mercado del arte, a menudo muy elitista, del público en general, que es donde hay los futuros coleccionistas. Así mismo, pretende disminuir la separación que puede haber entre la sociedad y la últimas creaciones, sin ningún tipo de recelo o prejuicio. Por esto, una planta de un hotel es el lugar escogido para llevar a término este encuentro entre el arte y el público en que cada galería ocupa una habitación de hotel como espacio expositivo, -Canals-Galeria de Sant Cugat ocupa la habitación 208-, creando un ambiente cercano, acogedor, que propicie el diálogo entre visitantes, galeristas y las propuestas de sus artistas. Además, los visitantes se encontrarán con cómodos formatos de obras y unos precios que se ajustan a sus exigencias. ROOM ART FAIR es un espacio alternativo, innovador y asequible que refleja un nuevo concepto de feria ya que se plantea como una feria no convencional que apuesta por un modelo menos elitista, un modelo que fomente un coleccionismo más accesible e interesante, con piezas de formatos cómodos y precios más cercanos a todos los bolsillos. La feria conforma una de las citas culturales más atractivas, en un periodo del año, el mes de Febrero, en que confluyen en la ciudad de Madrid numerosas ferias de arte, entre las cuales se encuentra ARCO.

my website Om Barbarà http://www.ombarbara.cat

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Massive Article by journalist Sr, James

Catalan artist Om Barbarà’s first solo exhibition of meditative paintings in London, at the Bhavan Art Gallery By James Brewer Barcelona artist Om Barbarà felt instantly at home as he set up his first London solo exhibition in the Indian cultural centre, the Bhavan, in West Kensington. Om – his name, unusual in Europe, was chosen by his parents and is of sacred origin in India – pursues in his work the need to recognise as he sees it the importance and vitality of the soul. He immediately sensed the spiritual element represented by the Bhavan Art Gallery, which was furthered by learning of the closeness of the Catalan word for soul, which is anima, and the Spanish word alma, with the Hindi word ātmā. The Bhavan describes its fundamental purpose as “to preserve for the posterity the unsurpassed and indisputable beauty of Indian culture, art and heritage.” This resonated with the Catalan artist’s quest for “a philosophy to know life applied to art.” Om’s large mixed media canvases pit the soul against the often unthinking reactions to daily life of the head. They are painted with utter conviction and bear such titles as Head with Flames against the reality of following your heart, The soul never dies, and All things to be seen inside you. His bold style is a part of his articulate exposition of his philosophy, which he encapsulated in 2006 in his book the English title of which is The Philosophy of the Soul. That was the year he gained a degree in public relations and advertising at Ramon Llull University, Barcelona. He entered the world of advertising but preferred to pour his design talents into his distinctive art work. That work is aimed at uncovering “a new consciousness for human beings, step by step, heart to heart.” The human being should be on a path to consciousness of “its own being.” He expresses this imperative “through vivid colors and my own imagination” as his work evolves towards metaphysics, poetry, reflections and spirituality. The Bhavan exhibition, on October 7 and 8 2015, was his second appearance in London. The first was participation in a group exhibition in Brick Lane Gallery in March 2013. His other successes have included participation at the huge Barcelona Showcase event, and shows in Madrid, and at Palafrugell on the Costa Brava. Om comes from an artistic family and his most moving experience in that sense was the exhibition and concert he staged in December 2013 in a restaurant in Sabadell, 20km from Barcelona, as homage to his grandfather Joan Barbarà, who had died recently. Born in 1927, Joan Barbarà was a painter and lithographer (both skills are followed today by Om) who showed his work in Barcelona, elsewhere in Spain, and in Italy, France, Germany and Belgium. His first exhibition was in Barcelona in 1957, after which he moved to Paris for a period. He was a member of the Catalan Royal Academyof Fine Arts of Sant Jordi. Head with flames against the reality of following your heart. Mixed media. By Om Barbarà. In remember to my Master Grandfather Joan BarbaraJoan Barbarà was an acquaintance and friend of many of the great artists of the period, including Joan Miró, Joseph Beuys, Marc Chagall, Eduardo Chillida, Miquel Barceló, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Antoni Tàpies. Om remains in awe of his mentor and guru grandfather, recognising how much he owes to his inspiration. Now Om’s solo debut in London has brought him a new audience and admirers for his own original output.

Om The Philosophy of the Soul

Om is an artist born in Barcelona in 1979. He does art in Meditative Painting. He paints his philosophy of life, and calls it  "The Philosophy Of the Soul". He is the 3rd generation family of artists Barbarà who have a reputed and well established Pedigree in the art world . He grew up in a heritage building in Barcelona Spain called the Taller 46, an atelier of etchings founded by his .grandfather Joan Barbarà who  worked with many artists like Picasso, Dali, Miró... Om had the opportunity to know many different disciplines and techniques to apply afterwards in his art. "Know what you feel, feel what you think, feel what you do" Which became OM's core philosophy of art and life. Today he lives and paints in Spain.

My massive article Om Barbarà London Exhibition 7th opening october 2015

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2015/10/08/catalan-artist-om-barbaras-first-solo-exhibition-of-meditative-paintings-in-london/

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About Om Barbarà

Hi I'm Om an artist from Barcelona (1979) you could check out my artwork... My work is a new feeling to get a new consciousness for the human beings, step by step, heart to heart troughtout my artwork. My paintings are a journey into the human being. In special my main project: "Human walking towards it's being"*** I have also worked on other project: "The colors of the warriors" and "The concept Art" is closely linked to my marketing and advertising studies I express my own philosophy though my painting: and I named it Sentimentality*** In 2006 writting my Book "La Filosofia de l'Ànima" (The Philosophy of the Soul) the maximum concept is: know what you feel to feel what you think to feel what you do----- everything from feeling I got my degree in Avertising and Public Relations in University Ramon Llull of Barcelona 2006