Ismael Smith. La bellesa i els monstres (Ismael Smith: The Beauty and the Monsters) is the catalogue of the exhibition presented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya from June to September 2017. The show covered Ismael Smith's full artistic trajectory, bringing together works from the many disciplines he practised, such as sculpture, drawing, illustration, poster art, interior design, ceramics, jewellery design, engraving, exlibris, as well as painting, a practically unknown facet of this artist.
Ismael Smith was one of the great Catalan sculptors of the twentieth century, but as a result of his transgressive production, he was labelled a satirical illustrator and trinket maker, never receiving the recognition he was due.
CASAMARTINA, Josep 2017 / Ismael Smith. La bellesa i els monstres
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
296 pp., 21 x 24 cm, colour illustrations. Published in Catalan and Spanish, both editions including translation of the texts in English
Available in paperback / euros 33
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