Prats Nogueras Blanchard

Prats Nogueras Blanchard is the union of two established galleries, Galeria Joan Prats and Nogueras Blanchard in March 2024. The merging of our two projects is a transformative synergy that promises to contribute significantly to the Spanish and international art scene.  Prats Nogueras Blanchard, has bases in Madrid and Barcelona, and is committed to curating and to the production of discourse in dialogue with artists. Our combined roster of artists is intergenerational, and while representing a genealogy of Spanish artists, we bring together diverse voices, disciplines and practices from a wider international perspective with a focus on the Mediterranean and Latin America. 

Galeria Joan Prats has been a pioneer since its establishment in Barcelona in 1976 championing conceptual practices of Spanish artists such as Muntadas, Perejaume, Joan Miró, or Joan Brossa, and international artists such as Ed Ruscha, Christo & Jeanne Claude or Hannah Collins. NoguerasBlanchard was founded in Barcelona in 2004 and opened in Madrid in 2012, supporting an international and intergenerational array of artists, from Ester Partegàs and Mercedes Azpilicueta to Ana Mendieta or Antoni Tàpies. Alongside the galleries’ exhibition programme, we have produced publications, organized talks, performances and events in support of the artists’ multidisciplinary and critical practices. Our gallery’s commitment to showcasing curatorial excellence and providing unwavering support to artists, have made them key players in the Spanish art scene over the past decades.

Represented artists:

Francesco Arena, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Erick Beltrán, Cabello/Carceller, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Victoria Civera, Hannah Collins, Anne-Lise Coste, Leandro Erlich, Luis Gordillo, Joseph Grigely, Joan Hernández Pijuan, Lola Lasurt, Chema Madoz, Ana Mendieta, Muntadas, Ester Partegàs, Perejaume, Pablo del Pozo, Fernando Prats, Wilfredo Prieto, Caio Reisewitz, Julião Sarmento, Shimabuku, José María Sicilia, Antoni Tàpies, Ignacio Uriarte, Juan Uslé, Richard Wentworth

Richard Wentworth (Samoa, 1947) has played a leading role in New British Sculpture since the end of the 1970s. His work, encircling the notion of objects and their use as part of our day-to-day experiences, has altered the traditional definition of sculpture as well as photography. By transforming and manipulating industrial and/or found objects into works of art, Wentworth subverts their original function and extends our understanding of them by breaking the conventional system of classification. The sculptural arrangements play with the notion of ready-made and juxtaposition of objects that bear no relation to each other.  

For his new exhibition at Prats Nogueras Blanchard, Wentworth will use the rearrangement of his entire studio as a starting point. Since the 1970s, his studio has been both a workspace anda repository for completed and potential pieces. He will present a new body of work specifically for this show, which will open during Barcelona Gallery Weekend 2024. By revisiting his earlier work, this exhibition recontextualizes the fundamental gestures of Wentworth's practice while introducing new explorations and vocabulary within his practice.