Visual artist. Born in Barcelona in 1952, Amat\u2019s work refuses to fit into any single category. It has been exhibited and published all over the world. His open conception of painting has led him to incorporate a range of artistic languages into his work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has done stage design for dance and theatre based on the work of Garc\u00eda Lorca, Beckett, Juan Goytisolo, Kolt\u00e8s and Octavio Paz\u2026 He also directed and created the stage design for the oratories Oedipus Rex<\/em> by Stravinsky\/Cocteau, Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo<\/em> by Caldara, el Sombrero de tres picos<\/em> by Falla and the opera El viaje a Simorgh<\/em> by S\u00e1nchez Verd\u00fa. He has illustrated various literary works including the Thousand and One Nights<\/em>, the Odyssey<\/em> or Seven Days<\/em> by Mark Strand, with Bob Wilson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n His architectural interventions have included projects that combine painting, sculpture and ceramics: El mural de les olles<\/em>, Villanurbs<\/em>, Pluja de sang<\/em> and Mur d\u2019ulls<\/em>, among others. In the same varied direction, he has taken painting into the realm of film-making in films like the only screenplay by Lorca, Viaje a la luna<\/em>, Foc al c\u00e0ntir<\/em> by Joan Brossa, El aullido<\/em>, with a script by Cabrera Infante, Danse noire<\/em> and Deu dits<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2533,"template":"","categoria-participante":[83],"class_list":["post-2535","participante","type-participante","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-participante-talking-about-art"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n