Josep Royo
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Josep Royo (born 1945 in Barcelona) is a Catalan contemporary artist best known for his tapestries. [1]
With fellow Catalan artist Joan Miró , he created The World Trade Center Tapestry , which hung in the lobby of the South World Trade Center from 1974 until the building was destroyed in 2001. [2] He also collaborated with Miró to create a tapestry for the new headquarters of CaixaBank in Barcelona. An image from this tapestry would become the current logo for CaixaBank. [3]
His work is exhibited in locations around the world including the Museu D'Art Modern De Tarragona in Catalonia, [4] the Tamayo Museum in Mexico City , [5] and The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. [2]
Awards
1986- Aranjuez tapestry award [1]
References
- 1 2 "Josep Royo" . Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan). Catalonia, Spain: Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- 1 2 McGlone, Peggy (5 May 2017). "A beloved Miro created for the National Gallery fell out of favor with curators" . The Washington Post .
- ↑ Cronin, Anne (2008). Consuming the Entrepreneurial City: Image, Memory, Spectacle . USA: Routeledge. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-415-95518-8 .
- ↑ "Miró – Royo: History of a Tapestry" . diputaciodetarragona.cat . Museu D'Art Modern De Tarragona . Retrieved 1 December 2017 .
- ↑ "JOSEP ROYO" . museotamayo.org . Tamayo Museum. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017 . Retrieved 1 December 2017 .
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