Àngels Ribé (born 1943 in Barcelona) is considered one of the most important Catalan conceptual artists of the 70s. With a strong international presence, she worked alongside such artists as Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Gordon Matta-Clark, Lawrence Weiner, Hannah Wilke, Martha Wilson, Francesc Torres, and Krzysztof Wodiczko, among others.
Biography Ribé moved from Barcelona to Paris in 1966, and in 1969 began creating sculpture and installations, later actions and performances, working primarily with space and the body. During her years in Paris she studied sociology and ceramics and worked as an assistant to the sculptor Piotr Kowalski.
In 1972 Ribé moved to the United States, where she lived and worked for several months in Chicago before settling in New York City. She returned to Barcelona in 1980.
Work Ribe's work, contextualized in the conceptual art of the late 60s and 70s, utilized nontraditional material, which she gradually discarded to concentrate on the ephemeral—light and shadow—and the location of the body in space. In Catalonia, her work is in the collections of the Vila Casas Foundationhttp://www.fundaciovilacasas.com/ca/projecte_art/artistes/2444/ficha_artista and the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art MACBA. Her work from 1969 to 1984 was the subject of a retrospective at MACBA in 2011. For a period she signed her work as "A. Ribé" to avoid prejudgement based on her gender.
Main works Laberint (1969) Acció al parc (1969) Escuma (1969) 3 punts (1970–1973) Transport d'un raig de llum (1972) Invisible Geometry 3 (1973) Light Interaction and Wind Interaction (1973) N.A.M.E. (1974) Performance Véhicule (1974) Performance at la Galérie de Mont-real. Two Main Subjective Points on an Objective Trajectory (1975) Can't Go Home (1977) Amagueu les nines, que passen els lladres Triangle (1978) Ornamentació (1979) Paisatge (1983)
Main exhibits YearTitlePlaceCity1969Laberint Centre Artístique de Verderonne París1975Two Main subjective Pints on an Objective Trajectory 3 Mercer St. Gallery New York1977Can't Go Home C Space Gallery New York1977Amagueu les nines que passen els lladres Galeria G Barcelona1977El viatge: primera part: No es pot tornar Espai Tres. Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sabadell Sabadell1978I demà encara plourà, encara que els elelfants tinguin por (perquè tenen els ulls petits) Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona1979E la forma Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra1979OrnamentacióEscola Universitària de ProfessoratSant Cugat del Vallès1979Ornamentation: the unrelated Object C Space Gallery New York1980Bajo el... Sala de Cultura de la Caja de Ahorros de Pamplona Pamplona1983Escultures Espai 10, Fundació Miró Barcelona1998Angels Ribé 1997 Centre d'Art Santa Mònica. Espai Vau Barcelona1998El terrat Galeria Senda Barcelona2003Àngels Ribé Fundació Vila Casas, Espai VolART Barcelona2011En el laberint. Àngels Ribé 1969-1984 MACBA15/07/2011- 23/10/2011. 70 artworks or photos of the artist's first years Barcelona
Awards 2012 - Premi Nacional de Cultura 2019 - Honorary GAC Award (Premi Honorífic GAC), awarded by the Gremi de Galeries d'Art de Catalunya 2019 - National Plastic Arts Prize (Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas), awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture 2021 - Creu de Sant Jordi
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External links Official Àngels Ribé Website Interview to Àngels Ribé in Spanish