Exhibition "Francesc Tosquelles. Like a sewing machine in a wheat field"

Description

The exhibition proposes a tour of the avant-garde practices carried out by the psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles in the therapeutic, political and cultural fields. Tosquelles transformed psychiatric institutions during the Republic and under the Europe of fascism.

Today it is an inspiration to think about mental health policies in times of extreme crisis. «Francesc Tosquelles. Like a Sewing Machine in a Wheat Field ”highlights the figure, work and political and artistic environment of a psychiatrist who revolutionized the medical practices of his time and who passed on an innovative and amazing cultural legacy. , unknown to most. Francesc Tosquelles set out to address the social roots of mental illness and to transform the psychiatric institution.

Paul Éluard, Gérard Vulliamy, Tristan Tzara, Joan Miró, Antonin Artaud, Henri Michaux, Brassaï and Léon Schwarz-Abrys are some of the artists present at the exhibition, which also features contemporary and newly created works, such as a film. film by Mireia Sallarès and interactive installations and pieces by Alejandra Riera, Roger Bernat, Angela Melitopoulos, Maurizio Lazzarato and Perejaume.