Incollect Magazine - Issue 14

66 www.incollect.com Beatriz Garrigo Galerie OAK Antoine Vignault first discovered Garrigo’s ceramics at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Céret in French Catalonia. “This museum is located in a town with a remarkable artistic history,” Vignault explains. “Céret has long been a place of passage and inspiration for major artists such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, and Marc Chagall, who all worked there in the 20th century.” Discovering Garrigo’s ceramics here created for him “a beautiful dialogue between past and present: In a town marked by the legacy of modern masters, her work felt like a continuation of that creative energy another voice added to the long artistic story of Céret.” What sparked his attention to her work was the quiet poetry of her motifs. “Her ceramics are deeply inspired by the landscapes of the Massif des Albères, a national park where she lives and works. One senses in her ceramics the presence of this environment: its vegetation, its light, its horizon between sea and mountains.” The strength of her colors also moved him. “The vibrant Catalan palette she uses seems to emerge almost in relief from the warm red clay of La Bisbal d’Empordà, whose earth she uses to throw her plates and vases. The pigments appear highlighted against this deep terracotta background, creating a simple, powerful, luminous contrast. It is this balance between material, landscape, and color between the earth of the clay and the poetry of the painted motifs that made me want to present her work.” Vignault is planning an exhibition of her ceramics and paintings at Galerie OAK in 2027. Photos: Antoine Vignault for OAK Gallery : Beatriz Garrido, Vase with Blue Flowers, Black Birds, France, 2022. Hand painted earthenware with polychrome glaze on Catalan red clay from La Bisbal. : Beatriz Garrido, Indigo Ceramic Vase with Black and Blue Birds, France, 2022. Hand painted earthenware with polychrome glaze on Catalan red clay from La Bisbal.