Marcella Barceló (b. 1992, Mallorca) frequently travelled to Japan and was introduced to 'Mono No' aware, an aesthetic concept derived from Japanese Buddhist philosophy. It deals with the elusive nature of the sensible world, the description and resigned contemplation of what is lost. A disturbing metaphorical strangeness emerges from Marcella Barceló’s canvases, crossed by the recurring figures of ghostly adolescents - hesitating between wonder and anguish. "I try to represent anxious memories, to represent that moment when we realise the impermanence of everything. I represent landscapes where there seems to be a potential threat, a slight trembling, a few seconds before being chased out of paradise." 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Marcella Barceló is a French-Spanish artist born in Mallorca. Her work has been presented in numerous exhibitions both in France and internationally. She participated in the Biennale de Dessin Contemporain de Paris in 2014 and was awarded the Prix du Dessin Contemporain of the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2015. Her work can be found in the collections of the Fondation Louis Vuitton (France), Museum of Contemporary Art of Ibiza (Spain), Cabinet de Dessin des Beaux-Arts de Paris (France), Fondation Guerlain (France), Fonds de Dotation Emerige (France) among others.