Critical Writing Index

Muntadas: A Man Of His Time

by Karen Henry

Video Guide, Dec. 1988, v. 9, no. 5, pp. 10-11

Interview with Antoni Muntadas, which also includes a brief overview of the artist's work and life spent between Spain and America. Muntadas speaks of his own work as demonstrating a "critical subjectivity" that offers social critique through the use of creative imagery. Karen Henry discusses the reasoning behind Muntadas' foray into the format of video (Muntadas first produced paintings and action events), the ways in which popular media interacts with fine art, the institutional critique of the Between The Frames (1981-91) series, the artist's interest in language, and the influence of his personal life and experience of cultural displacement upon his work.

ITEM 1988.138 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Between The FramesAntoni Muntadas