1976–2023 GRAPHIC ART IN THE EINA FOUNDATION ART COLLECTION
In 1997, to celebrate Eina's 10th anniversary, the tradition of publishing a graphic work as a Christmas present to give to teachers and collaborators of the centre who gave seminars and lectures during the academic year began.
Albert Ràfols Casamada, director of Eina, begins the collection of graphic works with a sketch of the Dolcet house, the modernist tower by Joan Rubió i Bellver, which was Eina's first headquarters in 1966.
La casa Dolcet, Albert Ràfols Casamada (1977).
Pep Alemany was also inspired by the Dolcet house, specifically the access door to the garden, for his silkscreen for the 1979 festivities.
Serigrafia, Pep Alemany (1979).
The surroundings of Eina are also reflected in the silkscreen prints, as in the case of Xavier Serra de Rivera's work, which depicts the Peu del Funicular station of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, used to go to the Dolcet house at Avinguda de Vallvidrera 44 bis. A very useful means of transport to get to the Eina Bosc facilities, open since 2022.
Serigrafia, Xavier Serra de Rivera (1982).
All the graphic works have been created by the teaching staff or a group of collaborators linked to Eina. The pieces are signed and numbered by their authors, with a limited edition of 150 copies.
The authors are:
Serigrafia, Josep Guinovart (1985).
Serigrafia, Joan Hernández Pijoan (1987).
Serigrafia, Antoni Llena (1992).
Amb paraules o sense, Xano Armenter (2000).
Screen-printed transparent acetate with a different newspaper clipping for each issue as background.
Since 2006, the works were printed at the Taller de Creación Gráfica located in Barra de Ferro street in Ciutat Vella, and since 2022 at the Eina Bosc facilities, where this workshop has been moved.
Four-colour screen printing, Miguel Bustos (2016). Illustration of Eina Sentmenat's facilities. .
La pansée innocent, Jordi Fulla (2006). Two-colour lithograph.
Strange Loops, Jo Milne (2012).
Estructures invisibles, Daniel Stegegman Magrane (2018). Five-colour silkscreen on photographic print.
Lluna d'aigua, Manel Esclusa (2021). Spelling (colour) Giclée print on Fine Art Baryta paper.
El sol em porta al cel, Laia Estruch (2023). Prints of body parts dyed on paper, each work is different.
Enric Mas, Jo Milne and Raffaele Sarcina, teachers at Eina, together with Carles Alguacil and Javi Fernández, who were workshop teachers, have been the main driving forces behind this initiative, which takes place in the Graphic Creation Workshop.
The works will be exhibited at Eina Sentmenat during the months of November and January.