Artists' Thoughts
Artists and Accountants: An Unexpected Alliance
In this essay, Tomás reflects on the hidden partnership between creative minds and organizers, arguing that great works emerge not from artists alone but from the alliance between those who...
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What We Can Learn from the World of Tattooing
In this essay, Tomás Barceló reflects on how tattooing moved from the margins to the center of everyday visual culture, suggesting that its success lies in its direct, personal, and...
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The Cracks Through Which Emotions Slip
Tomás reflects on how deeply personal memories—often revealed in small, unexpected moments—can become the emotional source of art and resonate universally with others.
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A Bridge That Must Be Rebuilt from Both Sides
Tomás reflects on the widening divide between artists and society and calls for a shared effort to restore a living dialogue that can once again sustain culture.
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A Terrible God
Tomás Barceló portrays a modern divinity that no longer promises prosperity, only absolution without redemption, feeding resignation, mutual blame, and the quiet surrender of freedom.
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We Cannot All Be the King’s Painters
Tomás Barceló reflects on the growing distance between artists and society and warns that when art abandons dialogue with ordinary people in favor of institutional approval, it risks losing the very...
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Damià Ramis Caubet: Dancing Around the First Fire
Author: Damià Rabis Caubet (see our podcast with him) Art is a round-trip journey with no other goal than the act of walking itself. It is a journey in which we leave a deep imprint of life, carrying feelings, memories, and fantasies that gradually take shape and color, transforming into witnesses to a moment that has earned the right to be eternal. Beyond any evolutionary process, creating sculpture is sitting around the fire, alongside the cave man, and mixing earth, fat, and pigments to turn the mortar into an idol....
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Art and Social Media
In this essay, Tomás Barceló reflects on how social media evolved from a marginal meeting place into a market-driven and algorithm-governed environment, reshaping artistic practice and community, and revealing how...
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Paying to Exhibit. When the Artist Becomes the Client.
In this essay, Tomás Barceló reflects on how the art market shifted after 2008, turning artists into paying clients and redefining the meaning of exhibitions and cultural recognition.
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On the Difficult Bond Between Artist and Audience
In this essay, Tomás Barceló reflects on the fragile yet essential relationship between artist and audience, revealing how connection, vulnerability, and authenticity shape the very purpose of artistic expression.
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Creative Errors: When an Accident Thinks for Us
In this reflection, Tomás Barceló shows how creative accidents and material resistance become partners in thought, shaping the artwork as much as the artist.
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The Usefulness of Failure in the Creative Process
This reflection by Tomás Barceló shows how failure, far from being an obstacle, becomes a fertile guide that refines creative purpose and opens new paths.
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The Temptation of Excess: Why I Dream of The Neverending Story
Tomás Barceló dreams of creating a faithful adaptation of The Neverending Story, a book that deeply shaped his childhood imagination. Tomás argues that the novel is hard to adapt because...
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The Blue Flower: A Tale About What Art Is
In this gentle, ancient tale, sculptor Tomás Barceló doesn’t define art; he lets us feel it. Through the voice of a child around a fire, and a single blue flower...
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Between the Circus and the Temple
A reflection on how art survives in a world full of noise: the need to attract attention with a bit of spectacle, only to then invite the viewer into a...
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If Art Were Bread
By Tomás Barceló | Creating art isn’t about making objects or showing off skills—it’s about transforming the familiar into something new. Creativity needs time, warmth, balance. It needs the right...
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