Xavier Grau
In memory of Xavier Grau

Xavier Grau (Barcelona, 1951 - 2020) belongs to a generation that lived through times of great social changes and deep reforms at both political and economic levels. All of this led to an art that sought to capture reality while being critical of it.
In order to really understand his work, a certain social context is needed.
In the 1970s, when this young artist began his pictorial journey, Spain was still suffering the last throes of a dictatorial regime and was immersed in a tide of great social changes and a great political and ideological plurality.