J. S. Jassans

The sculptor Josep Salvadó Jassans (Alforja, 1938-2006) is a key figure in understanding 20th-century Catalan figurative sculpture insofar as he is the last great sculptor of a trend initiated by Aristides Maillol and which was to determine in a crucial way the way of understanding the classical world and updating the sculptural language based on the human figure. This lineage of sculptors, among whom Josep Clarà, Enric Casanovas and Joan Rebull stand out, is characterised by simplicity of form, geometry and balance.

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He holds a degree in Fine Arts from the Universitat de Barcelona, specialising in sculpture, and a doctorate in art history from the Universitat Jaume I. His research, both plastic and theoretical, is based on understanding figuration as a language where the forms of the human body are interpreted from formal concepts of abstraction.