Robert Anglada first exhibited in the early 1960’s, was considered one of the most exciting new artist of his generation. In 1962, after winning the “Young Artists Prize” in Barcelona, he was awarded a grant to study in Paris which then led to his acceptance into the Salon de Mai in Barcelona for three consecutive years. The work he submitted to the Cercle Maillot won a prize, and was to be shown in Barcelona’s Museo de Arte Moderna, but was pulled out for being “too erotic”.
Critics have described his work as “disturbing”, they can shift from the figurative to a tortured and anguished composition. His work consistently reflects an interior world which is fueled by the deconstruction of perceived reality, without assuaging its aggressiveness, eroticism or cruelty. Critics have compared his work to Francis Bacon.
Anglada has exhibited extensively throughout Europe, including Paris, London, Barcelona and a large number of German cities, even exhibiting in Kandahar, Afghanistan. His work constantly changes, as he is bored with repetition, and takes a particular form to its very extreme. Visiting with Anglada, you come to understand that his work is only an extension of the man, his art communicating and expressing the good and sometimes cruel turns his life has taken, a man who quite simply thrives on creating.