Spinning Nature: Tapestries by Maria Assumpció Raventós

Fundació Felícia Fuster presents an exhibition highlighting the textile work of Maria Assumpció Raventós, a central figure in contemporary Catalan tapestry. A chance to see how weaving steps away from the wall to adopt sculptural depth. 🎨🧵

The exhibition showcases the career of an artist connected to Catalan informalism who combined traditional craftsmanship, formal experimentation, and advocacy for women creators.

🎨 Exposició "Filant la natura: els tapissos de Maria Assumpció Raventós"

📅 From November 12, 2026, to January 8, 2027

🕐 Tuesday to Friday, 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM

📍 Fundació Felícia Fuster, Barcelona

🎟️ Free admission

📖 Three-dimensional relief and textile exploration

The exhibition brings together nine highly textured pieces crafted with custom dyes on virgin fiber. In these works, the tapestry moves away from the flat wall to evoke memories of the artist's native Penedès region, sea voyages, and an early ecological awareness inspired by indigenous American arts.

By using knotting techniques learned from Argentine artist Susana Rolando, Raventós converts the woven surface into a three-dimensional relief, transcending decorative boundaries to turn fiber into an organic, sculptural medium.

🎨 Maria Assumpció Raventós at Fundació Felícia Fuster

Born in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia in 1930, Maria Assumpció Raventós trained at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts and refined her skills at the Escola Catalana del Tapís alongside Josep Grau-Garriga. Following creative periods in Paris, Washington, and Japan, she established a singular voice recognized with the Creu de Sant Jordi and membership in the RACBA de Sant Jordi academy.

✨ An inspiring journey into the tactile mastery and environmental poetry of Maria Assumpció Raventós.