"Vuit" Frederic Amat at La Virreina Centre de la Imatge

It is difficult to understand the trajectory of Frederic Amat (Barcelona, 1952) without considering the role that a significant number of poets, writers, playwrights, and philosophers with whom the artist has dialogued from the seventies to the present have played in his development.

Vuit is an exhibition that brings together some of these "conversations" around words, images, strokes, and questions. From the unreleased short film titled Al filo (2026), conceived specifically for La Virreina with Chantal Maillard, to collaborations with Mark Strand, J. V. Foix, Octavio Paz, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante, among others. Paraphrasing Peter Sloterdijk, Vuit reminds us to what extent artistic creation is a long epistle with multiple senders.