Exhibition identity responding to the raw materiality of Tàpies’ work.

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The identity for Antoni Tàpies: Alchemy at Nahmad Projects responded to the artist’s deep engagement with materiality, transformation and mysticism.

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The identity responded to Tàpies’ use of humble, timeworn materials through a visual language that was both deliberate and unvarnished. Its rawness came through in the weight and scale of the typography, spatial tension, and the tactile decisions made in print – quiet gestures that echoed the physical presence of the work without mimicking it. A structural sans serif was set in monolithic blocks deliberately set in contrast to the rough surfaces of Tàpies’ work, creating a dialogue between typographic order and material chaos. 

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The exhibition handout was conceived as a quiet extension of the identity. A red Singer-sewn spine introduced a linear, gestural detail, while the asymmetric layout played with weight and pause across the page.

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The painting Head of a Woman (1952) was used across the key art for the exhibition – its scorched palette and graphic profile had a mythic potency that embodied the show.  The identity and graphic systems sought to hold space around Tàpies’ work –  not to explain or embellish it, but to respond with clarity and a tactile sense of presence.​

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Artist: Antoni Tàpies / Gallery: Nahmad Projects

Graphic Art Direction: Billie Temple

Installation photography: Stephen White & Co