Image: Cau Ferrat Museum, Sitges
Fundació Stämpfli – Art Contemporani in Sitges will present a triple exhibition programme from 28 March through 31 December 2026, bringing together reflections on Parisian art of the 1960s, a recreation of a work by Peter Stämpfli, and 19 small-format works by artists associated with art made in Paris. The programme is documented by Museus de Sitges, whose exhibition listings include the Fundació Stämpfli among the museums and cultural sites it presents.
The programme opens with ‘París anys 60. Per a què serveixen les imatges?’ (‘Paris in the 1960s: What Are Images For?’), installed in Sala 1. The exhibition addresses a debate that emerged during a period of social and political change, when established assumptions were being questioned. Its central question concerns the status of the image: whether it should function as an instant within a broader narrative, as argued by artists associated with Narrative Figuration, or whether it can exist as an object in itself, independent of any other image or story.
According to the exhibition text, the presentation does not set artistic styles against one another. Instead, it describes the 1960s as a shared “field of forces” in which painting as a whole—figurative and non-figurative alike—was subjected to renewed scrutiny. The source material frames the exhibition around that common moment of uncertainty rather than around a single movement or stylistic position.
Sala 2 will host ‘S 37. De l’empremta a l’abstracció’ (‘S 37: From the Imprint to Abstraction’). The exhibition revisits a work connected to Stämpfli’s 1981 exhibition at the Centre Pompidou. On that occasion, the artist extended a black structure along a wall, evoking the imprint of a tyre and drawing on the geometric relief pattern of a car tyre. Forty-five years later, in 2026, Stämpfli recreates the work.
The third presentation, ‘Grans obres, petits formats’ (‘Great Works, Small Formats’), occupies Sala 3. It brings together 19 small-format works, offering a survey of varied artistic procedures used in Paris between 1960 and 2011. The documented examples include an Erró collage from 1960 and a magnetic painting by Takis from 2011.
The participating artists listed by Museus de Sitges are Pierrette Bloch, Mark Brusse, Pol Bury, Tom Carr, Philippe Cazal, Robert Combas, Gérard Deschamps, Richard Di Rosa, François Dufrêne, Erró, Christian Jaccard, Peter Knapp, Bernard Moninot, Jacques Monory, Peter Stämpfli, Takis, Pierre Tilman and Jacques Villeglé. The exhibition will be inaugurated on 28 March at noon, with open doors from 10am to 5pm on 28 and 29 March. From 29 March through 31 December, visiting hours are Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 2pm.
