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Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the opposite; its main purpose had to be, to realize as sacred art anything which so far had been regarded as of little value and pitiful.

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Born: December 13, 1923
Died: February 6, 2012 (aged 88)
Bio: Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies was a Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation.
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