Antonio Beneyto

Albacete - 1934

Antonio Beneyto always created with a great affinity for contemporary surrealism. First, in the 1960s, he settled in Palma de Mallorca; and in 1967 he moved to Barcelona, where he settled in the Gothic Quarter, acting as a link between high culture and the more roguish side of Barcelona, and associating with authors such as Juan Eduardo Cirlot, Joan Brossa, Juan Marsé, Joan Perucho, Juan Goytisolo, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Jaime Gil de Biedma, and many others. In both his visual and written work, he championed the “postist” aesthetic and surrealism. Beneyto did not isolate the different creative facets, understanding that reality is one and that creation must strive to understand the depths of the human mind. He explored surrealism in a visual and tactile way, invoking a world of dreamlike landscapes and fantastical figures, but with a strong human texture. In the field of writing, Beneyto is the author of poetry collections, narrative, mini-fiction, essays, travel literature, and diaries. He always worked as a promoter of critical culture and in collaboration with multiple writers, with whom he edited publications and collections.