Rediscovering avant-garde art through the lens of chess
In 1957 the artist Joan Miró created a venue in Barcelona where his works of art could be researched and made available to a wider public. This space, the Fundació Joan Miró, contacted Hey in 2016 to design the visual identity for one of their temporary exhibitions. Fi de Partida (Endgame: Duchamp, Chess, and the Avant-Garde) reinterpreted modern art history through its relationship with chess. It ran for three months and exhibited works from numerous twentieth century artists.
We came up with a proposal where both the visual and conceptual focus was on avant-garde cubism. We decided to combine graphic design with images from paintings in the exhibition (such as Simultaneous Dresses by Sonia Delaunay or Motor, Laboratory of Ideas by Jean Crotti).







