MOUSE? by Josep M Pastó

artAmore Sitges is pleased to present MOUSE?, an exhibition of artistic recycling sculptures by Catalan artist Josep M. Pastó, on view from June 21 to August 25, 2025. The opening will take place on Saturday, June 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the artAmore Sitges.

In this playful and emotionally rich exhibition, Pastó reinterprets the universal icons of Mickey and Minnie Mouse through a highly personal technique: assemblage using recycled materials. Each piece is the result of meticulous searches for forgotten objects, scrap metal, discarded wood, worn-out fragments, which he transforms and integrates with artisanal precision and artistic sensitivity.

The collection is grounded in a simple yet profound idea: joy as a creative force. For Pastó, to create is to reconnect with childhood to rediscover play and imagination through hands-on construction. These works not only give new life to materials but also offer a fresh lens through which the viewer can reflect on consumption, memory, and reuse.

Josep M. Pastó, who lives in Sant Pere de Ribes, is a self-taught artist with roots in the Lleida region. While still in high school, he discovered his artistic passion through classes with Carme Benet in Les Borges Blanques. This early interest led him to enroll independently at the Escola d’Arts Aplicades i Oficis Artístics de Tàrrega. Though he later pursued a career in telecommunications engineering which he still practices today, creative expression has always been central to his life: from working with clay and wood to object transformation and photography. His artistic approach blends impulsive creativity with a strong respect for manual processes, often shaped by the wisdom of his father.

MOUSE? is an exhibition that invites smiles, reclaims forgotten materials, and restores sculpture’s power to move through humour, memory and tenderness.