LONDON. Ana Barriga “Maní” 10 january – 8 february 2020. Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery.
A giant peanut with a blue face and red lips resides as deity over a vibrant world of cartoon-like creatures. This is Maní, the fictional civilisation created by Spanish artist Ana Barriga (Jerez 1984)in which society centres around the peanut. For her solo show[...]
LOS ANGELES “Arturo Steele and Guillermo Rodriguez” 11 – 21 january 2020. Lisa Derrick Fine Arts.
The exhibition features printed photographs from Arturo Steele’s “almosthere” series and sculptural work from the “unfold” series by Guillermo Rodríguez. Steele and Rodríguez, both born and raised in Spain, have never crossed paths before. Their work, however, speaks to each other, exploring the underlying[...]
MADRID. Cristina García Rodero “ Holi, The celebration of love” 9 january – 20 february 2020. Galería Juana de Aizpuru.
Holi is the festival of color that is celebrated throughout India and which commemorates the beginning of spring, the ending of the harvest as well as the triumph of good against evil. The young throw around powders of different colors to wish each other[...]
BOLOGNA. Antoni Muntadas “Interconexiones, interconnessioni” 18 january – 22 march 2020. Villa delle Rose Museum.
Muntadas, interconexiones, interconnessioni is the first exhibition in the MAMbo·Villa delle Rose di Bologna dedicated to the work of Antoni Muntadas (Barcelona 1942). Winner of the National Plastic Arts Award in 2005 and Velázquez Prize in 2009, Muntadas has participated in all major international[...]
MEXICO. Santiago Sierra “52 Lienzos expuestos al aire de la Ciudad de México”Until 26 january 2020. Galería Labor.
Santiago Sierra (Madrid, 1966) Lives and works in Madrid, Spain and Mexico City.The work of Santiago Sierra has been characterized by showing situations where survival is a fundamental element. He translates into artistic practice the inhuman aspects of the economic system, the mechanisms of[...]
HAVANA. Santiago Cirugeda “500 años de La Habana. Habitar el gesto” 9 january -13 February 2020. Barrio del Vedado.
Since October 2019, when the Havana Theater Festival began, the social architect Santiago Cirugeda and his team Recipientes urbanos have been working with the neighborhood community of the mythical Dulce María Loynaz house in Havana to intervene spaces around Havana . With the collaboration of neighbors of these spaces,[...]