The artist Anna Malagrida presents a video installation that starts from the traces that man has perpetuated in the landscape of volcanic area of La Garrotxa.
“The Devil’s Stone, 2022″ focuses on the popular imagination that is created around these footprints and their perception.
The proposal is part of the Natura Viva project and is curated by Carolina Grau. Ten artists from ten Catalan cities have been invited to explore the local geography and reveal to us, once again, how to feel and learn from our nature.
The objective is to raise awareness and reflect on the evolution of our footprint and its impact on the biosphere. The result of the ten artistic projects can be seen simultaneously in the ten cities during the fall of 2022.
Since 1993, the Italian Massimo Vitali stands on a platform several meters high, and with a large camera he photographs beaches, nightclubs, ski resorts, supermarkets, swimming pools and other busy leisure areas.
The work of this contemporary photographer embodies the essence of leisure activity in the summer season.
But there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to this author’s idyllic seascapes. Vitali responded to the political turmoil in Italy in the 1940s, launching his beach series in the mid-1990s as a political commentary on mass tourism and social complacency. While Vitali’s photographs seem to depict the paradisiacal appearance from each place he captures, his work actually focuses on the individuals who appear in the composition and their collective response to society.
Using the beach as a platform for social research, Vitali sought to photograph bathers in their most vulnerable state in order to document society in its most authentic state Most of the artist’s work captures tourist destinations in Italy as it retains the idea that taking quality photos does not necessarily require traveling outside of your local community. Some of the famous places immortalized in Vitali’s work include Spargi Cala Corsara Cala Mariolu Porto Miggiano and Cefalù Viareggio however Vitali has since it has expanded beyond the borders of Italy to vacation spots in Brazil, Greece, Turkey and Spain.
Massimo Vitali, by Wallpaper*
Since the start of his iconic beach series, Vitali has continued to explore the natural environment, but instead focused on the impact of human disturbance on nature In contrast to his coastal scenes, Vitali focuses less on the pleasure and leisure of people and, instead, in the complex relationship between humans and their impact on the environment his most recent series entitled Disturbed Coastal Systems (April 2017) reveals an implicit message of the tension built between the man and nature.
Dates
08.09.2022- 02.10.2022
Organizer Government of Cantabria. General Directorate of Culture and PHotoESPAÑA
Headquarters
Central Library of CantabriaC/ Ruiz de Alda, 19, 39009 Santander
The Reus Museum exhibits at its headquarters in the Raval de Santa Anna the piece “Duna’s World II”, a work by the sculptor Jaume Plensa, which is part of a col private collection, lent to the city by the Senda Gallery.
Jaume Plensa born in Barcelona in 1955 is one of the greatest exponents of the current sculpture scene, and internationally known, especially for his pieces of art in public spaces.
“Duna’s World II” is another representation of Jaume Plensa‘s idea, a young face, sculpted directly on the marble, with an incredibly smooth surface that is a clear tribute to the purity of youth.
The face, with closed eyes transports us to the world of inner reflection, of introspection, of peace, like a utopian portrait of human thought. With its contemplation Plensa invites us to better feel our deepest being and abandon ourselves to the time of thought.
The face, with closed eyes, transports us to the world of inner reflection, introspection, peace, like a utopian portrait of human thought. With its contemplation, Plensa invites us to feel better our deeper being and leave us in the time of thought.
El rostro, con los ojos cerrados, nos transporta al mundo de la reflexión interior, de la introspección, de la paz, como un retrato utópico del pensamiento humano. Con su contemplación Plensa nos invita a sentir mejor nuestro ser más profundo y abandonarnos en el tiempo del pensamiento.
“Duna’s World II” is a unique piece of marble, 183 x 67 x 58, created in 2015
With the sale of this piece, Reus will have two works by Jaume Plensa. In 2003, the sculptor created the piece ‘Body of Light’ which is installed at the entrance of the Xavier Amorós Central Library.
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Museo de Reus has opened its doors to present a true jewel of contemporary art: the exceptional piece “Duna’s World II” by acclaimed sculptor Jaume Plensa. This work, part of a private collection on loan from Galeria SENDA, has found its home in the historic headquarters of the Santa Ana district, adding a new and vibrant cultural dimension to the city.
“Duna’s World II” transcends the mere category of sculpture to become a gateway to the artist’s fascinating universe. It is a living testimony of his artistic ideology and a celebration of eternal youth. Masterfully carved in marble, the delicacy and smoothness of its surface invite the viewer to approach and be enveloped by its mystical aura. The face, with eyes closed in a gesture of serene contemplation, suggests a state of deep reflection, an irresistible invitation to explore the innermost recesses of our own consciousness.
Jaume Plensa, renowned for his ability to capture the very essence of the human being in his works, leads us on a journey of self-discovery towards inner peace and spiritual harmony. “Duna’s World II” reminds us of the vital importance of introspection and invites us to immerse ourselves in the time of thought, where we find the serenity and balance so longed for in the tumult of modern life.
“Duna’s World II” is a unique marble piece, 183 x 67 x 58, created in 2015
The transfer of this masterpiece represents an invaluable gift for Reus, which can now boast of having two works by the renowned sculptor in its city In 2003, Plensa left an indelible mark on the city with his monumental creation “Body of Light“, which majestically adorns the entrance of Biblioteca Central Xavier Amorós. With the incorporation of “Duna’s World II“, Reus consolidates its position as an unavoidable cultural destination on the map of contemporary art, attracting visitors and art lovers from all over the world.
If you want to explore more closely “Duna’s World II“, in addition to approaching Museo de Reus, you can watch this video of Canal Reus where the details of the work are explored, in addition to hearing a few words from the councilor of culture of the City of Reus, Daniel Recasens, and the delegate of the Government of the Generalitat in Camp de Tarragona, Teresa Pallarès.
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The artist based in Barcelona has just presented a new series of sculptures in the shopping center La Roca Village. The collection represents a novelty for the artist who usually works on large-scale public murals.
Striking sculptures by American-born Japanese artist Mina Hamada dot the streets of the space. In June, the creator inaugurated a project conceived together with La Roca Villageand the galleryLAB36. The idea behind Colorful Walk, conceived ex profeso for that place, is to support local talent.
Three colorful geometric sculptures and a set of hanging wooden mobiles can now be seen at the entrance of La Roca Village. A final three meter tall sculpture will be installed later this summer. Mina talks about her work process, her iconic style and how she approaches a new medium.
Hamada transmits its good vibrations through itsfree and organic forms, in a style characterized by color, rhythm and improvisation. Although it is mostly known for its mural artof enormous dimensions, the artist explores other formats such as canvas or sculpture without abandoning the artistic language that identifies her. You can currently enjoy his circular and rectangular canvases in an individual exhibition that he has done for the galleryLAB36 titled Transition.
The La Roca Village project began to take shape in 2021 and, after several meetings, Hamada and the team created for the occasion, chose to develop strong>works with volume. The artist, who has worked in various disciplines, from paintings to murals or work on paper, is the first time that she has developed such large works in three dimensions:
“It’s a new challenge for me. With Paseo Colorido I can bring people closer to my work and make them interact with it.”
Hamada’s proposal is articulated through three groups of sculptures: Dream Passage, with large-scale works (300 x 200 x 150 cm) ; Summer whims, which are three small format pieces; and Aerial landscape, a mobile installation. The artist is excited about the opportunity to give volume to her creations, because “they look like characters that come out of my paintings and have a soul.”
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The Councilor for Culture of the Eivissa City Council and president of the Board of Trustees of the Eivissa Museum of Contemporary Art, Pep Tur, the director of the Eivissa Museum of Contemporary Art, Elena Ruiz, and the artist Zush have presented the exhibition “Zush en Eivissa” which was inaugurated on Friday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. and will remain on display until November 30, 2022.
The Councilor for Culture and President of the Board of Trustees of the Pep Tur Museum of Contemporary Art has stated that:
“Zush is one of the essential artists to understand the evolution of Spanish art in the 70s and 80s mainly. We are lucky that a large part of this production was made on the island of Eivissa. Getting a part of it together makes it one of the most important exhibitions of the season, not only in Ibiza or the Balearic Islands, but throughout the country. This exhibition demonstrates the increasingly ascending line that MACE has had in recent years.“
The exhibition focuses on the period between 1968 and 1983 in which Zush resided on the island of Ibiza, a period that became a moment of intense creativity for the artist, who experimented with very diverse formats and techniques, such as fluorescent painting illuminated by black light. This exuberant diversity of artistic proposals will be reflected in an exhibition that will present more than a hundred works, some seventy from the Suñol Soler Collection, which will be exhibited in the Arms Hall of the Ibizan museum.
The artist Zush has stated that: “ The works that can be seen in this exhibition correspond to the period of 18 years that he lived on the island. He has also added that what gives him the most joy is thinking that his works give people joy. “
The curator of the exhibition, Enrique Juncosa, has highlighted that Zush is an artist who:
“Has known how to create an inner world, creating characters and turning them into myths; He is a pioneering and current artist, as is the study of identity, his relationship with drawing, collaborations with other artists, his relationship with electronic music, and he is an advanced figure in the artistic currents of surrealism and pop art.”
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The artist Mina Hamada, known in Barcelona mainly for her street art, presents an exclusive solo exhibition for the gallery LAB36: “Transition”.
The opening will be next Saturday, May 21 from 11AM to 2PM at Carrer de Trafalgar, 36 (Barcelona, 08010).
Fase lunar 1. Acrylic in wood. 90cm diameter. 2022
“Transition“, produced for LAB36, the Japanese-born artist continues to develop the artistic language that identifies her & nbsp; and presents us with a universe of colors and forms a sign of her identity. Dynamism and movement are features that in Mina’s work create a dialogue with the geometric games characteristic of her paintings. This time on circular and rectangular canvases that she has chosen precisely for the exhibition.
It is thanks to the balance of her works that Mina Hamada is today one of the great representatives of international urban art. In contrast to the harshness of the streets, her paintings convey softness, emotion and a rhythm that breaks with the brutality of the everyday landscape.
“Transition” builds a world of fantasy-realism and brings to light multiple elements, some abstract and some figurative, of Mina’s gaze. Her works invite us to enter a new universe of colors, shapes and energies.
The artist pays tribute to the victims of war in his new exhibition in the French town of Céret
“Every time a human being dies,/the house closes and a place is lost./My work is its memory; the frozen fixation/of so many bodies that are developing/and disappearing in the fleetingness of life./My work is its volume.” Jaume Plensa wrote this poem in 2000 and his verses, from which he has taken the title of his new exhibition, “Every face is a place“, resonate with a painful echo in each of the sculptures and drawings gathered at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Céret (France).
“In Ukraine there are many people dying, many houses destroyed, many places to which it will no longer be possible to return… How can art help in such tragic situations like this? I think these faces are a tribute to all the faces we are seeing in the press, those dramatic photographs of women and children going into exile, and of men who have decided to stay to defend their homeland, their country and their little place, their home, their work. We are so much alike that I find it scandalous that we call ourselves by different names or use different flags: we human beings are practically identical“.
A visitor walks between the sculptures ‘Julia‘ and ‘Lou‘ | Agencia EFE
“Every face is a place” (until June 6) is Jaume Plensa‘s second exhibition in Céret after his successful presentation in 2015. This time he has returned to inaugurate the new stage of the Museo de la Catalunya Nord, which reopens after more than two years of works with its expanded collection and a new 1,300-meter pavilion designed by the prestigious architect Pierre-Louis Faloci. There, in this new wing “that flows as if it were a small river between the houses of Céret“, Plensa has put into conversation a dozen sculptures and twenty drawings whose absolute protagonist is the portrait. “The face,” he recalls, “is the part of our body that we cannot see, the great gift we give to others; the photograph of the soul, the door we open to others“.
“We human beings are so similar that it is a scandal that we use different flags”
Plensa wanted to open his tour with another of his obsessions, silence, to which he invites through Carlota, the same girl who, from her 24 meters high, inspires calm in an old dock in Newport (New Jersey), just in front of Manhattan. The one that now receives the visitor is much smaller and is built with Macael marble, but the attitude is the same, the index finger on the lips. “I invite silence, not to not speak, but just the opposite. To be able to listen and better understand our thoughts, the vibration of our body and our ideas“. He also has his eyes closed. “I like to think that the viewer can use the sculpture as a mirror, that he himself closes his eyes and tries to look at this wonderful inner landscape that we keep hidden for reasons of education or culture, because we always believe that there are other more important things to talk about than oneself, and it seems to me that this way we miss valuable information from so many and so many people“.
Image of the exhibition “Every face is a place” by David Borrat | Agencia EFE
The ghost of war crosses the path again. “It’s a stupid war” Plensa laments. “I have many friends in Ukraine and also in Russia, I have exhibited in Kiev and I have exhibited in Moscow, and what is happening is an absolute misunderstanding. I hope it ends soon, and we return to civility, as Vicent Andrés Estellés used to say“. The artist also remembers Oscar Wilde, who said that “when you start to live you really want to write because what you are looking for is to understand life, and the more you have lived, the less you write because you realize that life is to be lived, not to be written“. The same thing happens to him. But, above all, a letter the poet wrote from Reading prison comes to mind, where he described the most serious problems they faced in prison: illness, hunger and insomnia. “That’s what must be happening in Ukraine” he imagines.
Barcelona artist Jaume Plensa during the presentation to the press by David Borrat | Agencia EFE
The artist delves into the faces of others from a first self-portrait, himself seated inside a large sphere made of letters of different alphabets that protects him and at the same time unites him to the world. “Sculpture is like a language in a bottle” he reflects. And the message is very important, but the bottle is key. “And here there are many bottles with a very similar message“. An art that declines the same idea in different containers. Faces in cast stainless steel, in bronze on wood that was captured when he was still alive, on burnt trunks that give them an almost sacred air or reaching almost invisibility in transparent meshes, like the one he presented at the Palacio de Cristal in Madrid. “Matter and invisibility seem contradictory terms, but there is a key moment in Macbeth that I think is a great definition of sculpture. Macbeth has just killed the king and realizes that he has not killed a being, a man, but he has killed the possibility of sleep. And that extraordinary idea that through matter you can speak of the invisible, of the untouchable, of what we cannot understand, is my sculpture“.
“The face is the part of our body we cannot see, the great gift we give to others”
Then come the spectators, who will complete the exhibition with their own faces and will join the ones that appear on the walls in the form of drawings. Some of them, the most recent ones, made on the sheets that protected the sculptures from dust in the studio and that by means of the frotage technique, with pastel and charcoal, absorb their traces as if they were a shroud. This will not be the only exhibition in which this year he will link sculptures and drawings. In May, he will be exhibiting at the Lelong Gallery in Paris and, in June, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (England) and at the Picasso Museum in Antibes (France).
Donald Sultan. Autumn Mimosa (Feb, 2018) Enamel, latex, graphite and tar on masonite. 122 x 244 cm
From June 3rd to 6th, Galeria SENDA presents a group exhibition at Art Brussels, one of the most renowned contemporary art fairs in Europe and an unmissable event on the international art calendar. Art Brussels is the ideal opportunity to discover the artistic and cultural richness of the art and cultural scene of the European capital, attracting a considerable number of collectors, curators, gallery owners, art professionals and art lovers from all over the world. Each year, the fair welcomes around 25,000 visitors to the emblematic Tour & Taxis building in the heart of the Belgian capital.
Instead of the usual format, this year the Belgian fair will offer a new edition: the Art Brussels week will feature Viewing Rooms, i.e. online exhibitions, from June 2nd to 14th and will also present physical gallery tours from June 3rd to 6th. For those unfamiliar with the term “viewing room,” this is a digital system that allows viewers to explore and examine works of art, either through high-quality images, videos or detailed descriptions. These viewing rooms are often used at art fairs and galleries as a way to show works of art to those who cannot physically attend the place where the works are exhibited. Through the “viewing rooms” visitors can, apart from appreciating the pieces, obtain information about them and the artists and even contact the gallery to make inquiries or purchases. All you need is an Internet connection and a great desire to enter into this extrasensory experience of online visits.
Anthony Goicolea. Inflatable Pieta. Oil on raw linen canvas. 90 x 130 cm
This year, for the physical gallery tour, SENDA invites the public to visit our current exhibition: “Day and night: New paintings and drawings” by Donald Sultan. Sultan is a contemporary painter, sculptor and printmaker known for his large-scale paintings, which explore the dichotomies between beauty and rudeness and realism and abstraction through the construction of a particular imaginary rich in color and form. With the fusion of techniques and materials, Sultan manages to build works that dance between the representation of images directly recognizable in the collective imagination and the purest abstraction. A great example of this mix of concepts is his ability to reinvent a technique as old as still life, using images of lemons, poppies, fruits, flowers and everyday objects, which give a breath of fresh air to the grandeur of his compositions.
The online exhibition continues to present our selected artists in the Viewing Room so that the shows can reach many more people. The artists chosen to represent our gallery in Brussels are Peter Halley, Jaume Plensa, Yago Hortal, Anthony Goicolea, Jordi Bernadó,Oleg Dou, Glenda León, Stephan Balkenhol, Gino Rubert and Evru Zush. The exhibition includes painting, photography, sculpture and drawings to create a constellation of works representing multiple techniques and artistic expressions. The wide variety of artistic proposals for this art week in Brussels aims to extol the most significant attributes of our gallery, advocating a brutal combination that perfectly represents the exquisiteness of the contemporary art that SENDA is committed to exhibit.
Do not miss this unique artistic encounter where works from different corners of the world converge for a few days in Brussels to be appreciated by a wide range of attendees and art lovers, in a unique cultural experience.
Yago Hortal. Z5. Acrylic on linen. 2020Jordi Bernadó. Paris (FR 336.1). Photography. 2016Glenda León. Acoustic Painting. Drawing. 2020
