Two Exhibitions
dal 14/11/2011 al 27/1/2012
Segnalato da
14/11/2011
Two Exhibitions
Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona
The Imaginary Room is an exhibition about Juan Eduardo Cirlot poet, essayist and art critic. Mehr Licht is the first retrospective of the artist Chema Alvargonzalez, including photographs, sculptures, videos and installations, and research papers, reflects his way of working.
Juan Eduardo Cirlot
The Imaginary Room
16 november - 15 january 2012
Curated by: Enric Granell
Juan Eduardo Cirlot (Barcelona 1916-1973), poet, essayist and art critic, was one of the most influential and secret creative personalities of the twentieth century.
Hew is the author of books of poetry such as In the Flame (1945), Cordero del abismo (1946), 88 Dreams (1951) El palacio de plata (1955) and the poem cycle Bronwyn (1967-1972 ), and the iconic A Dictionary of Symbols (1958).
As a researcher, theorist and art critic his major works include Dictionary of -isms (1949), The World of the Object in the Light of Surrealism (1953), The Eye in Mythology. Its Symbolism (1954), Tàpies (1960) and The Abstract Spirit from Prehistory to the Middle Ages (1966).
Activity related to the exhibition
CIRLOT WORKSHOP - Archive and Lecture Room - 30 november, 2011 | 5.00 - 9.00 p.m.
CIRLOT - DOUBLE SESSION - Nova seu de la Filmoteca de Catalunya - 13 december, 2011 | 7.00 - 12.00 p,m.
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Chema Alvargonzalez
Mehr Licht
16 november- 29 january 2012
Curated by: Ariadna Mas
With the Goethean title Mehr Licht (More Light), we present the first retrospective of the artist Chema Alvargonzalez (Jerez de la Frontera, 1960 - Berlin, 2009), a major multidisciplinary artist who lived and worked in two cities: Barcelona and Berlin.
Alvargonzalez is acclaimed as one of the most representative artists of the first generation of techno-cultural globalism. His work is expressed in a language that hybridizes, in the form of images, light and words, and revolves around the relationships of the human subject in an urban context.
The show, which includes photographs, sculptures, videos and installations, and research papers, reflects the artist’s way of working, while tracing a path through his central themes: travel, the city, chance, words, absence…
This is the first major exhibition of Alvargonzalez’s work since his death in 2009, while the artist was preparing a show in the Laboratory space with a project combining art and science.
That project has now been expanded, thanks to the collaboration of scholars, gallery owners and collectors, to take the form of a major retrospective which will occupy the central space of Arts Santa Mònica.
Activity related to the exhibition
TALLERS FAMILIARS | EL VIATGE DE LA LLUM - Claustre - 19 novembre, 2011 - 21 gener, 2012 | 12.00 h
Press preview: november 15 at 12 a.m
Opening: november 15 at 7.00 p.m
Arts Santa Mònica
La Rambla 7 - Barcelona.
Tues- Sun 11-21
Free admission