Francis Alys
Giovanni Anselmo
Jorge Barbi
Lothar Baumgarten
Joseph Beuys
Alighiero Boetti
Christian Boltanski
Marcel Broodthaers
John Cage
Mircea Cantor
Janet Cardiff
George Bures Miller
Tacita Dean
Jimmie Durham
Guillermo Faivovich
Nicolas Goldberg
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Joao Maria Gusmao
Pedro Paiva
Roni Horn
Annika Kahrs
Amar Kanwar
Yves Klein
Jannis Kounellis
Anton Lamazares
Richard Long
Anibal Lopez
Piero Manzoni
Anthony McCall
Mario Merz
Nam June Paik
Giuseppe Penone
Perejaume
Caio Reisewitz
Robert Smithson
Antoni Tapies
Lawrence Weiner
Franz West
Gloria Moure
26/6/2014
On The Road
Different locations, Santiago de Compostela
An exhibition project that commemorates the 800th anniversary of Francis of Assisi's trip to Santiago de Compostela. It is a significant collection of works by 35 artists, including some of the leading international figures in contemporary art of the last four decades.
Artists:
Francis Alÿs, Giovanni Anselmo, Jorge Barbi, Lothar Baumgarten, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, John Cage, Mircea Cantor, Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Tacita Dean, Jimmie Durham, Guillermo Faivovich & Nicolás Goldberg, Félix González-Torres, João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva, Roni Horn, Annika Kahrs, Amar Kanwar, Yves Klein, Jannis Kounellis, Antón Lamazares, Richard Long, Aníbal López, Piero Manzoni, Anthony McCall, Mario Merz, Nam June Paik, Giuseppe Penone, Perejaume, Caio Reisewitz, Robert Smithson, Antoni Tàpies, Lawrence Weiner and Franz West.
Curator Gloria Moure
On the Road is an ambitious exhibition project, organised by the Government of Galicia, that takes place in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) between June and November to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Francis of Assisi's trip to Santiago de Compostela. The exhibition structure is intrinsically related to ideas underpinning the attitude of Francis of Assisi that are still highly topical.
The exhibition's curator, Gloria Moure, has brought together a significant collection of works by 35 artists of varying origins, including some of the leading international figures in contemporary art of the last four decades. The exhibits include site-specific pieces such as those by Francis Alÿs, Jorge Barbi, Christian Boltanski, Tacita Dean, Jimmie Durham, Guillermo Faivovich & Nicolás Goldberg, Richard Long, Perejaume or Lawrence Weiner.
Furthermore, works by renowned artists such as John Cage, Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Jannis Kounellis, Anthony McCall, Mario Merz, Nam June Paik or Giuseppe Penone, amongst others, have been adapted to suit the exhibition space in which they will be shown, being lent a new dimension of expression by the uniqueness of their surroundings.
In addition to these specifically produced works, the exhibition has benefited from the collaboration and cooperation of major public and private collections, such as those of the Fundação Serralves (Porto), Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona), Kunsthalle Bremen (Bremen), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt Am Main), Sammlung Goetz (Munich), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and Yves Klein Foundation (Paris), amongst others.
On the Road is not confined to a single exhibition space, being shared between various settings in the historic heart of Santiago de Compostela. The Palacio de Gelmírez (one of the very few examples of civil Romanesque architecture still standing) houses the core of the exhibition, reopening for this purpose after a number of years during which it has been closed to the public; San Domingos de Bonaval Church is home to a group of works that have been specially adapted to the space; and next to it, the cemetery and splendid Bonaval Park (designed by the Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza) hosts two specifically produced installations, one by Jorge Barbi and the other by Christian Boltanski.
The 44 artworks on display in the exhibition cover an extremely wide range of mediums and formats, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations, videos and films, and are accompanied by a specially produced publication and interventions in spaces within the city.
A catalogue (in separated editions in Spanish, English and Galician) was published to accompany the exhibition, it includes essays by José Luis Pardo and the exhibition's curator, fact sheets for each work on display and notes specifically written for the occasion by the artists that have created them, and a comprehensive set of photographs that document the site-specific works.
Press contact:
Suzana Mihalic Tel: 0034 619028386 E-mail: bmcomunicacion@gmail.com
Opening: Friday, 27th June, 2014
Palacio de Gelmírez
Praza do Obradoiro, s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 9 pm. Mondays closed.
Church of Santo Domingo de Bonaval
Calle de San Domingos de Bonaval, s/n, Santiago de Compostela
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 9 pm. Mondays closed.
Park of Santo Domingo de Bonaval
Opening times: April - September, 8 am to 11 pm / October – March, 9 am to 8 pm