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12/11/2008

Two exhibitions

Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid

Montserrat Soto - Datos primitivos

For her latest show at Galería Helga de Alvear, Monserrat Soto dissects artists’ creative processes in two video works.In “Lugares de silencio”, the first of the two, the poet Dionisio Cañas inhabits a physical and at once mythical space as he searches for the exact word. Beyond the wall and the grille there is a place we can imagine, where the magic of the process of creation takes place. The creative process in “Dato primitivo 2” is not only individual but also collective as the artist has to communicate his creative act to others, to the other. This time, we see the musician Chico Ocaña preparing his latest album. From creation to transmission and public execution. It is a process from the solitude of the creator to the multitude of the spectator.

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Johannes Wohnseifer - Reconstrucciones recientes

With this one-person show at Galería Helga de Alvear in Madrid, Johannes Wohnseifer (Cologne, 1967) is exhibiting his work for the very first time in Spain.Wohnseifer finds the seeds for his work in history, both the history of Germany as well as his own, whether personal memories or those of his generation. To this end he develops a strategy primarily grounded in the appropriation of historic and cultural symbols, especially brand logos, which he infuses with an ironic and affective, almost melancholic mood. Nonetheless, while at first glance close to Pop this practice is ultimately revealed as purely conceptual. Johannes Wohnseifer has shown his work at Sprengel Museum in Hanover, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Witte de With Center in Rotterdam and MUSEION in Bolzano.

Galeria Helga de Alvear
Doctor Fourquet, 12 - Madrid

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