On multiple narratives and memory repositories
The hegemonic, Eurocentric and patriarchal vision of the world has long been dismantled. The art history we studied in the 20th century has been called into question, precisely because it excludes the multiple narratives that were simultaneously generated from non-Western cultures and geographies. We live in a world that is still hierarchical, but in which, […]
Collecting Contemporary Art: Public vs Privat in Europe and the Arab World
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ARCO’18
Article in A*DESK Every time I visit ARCO (or any other art fair) I can’t help but think about the difficult role of galleries at a time when artists, institutions, critics, curators and even collectors have long since redefined their roles. In a recent conversation, a German gallerist recalled how, in the 1990s, institutions and […]
PUNTOS DE FUGA / PUNTS DE FUGA / VANISHING POINTS
Vanishing Points Vanishing Points is a publication initiated by Cal Cego. Contemporary Art Collection and focused on 7 notions, related to the discursive lines of the collection. These 7 notions are also essential issues in the discussion of contemporary art nowadays. These are: Nomadism, knowledge, collaborate, process, intergenerational, beyond Hierarchies, Art-Life. Vanishing Points is […]
REPENSAR L’OLIVERA, de Rafel G. Bianchi
Here Now. Mapping the context
The coincidence in time of the 10th Biennial of Art Leandre Cristòfol at the Centre d’Art La Panera in Lleida, Matèria Prima at Fabra i Coats, Centre d’Art Contemporani and the current exhibitions at ADN Platform, in Sant Cugat, draw a “here and now” of the panorama of artistic production in Catalonia, as were in […]
Where are the iconic works of our time?
Iconic has to do with image and the creation/incarnation/representation of the Zeitgeist, the spirit of an era. An example is Just What is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? (1956), the small collage by Richard Hamilton that included some of the most representative elements of society in those years: the perfect housewife, […]
Projects expanded in time
Projects expanded in time If this text had a soundtrack, it would begin with Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones (‘Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is. Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is’) because time is relative, experienced as subjective, a scarce resource that can be managed, administered, lost […]
Projectes expandits en el temps
Projectes expandits en el temps Si aquest text tingués una banda sonora, arrencaria amb Time is on my side de The Rolling Stones (Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is. Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is…) perquè el temps és relatiu, experimentat com a subjectiu i un bé escàs que es pot […]
Projects expanded in time
Projects expanded in time If this text had a soundtrack, it would begin with Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones (’Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is. Tiiiime is on my side, yes it is’) because time is relative, experienced as subjective, a scarce resource that can be managed, administered, lost or enjoyed. […]
