The Madariaga Foundation presents an exhibition until May 31 ‘Inheritance, 360 project’an exhibition that challenges the narrative of the loss of roots and proposes a new path towards sustainability and beauty.
Kings Abbot, curator of the exhibition together with Alvaro Alcazartells how the project came to him from the hand of Isabel Valdecasas and Felipe Lozano, “who are people very concerned with recycling, especially Isabel, and the reuse of material. The first thing I said was that I loved the idea, but that we should forget the concept of sustainability because it is closely associated with consumption, and thinking about the topic we came up with the word ‘heritage’, because it is more historical, and the etymology is beautiful, it comes from Latin and means to be united to something, and in addition, it also results in leaving your heirs the legacy. From that idea we composed this collective exhibition where each artist fills a gap in awareness about what surrounds us and what relationship we have between what we inherited and the earth.”
The artists participating in this collective are from different generations and aesthetics: Carlos Aires, César Barrio, María Carrión, Juan Gopar, Macarena Gross, Día Muñoz, Antonio Murado, Pim Palsgraff, Bárbara Pérez, Manuel Quintana Martelo, Andrei Roiter Dagoberto Rodríguez, Isabel Valdecasas and Cachito Vallés.
In the exhibition there are artists who They work with recovered materials, others with natural pigments, others for technical reasons with more artisanal processes, and some technology, but without letting it take over the final product. «I also introduced artists who wanted to do something with local materials: the mud of Lebrija, the sediments of the Guadalquivir and finally, the lime, because I grew up in Morón de las Frontera and I am linked to this material.” This connection to the land and local traditions adds an additional layer of authenticity and meaning to the exhibition, echoing the spirit of heritage that inspires its name.
In the sample the pieces by Bárbara Pérez, an artist and architect from Madrid who has made two pieces sponsored by Cumen, made with Roman mortar, a type of lime mortar and another with natural lime. “She works following Vitruvius’ architectural books and creates her own instruments, and her own hand-crafted dies,” says the curator.
There are two pieces of Dago Rodríguez of the Cuban group ‘Los carpinteros’, an installation made with amphorae made of clay and a painting from the solar series, “a graphic representation of the sun and atmospheric phenomena made with Lego pieces, because of plastic.”
There are also works made with glass, such as the pieces presented Muñoz Day from Ecuador, “who blows glass with a teacher in Valencia, and also works with natural products such as wood.” And as for the treatment of light, the work of Cachito Valles, “which is like a multiple reflection.”
To highlight among the installations, those of the Dutch artist Pim Palsgraaf, which is a collector of industrial architectures. “It is a huge installation of recovered pieces of wood, with an impossible architectural perspective, and it is very impressive, with impressive perspective effects,” says Reyes Abad.
Antonio Murado He has brought a work from the series ‘the hay wagon’, which is made with textile elements, and which he made in New Jersey where he lives, “he works with textiles, dyes them and leaves them outdoors, and uses recovered tapestries.”
For its part, Carlos Aires presents a piece from the ‘Telediario’ series made with iconic pieces of the Cartuja tableware, which reflects on the heritage inside, “the contrast that when you are eating something pleasant, you are seeing tragedies and conflicting news in the television”.
But the curator wanted the exhibition to also have ‘uncomfortable’ pieces, like the work that the veteran brought, Juan Gopar, «who has made some houses with the remains of canoes recovered from the Civil Guard warehouses. “This recycling is something this artist has been doing for forty years.”
-
Where: Valentín de Madariaga and Oya Foundation
-
Address: Avenida de María Luisa, s/n
-
When: April 10 to May 31
-
Hours: Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
-
Price: free entry
‘Herencia’ is announced as an exhibition that can be, “a unique experience and transformative for all who visit it. By challenging our perceptions about art, consumption and the environment, it invites us to reflect on our role as guardians of our cultural and natural heritage, and inspires us to work together towards a more sustainable and beautiful future for generations to come.”
