Carlos Bunga

Carlos Bunga, Lamp, 2002, single-channel video, color, sound, 1:34 min. In this poetic video work, Carlos Bunga performs an action that we would normally view as irreversible: he shatters a light bulb with the sharp blow of a hammer. As the broken shards of glass scatter and fall,

Carlos Irijalba

Carlos Irijalba, Unwilling Spectator, 2010, video, 4:11 min.

Fran Meana

Fran Meana, A line from D to D, 2010, photographic installation Fran Meana’s installation A Line from D to D is based on photographs taken from old press archives. It includes images of senior Spanish politicians at various historical moments, from the time of Franco’s

Mateo Maté

Mateo Maté, Restricted Area, 2012, installation Mateo Maté’s installation, whose shape resembles that of the European continent, constitutes an inaccessible area within the exhibition space. It is carefully guarded by a uniformed individual, who, with

Cristina Lucas

Cristina Lucas, Europleasure International, Touch and Go, 2010, HD video, 13:00 min. Cristina Lucas created this work for the 2010 biennial in Liverpool – a city that played a central role in the history of the Industrial Revolution, and which remained

Gerardo Custance

Gerardo Custance Born in Madrid, 1976; lives and works in Paris and Madrid Simcheonggak Pavilion, 2010, from the “Yellow Sea” series, photograph Arricgol Beach, 2010, from the “Yellow Sea” series, photograph Detail Hani Beach, 2010, from the “Yellow Sea” series, photograph Dumujin, 2010, from the “Yellow Sea” series, photograph Hani Beach, 2010, “Yellow

Dora García

Dora García, 100 Impossible Artworks (paper version), 1995, unique piece Dora García, The difference between ordinary and extraordinary lies in that little something extra, from the “Golden Sentences” series, since 2001, gold leaf on wall, unique piece

Angela de la Cruz

Angela de la Cruz, Larger than Life, 2004, oil and acrylic on canvas. “I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt

Isabel Rocamora

Isabel Rocamora, Body of War, 2010, single-channel video, 20:00 min. Through the observation of the training exercises performed by combat soldiers and interviews with them, Isabel Rocamora explores one of the most important aspects of war – the psychological

Delimitations

The exhibition “Delimitations” features works by the contemporary Spanish artists. The paintings, installations, video works, and photographs created by these artists all share a concern with processes of delimitation and with the creation of various types of borders. They probe the boundaries between nations, between accepted and unaccepted forms of behavior, between manmade, artificial environments and nature, between different historical periods, and between art, philosophy, and