Beyond the Tropics
26 May — 4 June 2016
- Artists
- Núria Güell, Avelino Sala, Isabel Rocamora, Jorge García, Patricio Palomeque, PSJM, Joaquin Segura, Iván Candeo, Tomás Ochoa, Eugenio Ampudia and Andrea Mármol
- Curators
- Imma Prieto
- Venue
- Museu d’Història de Catalunya
- A project by
- LOOP Barcelona with the collaboration of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID), and DoThePrint
- Price
- 4.50 €
- Tickets & register
- www.en.mhcat.cat/content/view/full/83
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The exhibition "Beyond The Tropics" is the result of the work of 12 artists reflecting upon social differences caused by economic inequalities.
Beyond The Tropics is the third and last phase of the project titles Sobre paradoxes democràtiques (On Democratic Paradoxes), and it showcases the works of a dozen international artists as they reflect on social, political and economic inequality. The exhibition is displayed as an open conclusion that arises from the forays of the first two phases Hic et Nunc and Ibi et Nunc, into the American continent.
The exhibition puts the spotlight on new artists and works in thelight of the evolution of some of the project’s initial considerations. That is why Beyond the Tropics has been conceived as a discursive action that can only take place after having displayed, exchanged and expanded one’s horizons and reflections. All of the artists hail from and live in ostensibly democratic countries but, as we all know, this does not in any way guarantee basic welfare or fundamental rights. The twelve selected works contain clear and direct proposals and denunciations. Thus, their political essence is used to point an accusatory finger through artistic practice.
Artists and works:
1st Screen
PSJM (Spain)
ANCAPS, 2015
Joaquín Segura (Mexico)
Casa Popolurui, 2015
2nd Screen
Andrea Mármol (Guatemala)
Ri Kach’ (The Gum), 2014
Isabel Rocamora (UK, Spain)
BodyWar, 2015
3rd Screen
Eugenio Ampudia (Spain)
Dónde dormir # 5-El Palau (Where to Sleep # 5-El Palau), 2015
Iván Candeo (Venezuela)
Retrato Populista (Populist Portrait), 2009
4th Screen
Jorge García (Spain)
This is Not the End, 2015
Tomás Ochoa (Ecuador)
Indios medievales (Medieval Indians), 2007
5th Screen
Núria Güell (Spain)
Sweet Europe #1 (Support Swedish Culture), 2014
6th Screen
Patricio Palomeque (Ecuador)
Cabezas (Heads), 2015
Avelino Sala (Spain)
The Letter (Delfina), 2015
Artists: Núria Güell, Avelino Sala, Isabel Rocamora, Jorge García, Patricio Palomeque, PSJM, Joaquin Segura, Iván Candeo, Tomás Ochoa, Eugenio Ampudia, Andrea Mármol
Imma Prieto
1975, Vilafranca del Penedès
Imma Prieto is an art critic and independent curator. She teaches Contemporary art and New Media at the Eram School of the University of Girona, and lectures in the MA Program in Curatorial Studies at the Ramon Llull University of Barcelona. She has curated several exhibitions nationally and internationally (TempArtSpace-NewYork, Hirshhorn Museum-Washington, MucaRoma-Mexico Central American Isthmus Biennial-Guatemala, Palazzo Ca ‘Tron-Venice, Joan Miró Foundation Barcelona, Fabra i Coats-Barcelona, Bòlit-Girona, among others).
She regularly writes in newspapers and magazines (such as La Vanguardia, Bonart, A*Desk and Artichoke) and is the author of artists catalogs as well as of books on art theory and aesthetics. She has been manager of the research group ELAA (European Live Art Archive), formed by the University of Girona, the University of Oxford and the artist residence Glaugair in Berlin, and is a member of the Chair of Contemporary Art and Culture of the University of Girona, the AICA (International Art Critics Association) and the IAC (Institute of Spanish Art).
Last update: April 4th, 2017
