Carles Guerra (1965) és crític d’art, docent i investigador. Ha estat director de la Fundació Antoni Tàpies (2015-2020), conservador cap de Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona MACBA (2011-2013), Director de La Virreina Centre de la Imatge (2009-2011) i Director de la Primavera Fotogràfica de Catalunya (2004). Entre les exposicions que ha comissariat destaca “Després de la notícia. Pràctiques documentals postmèdia” (2003), “Antifotoperiodisme” (2010), “1979. Un monument a instants radicals” (2011), “Ahlam Shibli. Dead” (2012), “Xavier Ribas. Nitrat” (2013), “Harun Farocki. Empatia ” (2016), “Oriol Vilanova. Diumenge” (2017), “La plaz aplazada” (2017), “Allan Sekula. Sísif col·lectiu” (2017), “Susan Meiselas. Mediacions” (2017) i “Ariella Aïsha Azoulay. Errata” (2019). És professor associat de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra i ha format part de l’equip docent del Center for Curatorial Studies CCS de Bard College.

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Taus Makhacheva is known predominantly for her performance and video works that critically examine what happens when different cultures and traditions come into contact with one another. Having grown up in Moscow with cultural origins in the Caucasus region of Dagestan, her artistic practice is informed by this personal connection with the co-existing worlds of pre and post Sovietisation. Oftentimes humorous, her works attempt to test the resilience of images, objects and bodies in today’s world. In most of her performance-based works, she analyzes “the body as a supporting structure”, repeatedly challenged in off-limits situations. She often conducts collaborative projects and her body-driven practice leads her to physical challenges.

Last update: October 15th, 2019.