Mapa de moho [“Map of the Mold”] is Javier Arce’s first solo exhibition at the Galeria Carles Taché. Through formats ranging from drawings to objects or installations, Arce explores the telluric condition that connects his art practice with an ultralocal sense of belonging: the mountains of Pas in his native Cantabria and, specifically, the house the artist has been building for himself in the midst of nature over the course of several years.
On the basis of Elizabeth Bishop’s poem Song for the Rainy Season, Arce establishes a conceptual simile between the house Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo (Bishop’s partner) built in the Brazilian jungle in the 1950s and his own house in the mountains of Cantabria. All in all, two examples of social isolation that understand a natural habitat –the jungle, in the first case; the woods, in the latter– as a sort of emotional correspondence capable of intensifying the experience. Text: David Armengol

Galeria Carles Taché – Projects is pleased to present the second solo exhibition by French photographer Antoine D`Agata (Marseille, 1961). The exhibition includes his most recent works and consists of photographs, photo-etched and 2 video works. In addition, during the exhibition, the gallery will publish a poster. Photographer snapshots (made by the technique of fotocollage) show scenes limit: somehow capture the unrepresentable, narcotized and sexualized realities, personalities who in their fear or desire dissolve while they do the pictures. Documentaries ‘Aka Ana’ (2008) and ‘Atlas’ (2014) show us his experiments with the structure and syntax of the documentary language.