ACTION, BODY AND DENUNCIATION IN REGINA JOSÉ GALINDO, AT ADN
By Álvaro de Benito
Barcelona’s ADN Galería hosts Glass Ceiling, the second solo exhibition by Regina José Galindo (Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1974) in this space. The show brings together a selection of works that combine the techniques most often employed by the artist, with a key emphasis on her production in performance, video, and photography.
In her practice, the Guatemalan creates a critical space for rethinking the consequences of physical exhaustion from labor and explores the violence exerted by structures of power. This relationship with labor—articulated through the interconnection between extractivism practices and precarious manual work—points to the creation of a contemporary form of slavery that intrinsically lays bare a vulnerable social reality.
To access these dimensions, Galindo instrumentalizes her body as an effective tool to construct her discourse. Action thus imbues it with an additional political meaning, where denunciation of collective imaginaries that reduce and condition women also converges.
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Regina Galindo. No somos escombros 2016-2025. ADN Galería
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Regina José Galindo. Angelina, 2001-2025. ADN Galería
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Regina José Galindo. No aceptamos sus disculpas (Wir akzeptieren eure Entschuldigungen nicht), 2019. ADN Galería
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Regina Jos Galindo. No aceptamos sus disculpas (wir akzeptieren eure entschuldigungen nicht), 2019. ADN Galería
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Regina Jos Galindo. No aceptamos sus disculpas (Wir akzeptieren eure entschuldigungen nicht), 2019. ADN Galería
The artist therefore proposes a transformation of space and action to build her statements, balancing a fundamental tension between aesthetics and denunciation. Glass Ceiling seeks to illustrate this trajectory and concept through a selection of works that operate as a kind of retrospective, establishing a basis of action to achieve her objectives of critical manifestation.
Regina José Galindo. Glass Ceiling can be seen until November 8 at ADN Galería, Mallorca, 205, Barcelona (Spain).
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