MYSTERY AND CONTRADICTION IN MIGUEL ROTHSCHILD, AT JORGE LÓPEZ

By Álvaro de Benito

(S)Obras Completas is the exhibition with which MEMORIA celebrates its five years of activity. This exhibition, presented simultaneously in the two spaces the Madrid gallery maintains in the Spanish capital, seeks to open a space for reflection on this time and the impact of its activity, rather than to function as a retrospective or a gesture of self-congratulation.

By Álvaro de Benito 

The Madrid gallery Formato Cómodo presents the exhibition Sueño Bolivariano, Preludio I by José Carlos Martinat (Lima, Peru, 1974). The show, the first of two to be hosted by the space, reflects the initial stage of an ongoing project in which the Peruvian artist draws inspiration from Simón Bolívar and his route. Based on the propagandistic actions of the independence leader, the author seeks references in contemporary Latin American politics that allow him, through the establishment of parallels, to reinterpret its messages, spaces, and intentions.

By Álvaro de Benito

Es Baluard in Palma de Mallorca presents Preludio para el sol y las estrellas (Prelude for the Sun and the Stars), a project by Sandra Cinto (Santo André, Brazil, 1968) that transforms the museum space into a realm suspended between perception, time, and matter. The result envelops visitors in an expanded landscape that invites reflection through stillness and contemplation, where the sensory and the act of pausing become central to the experience.

By Álvaro de Benito

A veces sueño que cae un meteorito sobre el mundo y lo construye (Sometimes I dream that a meteorite falls upon the world and builds it) is the proposal that Karlo Andrei Ibarra (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1982) presents at the Madrid venue of La Cometa. This exhibition, of enormous conceptualism, originates in the author’s fantasy and is transformed into a paradox: the reconstruction of a world that seems only possible through the impact of an asteroid.

Álvaro de Benito

At its Madrid venue Travesía Cuatro presents Las niñas del altiplano, an exhibition that forms the second chapter of Donna Huanca’s (Chicago, United States, 1980) first solo show in this space. While in Lengua de Bartolina Sisa (2017) the Bolivian-American artist paid a personal tribute to the heroine who led the Indigenous revolution against colonialism in the 18th century, her most recent proposal focuses on the female body and psyche, seeking reconstruction on all levels and instrumentalizing ritual as a means of repair oriented toward the future.