VideosDaina Augaitis and Antoni Muntadas on Entre/Between Conversation with Daina Augatis, the curator of the exhibition, and the artist Antoni Muntadas on Entre/Between. This exhibition, structured into nine blocks or "thematic constellations" is a complex, non-linear reading of Muntadas' work. Soledad Sevilla. Written in the celestial bodies Conversation with the artist Soledad Sevilla about her exhibition in the Palacio de Cristal, in Madrid's Parque del Retiro, where she created an installation specifically for this site. Language, geometry, light and the spectator's experience are some of the elements that contribute to this exhibition. João Fernandes and François Piron on the exhibition Locus Solus. Impressions of Raymond Roussel João Fernandes and François Piron, the exhibition curators, analyse the influence of Raymond Roussel, an essential figure in the history of literature and a source of inspiration for visual artists and authors from other disciplines. Manuel J. Borja-Villel and Elena Asins on the exhibition Fragments of memory Manuel J. Borja-Villel, the exhibition curator, presents the artist Elena Asins' work and discusses the key elements of her role and her contributions to the history of art. In addition, the artist herself contextualizes her work following her collaboration with the Computation Centre, and analyses the multiple media and formats used in her artwork. René Daniëls. An exhibition is always part of a greater whole Roland Groenenboom, curator of the exhibition, and Dominic van den Boogerd, art critic and director of De Ateliers, present in this video the ironic and imaginative work of René Daniëls. In this video Lynne Cooke and Christian Rattemeyer, curators of the exhibition, present the largest retrospective on the Italian artist Alighiero Boetti to date. Workshop for children: Reinventing Space with Almudena Lobera Reinventing Space marks the inauguration of a new initiative in which young artists collaborate with the Museum in creating workshops designed for children. Conversation with the artist Maja Bajevic (Sarajevo, 1967) about her exhibition at Palacio de Cristal, in Madrid's Parque del Retiro. In this project, the artist analyses the consequences of historical and political conflicts and the impact they have on society. Interview with Lynne Cooke: James Castle. Show and Store Lynne Cooke, curator of the exhibition, presents the work of this singular, self-taught artist who was born completely deaf in the state of Idaho. The exhibition offers a panoramic vision of the work of James Castle, an artist who invented his own way of showing and telling. Interview with Teresa Velázquez: Lygia Pape. Magnetized Space Teresa Velázquez, curator of the exhibition, presents the work of the Brazilian Lygia Pape, an artist closely linked to the Neo-Concrete movement, which appeared as part of the strong current of renovation and modernism that swept Brazil in the 1950s. Interview with Frances Morris: Yayoi Kusama In this retrospective, Frances Morris, head of international collections at Tate Modern and curator of the exhibition, presents the work of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Video Era. Setting and potential (80-00) How has the role of video in the Spanish context changed between 1980 and now? This is a question that Video era. Setting and potential (80-00) tries to answer, with a program of debates and screenings taking place in May 2011. Interview with Jon Bird: Leon Golub Jon Bird, curator of the Leon Golub exhibition and one of the greatest specialists in the painter of Vietnam II, introduces the exhibition and discusses some notions which are essential to understanding Golub today. Interview with Jorge Ribalta,A hard, merciless light. The worker-photography movement, 1926-1939 Introduction to the exhibition dedicated to presenting, for the first time ever, the worker-photography movement that arose in the period between the world wars. This exhibition lays the foundations for a rereading of photographic modernism based on the notion of the document. La tertulia del café de Pombo. Findings of the restoration Painted in 1920, La tertulia del café de Pombo is one of the most representative works of the Museum's Collection. This video shows the findings uncovered by a conservation analysis lasting two years. Interview with Andreas Huyssen Interview with the founder of the journal New German Critique and author of important essays on memory, modernism and mass culture, published in Después de la gran división (2002), Modernismo después de la postmodernidad (2011), and others. Roberto Jacoby and Ana Longoni on Desire rises from Collapse An interview with the Argentine artist Roberto Jacoby and the art historian and exhibition curator, Ana Longoni, on the author's career and the multiple facets of his artistic production. A clip made by the artist showing some of the exhibition's key moments and concepts, in a form of animation that seems to be the heir of both underground comics and Marx at the same time. Ricardo Piglia, on Roberto Jacoby The Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia talks about the work of Roberto Jacoby and the exhibition Roberto Jacoby, Desire rises from Collapse. Interview with Asier Mendizabal, artist whose work is shown in the exhibition of the same name and whose artistic production analyses the visual form of modernity, between abstraction and social reality. Museo Reina Sofía. Presentation This video introduces an overall vision of Museo Reina Sofía, conceived as an expanded museum with different venues, experiences and audiences. War photography. Museo Reina Sofía Collection It has often been said that the Spanish Civil War was also a war of images. This room in the Collection reflects the consolidation of the documentary aesthetic in war photojournalism. Spanish Pavilion, 1937. Contexts, Museo Reina Sofía Collection This room of the Museo Reina Sofía Collection, in the surroundings of the Pavilion, shows posters and drawings made during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), underlining the importance of the document in understanding the history of modern art. Juan Gris. La botella de anís, 1914 Created as World War I was breaking out, La botella de Anísis a work by Juan Gris that deals with exile and the condition of the painter Juan Gris. Reconfiguring the modern gaze
Dorit Margreiter and Lynne Cooke. About Description Descripción Description is the empirical presentation of something; Description is also the name of Dorit Margreiter's exhibition, which looks at architecture, design and document from this distance. |