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In one of our first conversations, Juliana Sorondo remarked that the works gathered in this exhibition—despite their formal and material diversity—seemed to conjure a shared idea: the body as a habitable space, formally delimited, a repository of individual memory, and ultimately something that can be loved, hated, or transformed by us, its legitimate inhabitants. Indeed, many of the reflections offered by the four artists in this show about their own practice align, to greater or lesser degrees, with this perspective. However, convinced that my role here should be neither neutral nor passive, I will take the liberty of questioning both the idea and the preliminary title of this exhibition—To Inhabit the Body—of adding a mark of doubt to its phrasing and turning the certainty of its statement into a question. I will thus abandon the usual caution of a wall text in favor of a far more meddlesome stance. To inhabit the body? To what extent is the notion of dwelling an adequate approach today, a misleading figure, or an inevitable experience of corporeality?
A fragment of the text by Belén Zahera.
In the years following the Second World War, numerous artists explored the concept of an expanded painting, one that transcended the confines of the canvas and dug into various subjects related to the medium and artistic production. In 2019, the TATE Modern organized an exhibition that brought together European artists who, during that era, were redefining the notion of painting, moving beyond traditional canvas boundaries.
We've curated the latest artworks by Daniel Santolo, José María de Aurora, and Nikolay Morgunov as these artists focus on exploring materials and the surfaces that contain their artwork to ignite discussions around the sense of physical space and belonging.
A fragment of the text
Like the beginning of everything, Prologue is the first word. An introduction that brings together diverse voices and visual languages to spark a conversation that is only just beginning.
This group exhibition brings together eight talents from different artistic practices, exploring the power of the meeting point between the individual and the collective, opening space for new perspectives and possibilities.