American Modernity. Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art
American Modernity: Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Are all modernities the same? American Modernity. Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art is an invitation to explore the particular and complex emergence of modern art in the United States during the 20th century.
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The 24 Steps
Cycle of 5 exhibitions curated by Jorge Díez, commencing on 2 October.
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Juan López. Today I desire nothing
Juan López
Today I Aspire to Nothing
Juan López creates works for both exhibition spaces and public settings, using signs, images and messages. In each case, he alters the existing space, layering symbolic content over it, drawing from the visual strategies employed by advertisements that saturate our cities: decontextualisation, appropriation, ambiguity, images, texts, photographs, posters and graffiti.
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Olafur Eliasson. The nature of things
The work of Olafur Eliasson centres on the study of sensorial perception and the nature of things.
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Kohei Nawa. The poetry of the strange
Kohei NawaThe Poetry of Bizarre
Many Japanese artists, following in the footsteps of Mariko Mori, explore the boundary between vision and perception, creating delicate, dreamlike worlds.
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Tomoko Sawada. Identities
Tomoko SawadaIdentities
Extravagant clothing styles or the desire to possess luxury items are expressions of young Japanese people’s search for identity, shaped by new standards, models and reference points.
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Red Aside
Selected works from the Uli Sigg collection that reflect the current state of Chinese art in a period of huge economic and social changes.
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Chiho Aoshima. Terror and seduction
Chiho AoshimaTerror and Seduction
Chiho Aoshima (Tokyo, 1974) is a tall, silent and mysterious artist who enjoys wandering among ruins and cemeteries.
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Erina Matsui. Kawaii? Or the infancy of art
Erina MatsuiKawaii? Or the childhood of art
Teenagers in pleated skirts appearing in manga or characters like Hello Kitty are heroes of a new mythology present in popular imagery and are a symbol of a deep nostalgia for childhood.
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A body without limits
(...) el ideal de belleza del cuerpo femenino, en la forma en que fue codificado, canonizado, por el arte clásico, se convierte en simple soporte publicitario de los sueños de consumo (...)
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Cycle: Kawaii! Japan today
This season the Espai 13 at the Joan Miró Foundation is opening its doors to young Japanese artists. Through the five exhibitions in the cycle titled “Kawaii! Japan today”, viewers are invited to discover some of the astonishing works by very young artists that provide a portrait of present-day Japanese society.
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Aya Takano. Tradition and modernity
Aya Takano
When Tradition and Modernity Meet Again21 September–11 November 2007
Girls wearing kimonos or ultra-modern fashions, hi-tech architecture or wooden temples – tradition and modernity live side by side on the streets of Tokyo.
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