HangART-7 Edition 3: Spain
"¿VIVA Pintura!"
In February 2006 the ARCO Arts Fair has been celebrating its 25th birthday and had its main emphasis on art from Austria. Hangar-7 was taking the occasion to present current positions of representational painting from Spain as the third instalment in the HangART-7 series.
The works document a new distance from the familiar heroes of Spanish art history and a fresh, sometimes conceptual, then again subjective emotional view of their present.
Similar to the selection of artists from China for the Edition 2 of HangART-7, the newly selected artists span two generations and were born between 1957 and 1978. Consequentially, one can find works from those who in their youth experienced the Franco dictatorship (Sáiz Ruiz, González, Galindo) alongside of works from those who grew up during the Movida, the opening and democratisation of Spain (Blanco, Gallardo, Leal, Rosado).
For, just as Mao's death in 1976 precipitated a seismic change in Chinese society, the end of Francoism in 1977 was also a moment of new orientation in Spain. It was a time when celebrities such as the then yet unknown filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, who began his filmic career as an underground artist in the so-called movida madrileña, were developing their artistic voice.
Works are being shown by:
Vincente Blanco (*1974), Jorge Galindo (*1965), Mariajosé Gallardo (*1978), Curro Gonzales (*1960), Miki Leal (*1974), Manuel Pedro und Miguel Pablo Rosado (*1971), Simenón Saiz Ruiz (*1956).
- Curro González, El intérprete (The interpreter), 2000, 160 x 290 cm, Acrylic on canvas, Courtesy Galería Tomás March
- Miki Leal, Playa de patos, (Strand der Enten), 2003, 72 x 100 cm, Mixed media on paper, 2003, Courtesy Galería Magda Bellotti
- Maríajosé Gallardo, Camafeos (Kameen), 2005, 200 x 200 cm, Oil and enamel on canvas, Courtesy the artist
- MP & MP Rosado, Sin título (No title), 2005,100 x 150 cm, Digital print and acrylic on paper, Courtesy Galería Pepe Cobo
- Simeón Sáiz Ruiz, "Obranca, cadaver del serbio milovan Radojodevic, asesinado el 26 de diciembre de 1998" (Okay ( Obranca, funeral of Serbian Milovan Radojodevic, murdered on 26 December 1998), 2005, 46 x 75 cm, Charcoal on paper, Courtesy Galería Fúcares
Further information
Exhibition period and opening hours
17 March to 3 May 2006
Every day from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm
All exhibitions at a glance
- all
- HangART-7
- Exhibitions
HangART–7 Edition 19: The Baltic States
Tides of change /en/art/hangart-7-edition-19-the-baltic-states/
HangART–7 Edition 16: England
The Secret Of England's Greatness /en/art/hangart-7-edition-16-england/
Universität Mozarteum
Blick auf Raum und Körper /en/art/exhibitions/universitaet-mozarteum-blick-auf-raum-und-koerper/
HangART–7 Edition 9: Switzerland
…from a picturesque country /en/art/hangart-7-edition-9-switzerland/
HangART–7 Edition 6: South Africa
Turbulence - Art from South Africa /en/art/hangart-7-edition-6-south-africa/
