En las noches más oscuras lucen las más brillantes estrellas
Curated by Johanna Caplliure
PABLO CAPITÁN DEL RÍO, FUENTESAL ARENILLAS, ELENI GKINOSATI, MERCEDES MANGRANÉ, EDUARDO MARTÍN DEL POZO, ANTONIO MENCHEN, BELÉN RODRÍGUEZ, SILVESTRE MOROS, CRISTINA, SPINELLI y DARÍO VILLALBA.
This project draws from ancient Chinese methods of knowledge and philosophies in which the
concept of darkening, often symbolized by the eclipse or a mountain guarding a flame inside it,
opens up a field of possibilities rooted in the tension between natural and artificial forces. In this
context, the artworks on view in this exhibition explore paths where the material, the emotional
and the spiritual intersect in various elemental convergences, only to later unfold in very different
forms that echo human, vegetal and animal traits. The eclipse, the veiling of the sun by the
moon, or the darkening of light are metaphors to rethink the cycles of the passing of time on our
planet, the influence of celestial bodies on it, and how they leave a lasting mark on processes
of dissolution, erosion and transformation of materialities on the Earth. That being said, it also
encourages us to explore in greater depth how a series of narratives are unfolded. As such, the
project is a call to awaken a sensorial dimension.
The exhibition is made up of works of different kinds where the pictorial, sculptural and installation suggest different ways of confronting the processes of creation through intuition, the appreciation of the symbolic, the commitment to the body and the perception of the different fields of reality. Thus, the group exhibition includes works by Pablo Capitán del Río, Fuentesal Arenillas, Eleni Gkinosati, Mercedes Mangrané, Eduardo Martín del Pozo, Antonio Menchen, Belén Rodríguez, Silvestre Moros, Cristina Spinelli and Darío Villalba.
En las noches más oscuras lucen las más brillantes estrellas is envisioned as a poetic journey— one
that invites viewers to construct unstable atmospheres and embrace digressive visual fields that
are materially rich and conceptually open-ended. By allowing ghostly presences to take shape
and illuminate what flickers or glows, these works guide us toward a reality that embraces the
unresolved and the impermanent.
Activity carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture.
