The work of Carmen Calvo (Valencia, 1950) offers a critical and lucid perspective on a society constrained by rigid moral rules. Her committed nature does not, however, obscure an extraordinary sensitivity and deep empathy for those who suffer: from children subjected to abuse to women whose only way out of the family home is through a submissive marriage. A leading figure in feminism, Carmen Calvo places women and children at the centre of her artistic universe.
Imposible de clasificar o identificar con un movimiento y género concreto, por su obra recorre el surrealismo, el dadaísmo, el arte povera y el arte conceptual, sin renunciar a la pintura, la escultura, la instalación, la arquitectura, la fotografía, la cerámica, el textil, el dibujo, el collage y el cine, situando la imagen como núcleo de su investigación artística.
This exhibition, produced by La Fábrica and curated by Ana Berruguete, focuses precisely on this experimental nature and on the variety of styles that make up his artistic vision. The title, Platos giratorios, like all the titles used by the artist, combines a poetic and surrealist dimension. Carmen Calvo has sought to engage in a dialogue with space, evoking architecture, movement and the idea of rotation. Masks concealing faces in anonymous old photographs that speak of human alienation and blindness; landscapes and objects found or created from clay; absences and experiences which, as in a theatrical performance, seek to be a vital expression of resistance.