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Creative expression

15 November - 11 January 2025

Art

Cildo Meireles

The Witch 1979-1981

  • from Monday to Saturday, from 11.00 AM. - 3.00 PM.
  • Location: Planta 1era, Espai Buit
Summary
"For the first time, the works of renowned Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles, rarely exhibited in Europe, are being brought to Palma by the Alttra Foundation. The exhibition opens on Friday 15th November, and unfolds across several venues in Palma’s historic center: at the headquarters of the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de les Illes Balears, the Estudi General Lul·lià and Espai Buit, which will host the grand finale of the exhibition. We will have the opportunity to enjoy Meireles’ exhibition, featuring four works from different periods. The show highlights some of the major themes the artist has explored throughout his career: chance and calculating instruments, sound as a source of aesthetic experience, the visualisation of mental activities and contrasts between value and vision, space and object, perception and thought. Espai Buit will unveil the work of La Bruja (1979–1981), in which the artist uses over 2,200km of cotton thread to offer a possible characterisation of thought activity through the chaotic spectacle of disorder and dirt. The exhibition of this Brazilian artist, who investigates the boundaries between materials and the expansion of artistic genres, has been characterised by a constant broadening of art’s materials and grammars, actively appealing to the senses such as touch, taste or smell, often neglected by traditional art history. Recognised as a pioneer of experimental contemporary art, Meireles has since the late 1960s, invited viewers to become active participants in the life of his works."

"Duration: The artwork will be on display from 15 Nov. 2024, until 11 January 2025. Opening: Friday, 15th Nov. 2024, at 7:00 PM Exhibition: From 16th Nov. 2024, to 11 January 2025 Public visiting hours: Monday to Saturday, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM"
Bio

Cildo Meireles

(Rio de Janeiro, 1948) is one of the most important artists of his generation, both in Brazil and internationally. In the late 1960s, he began his production in the context of Brazilian Neo-Concretism, where he met Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, and Lygia Pape, among other artists. In the 1970s and 1980s, under the military government that ruled the country, Meireles' work took on a more political and committed character against the dictatorship, without ever abandoning the absolute poetic nature of his art.

‍In 1995, Meireles had his first museum exhibition, the IVAM Centre Julio González in Valencia, where he consolidated his international projection. Throughout his extensive career, his presence is frequently found in exhibitions and collections at prestigious institutions such as MoMA and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, Documenta in Kassel, the Tate Modern in London, MACBA in Barcelona, ​​and the MNCARS in Madrid. In 2008, he received the Velázquez Prize for Fine Arts.