Specials
The work of Ibon Aranberri (Itziar-Deba, Guipúzcoa, 1969) explores the connections between nature and culture, and draws attention to the ideological abuses of the land by those in power at any given time.
The work of Rita McBride (Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 1969) is situated on the hybrid territory between sculpture, architecture and industrial design. Starting with the critical appropriation of everyday objects, the artist creates enigmatic pieces that force us to question the nature of the symbols on which our culture is based.
Pep Duran addresses an active viewer-actor who is willing to walk through his works bestowing on them personal, non-transferible meanings. A passionate collector of objects, his artistic production is inextricably linked with the use of materials that are discarded or found in containers.
By means of films, texts, sounds, photographs, paintings and other materials, The Otolith Group explores the nature of perception and analyses the role played by documents and images in the creation of archives in the post-colonial world.
Pere Portabella (1929) has done significant work on renewing the codes of film language since the 1960s in his dual role as director and producer.