20 December 2007 – 30 March 2008

LARA ALMARCEGUI

The Aragonese artist, resident in Holland, presents a dual and complementary
project in the CGAC: on the one hand, Invitation to visit the open space of Fontiñas before it is built on [1] focuses its attention on a vast open space in Fontiñas that will soon lose its current condition and configuration when it is urbanised; on the other, Raise the ground [2] focuses its interest on a plaza or patio situated at the rear of the CGAC building and integrated in Bonaval Park, designed by Álvaro Siza and Isabel Aguirre. In the former, with its disappearance as an open space now imminent, the artist proposes a guide (similar to those she has done in other cities, such as Lisbon, Sao Paulo, Amsterdam, etc.) that documents and provides information about the layer of abandon and nature inherent to this open, free zone before it is covered by the combined layer of design, architecture, urbanism, planning and civilisation. In the latter, the artist proposes to eliminate (as she did with the floor of Sala Montcada in Barcelona) the layer of design and perfect planning the architects carried out in the park to discover the open space below the stone slabs.

Address

CGAC
c/ Valle Inclán s/n
15704 Santiago de Compostela
phone +34 81 54 66 29
http://www.cgac.org/

Opening Hours

Tuesday - Saturday
11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday
11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Closed on Monday

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