INTERTEXTUAL
Programming and calendar
Venue: Anexo [main entrance]
Curated by Ángel Calvo Ulloa
Starting January 2015, the space formerly occupied by the bookstore and gift shop on the main entrance of MARCO became a project room, in the spirit of the Espazo Anexo located on the pedestrian square at the back of the building from 2004 to 2011. Faithful to the MARCO trademark programming style, this new line highlights MARCO's self-produced projects, both regarding site-specific works and cycles of exhibitions in which a single curator organises a year long programme of exhibitions.
To quote José Ángel Valente, intertextuality cannot be understood merely in terms of the relationship between creators in the literary field. Influences must leave this series of invisible divisions behind and thus connect the plastic arts to poetry, music and philosophical thought, generating multiple dialogues that must be based on the commonplace.
Intertextual takes a selection of artists belonging to the same generation who represent the artistic reality of recent years, both on the national and the international scale, and that discover an ideal field of work in these interconnected influences. The proposal emerges out of the need to create spaces in which younger artists can shape their projects and where their work can be evaluated starting from the recreation and consolidation of a space like the Annex, which provides a perfect location for making the works as visible as possible, both because of its size and characteristics, and the constant flow of visitors walking by it.
Intertextual programme opened on the 16th of January with the installation 249 litros by Carlos Maciá, followed by Mauro Cerqueira’s Cismadores, _ACHAR by Juan López, and Cañaveral by Fernando García. June Crespo signs the last site-specific of the series.
Information and guided tours
The gallery staff welcomes queries from visitors regarding the exhibition and offers the usual guided tours:
- Daily tours at 6:00pm
- À la carte group tours, by appointment only. For bookings, call +34 986 113900
On the opening day, Friday Feb 5 at 7pm, an open meet-and-greet with the audience will be led by the artists June Crespo and Maria Luisa Fernández and the curators Beatriz Herráez and Ángel Calvo Ulloa on the occasion of the joint opening ceremony.