Exhibitions
Ombres i clarianes
Exhibition by Enric Maurí, curated by Mercè Alsina
BARCELONA
Centre Excursionista de Catalunya
Panoràmic FILE
Instal·lació a la sala d’exposicions – Carrer del Paradís, 10
From October 24, 2024 to January 24, 2025
Schedule
Monday to Thursday: from 10.30am to 1pm, and from 5pm to 8pmFriday: from 10.30am to 1pm
The project «Ombres i clarianes» invites us to explore the archive of the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. It establishes a dialogue with two projects by Enric Maurí about Montseny: «Instal·lacions Furtives. Narratives de no-ficció» (2013) and «La caseta i l’hortet» (2017). This presentation contrasts an idyllic Montseny (photographed in the early and mid-twentieth centuryby CIEGO members) with a stressed Montseny, which has become one of the green lungs of the Barcelona metropolitan area.
«La caseta i l’hortet» is a project that contrasts the political ideology of Francesc Macià in the 1930s, inspired by the garden-city concept, with the speculative housing developments of the 1960s and 1970s. This speculation led to the degradation of natural spaces, with the accumulation of waste in all rural and peri-urban areas due to the massive presence of visitors.
«Instal·lacions Furtives. Narratives de no-ficció» investigates and analyzes uncontrolled dumping in the Vallès Oriental region.
Enric Maurí
Enric Maurí (Cardedeu, 1957) works in different registers and makes a free use of languages. He uses a variety of media, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, video, installation, photography and performance. His work is articulated through questioning and interrogation as a mechanism for debate and thought. His projects address social issues, the environment, economy, landscape, war…. In the last three decades he has participated in the creation of magazines and art spaces and has also curated contemporary art cycles, mostly in Barcelona.
Mercè Alsina
Mercè Alsina (Barcelona, 1966) holds a PhD cum laude in History and Theory of the Arts from the UB (2018). Art critic and independent curator.
Assessor and curator of the Panoràmic Festival.Co-curated the contemporary art cycle santcorneliarts(2) in Cardedeu, recognized with the ACCA award for the best contemporary art programming in Catalonia 2023.
She was artistic director of the self-managed space ARTUAL and Galeria 44.She curated the Escaparate space at the Abelló Museum in Mollet.
