When the temperatures are around 45 degrees, Extremadura is napping until sunset. Shutters remain closed, the streets empty… We have just left behind the small town of Malpartida and we already drive on a path of gravel crossed by capricious granite formations that precede what a little further will make up the curvilinear «skyline» of Los Barruecos. Erosion, a patient sculptor, has been modeling this stone universe over the centuries. When reflected in the pools, […]
Cuando las temperaturas rondan los 45 grados Extremadura sestea hasta el atardecer. Persianas bajadas, porticones cerrados, calles desiertas… Acabamos de dejar atrás el pequeño pueblo de Malpartida y surcamos ya un sendero de gravilla franqueado por caprichosas formaciones graníticas que nos avanzan lo que un poco más allá conformará el curvilíneo “skyline” de Los Barruecos. La erosión, paciente escultora, ha ido torneando este universo lítico en el transcurso de los siglos. Al reflejarse en las […]
A and B on their knees slowly approaching each other, A drooling and B wiping the drool, repeating the operation until A can’t drool anymore. This was one of the acts or chapters of Comfort zones activity that Allan Kaprow presented in the mythical Vandrés gallery in a city, Madrid, living a period of suspense (1975), expectant before the impending death of Franco. CA2M (Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo) now recuperates that event managed by Fernando Vijande, which meant the […]
