Dora García, El Reino, 2003
Activity
Friday, March 15, 2024
Performance inspired by the novel The Kingdom by Dora García
[contra]panorama
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On the 15th of March, there will be a performance inspired by the novel The Kingdom (2003). Would you like to join in? All you have to do is go to the reception desk at the entrance of the Museum and say: ‘I am a player in The Kingdom’ – this will give you entry to the Museum and to The Kingdom. In the Atrium, take one of the copies of the novel and look for the insert corresponding to March 15th 2024. There you will find everything you need to know.
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Dora García studied Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam. After living in Brussels for fifteen years, she is now settled in Barcelona, from where she organises projects around the world. Initially a sculptor, she soon broadened her field of action to include performance, video, language, electronic and social media. García invites viewers to participate in her work by taking sides on questions that are often ethically controversial. Through a variety of media and a wide range of documentation, she asks them to commit themselves to a detailed examination of complex issues. With a research-based practice, she encourages viewers to take a personal stand on the history of some anti-institutional movements, such as anti-psychiatry, the figure of the artist as an outsider, or the cultural mechanisms for the production of meaning.
She has participated in major international exhibitions such as Manifesta (1998), Istanbul Biennial (2003), Münster Sculpture Projects (2007), Biennale of Sydney (2008) and Documenta, Kassel (2012), among others. She represented Spain in the 2011 Venice Biennale. She has held exhibitions in museums such as MACBA, Barcelona (2003), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2005), MUSAC, León (2005, 2015), SMAK, Ghent (2006), GfZK, Leipzig (2007), CA2M, Móstoles, Madrid (2014), IVAM, Valencia (2018), and Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela (2020), among others. Her work is included in the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Fundació “la Caixa”, Barcelona, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, Henry Art Foundation, Seattle, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, León, the FRAC of Metz, Dijon, Montpellier and Paris, and MACBA, Barcelona.
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She has participated in major international exhibitions such as Manifesta (1998), Istanbul Biennial (2003), Münster Sculpture Projects (2007), Biennale of Sydney (2008) and Documenta, Kassel (2012), among others. She represented Spain in the 2011 Venice Biennale. She has held exhibitions in museums such as MACBA, Barcelona (2003), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2005), MUSAC, León (2005, 2015), SMAK, Ghent (2006), GfZK, Leipzig (2007), CA2M, Móstoles, Madrid (2014), IVAM, Valencia (2018), and Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela (2020), among others. Her work is included in the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Fundació “la Caixa”, Barcelona, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, Henry Art Foundation, Seattle, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, León, the FRAC of Metz, Dijon, Montpellier and Paris, and MACBA, Barcelona.
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Information about the image emission device of The Kingdom. If you have any question, feel free to contact us on 93 481 33 68 or by email at macba@macba.cat.
In 2021, MACBA launched the triennial Panorama, which aimed to “deepen its collaboration and dialogue with local artists and cultural agents”. [contra]panorama, the second edition of Panorama retains the same aim but works towards it through a year-long series of interventions that take the project’s title literally, in order to question both the continuing relevance of the triennial (or biennial) format and its capacity to offer a panoramic image of the present.
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