Cicatriu a la matriu, 1983
Juan Luis Moraza and María Luisa Fernández were the creators of the Comité de Vigilancia Artística [Artistic Surveillance Committee] (CVA), which was active from 1979 to 1985. As an “artistic enterprise” (which is what it called itself), it signed actions, objects and texts that reflect on the art system in the contemporary context, while playing a key role in activating art in the Basque Country. Cicatriu a la matriu aims at the very heart of the object in the artistic tradition, at its hierarchised display and its physical frontiers as expressed by frames and plinths, here broken into multiple fragments taking over the space, usurping the place of the artwork. The installation Cicatriu a la matriu was presented at Metrònom in 1983.
Technical details
- Original title:
- Cicatriu a la matriu
- Registration number:
- RT.0027
- Artist:
- CVA (Grup d'artistes)
- Date created:
- 1983
- Fonds:
- MACBA Collection. Barcelona City Council long-term. Gift of Rafael Tous
- Object type:
- Installation
- Media:
- Manipulated mouldings, frames of various materials and matallic sphere
- Dimensions:
- Mides variables. 50 m2 aprox.
- Credits:
- MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of Barcelona City Council. Gift of Rafael Tous
- Copyright:
- © Juan Luis Moraza, VEGAP, Barcelona; © María Luisa Fernández
- It has accessibility resources:
- No
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