Guided tour by Mela Dávila, head of the Study Center

Curated by Guy Schraenen, this exhibition presents a broad overview of the various ways in which artists from the second half of the 20th century have placed their creative capacity at the service of political demands. Some of these elements emerge from the reaction to a specific circumstance, as in the case of the posters produced by the anti-establishment movements related to May 1968; others, on the other hand, were spawned by more lasting organisations or movements and respond to various motives including gender demands – Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Kruger – or racial demands – Black Panther Party –, environmental concerns, class conflicts or countercultural movements such as the case of the Dutch Provo movement and the magazine of the same name published in the 1970s. The exhibition features the artists Joseph Beuys, Mirtha Dermisache, Antonio Dias, Alfredo Jaar, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Víctor Mira, Miralda, Muntadas, Maurizio Nannuci, Joan Rabascall, Ben Vautier and Edgardo Antonio Vigo, and the movements Art in Ruins, Guerrilla Girls and Provo, among others.

Exhibition: From July 10 to September 27


Programme

ACTIVITY ONLY FOR FRIENDS OF MACBA: Guided tour Mela Dávila, head of the Study Center.
Tuesday September 8, at 7 pm
Pl. dels Àngels 8, 08001 Barcelona
Please, confirm your assistance at amics [at] macba [dot] cat or calling to the 93 481 47 12

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Visita guiada a cargo de Mela Dávila, responsable del Centro de Estudios y Documentación, para los Amigos del MACBA