Lara
Almarcegui
(Spain,
born in 1971, live in Rotterdam)
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In
her artistic work, Lara Almarcegui presents a very personal analysis of architectural
and urban contexts. On the scale of a city, for instance, she drew up a map of
Amsterdam's vacant lots. She also organised actions to raise consciousness on
the preservation of gardens for the working class in some districts of Turin or
Utrecht. Her other interventions in French, Belgian, or Dutch cities encourage
the public to reflect upon the demolition of buildings. Throughout her reflection
on the nature of architecture, she presents " portraits " of buildings or town
districts, with a list of all the material they are made of, including the weight
of each material. For the exhibition Buenos dias Santiago, she will attempt to
draw a similar " portrait " of the MAC. Enclosed
Gardens, Liverpool, 2004
solo shows
(selection)
2005 Gallery Luis Serpa, Lisboa / 2004 FRAC
Bourgogne, Dijon / 2003 Index, Stockholm / Chantiers ouverts au
public, Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire / Démolition in front of the exhibition
room, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid / 2001 Etablissement d'en Face,
Bruxelles / Galería
Marta Cervera, Madrid / 2000 Galería Ray Gun, Valencia / 1999
Stedelijk Museum Bureau (avec
Birthe Leijmeier), Amsterdam / 1998 Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid group
shows (selection)
2005 Buenos días Santiago - una exposición
como expedición (curateur attitudes), Museo de arte contemporáneo, Santiago
de Chile / Public Act, Kunsthalle, Lund / Project Rotterdam, Museum Boymans
van Beuningen, Rotterdam / Le génie du lieu, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon
/ Delicious (curateur Luk Lambrecht), Sint-Truiden / 2004 International
Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool / VI Werkleitz Biennale, Common Property, Halle
/ Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan / Kröller Müller Museum, Otterloo / Museo di
Arti Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro / 2003 De Appel, Amsterdam / Australian
Centre for Photography, Sidney / Sala Montcada de la Caixa, Barcelona / Frac Bourgogne,
Dijon / Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid / Bas Museum of Art, Miami / 2002
Bigtorino 2002, Torino Biennial / INDEX, Stockholm / Salle Arts et Essais,
Rennes / Marres, Maastrict / CGAC, Santiago de Compostela / De Ateliers, Amsterdam
/ 2001 Clock Tower Gallery of Ps1, New York / Centro de Cultura Contemporánea,
Barcelone / 2000 Witte de With, Rotterdam / Pontevedra Biennal / 1999 W139,
Amsterdam publications
(selection)
2005
Guide to undefined places of Lund, éd. Lund Konsthall / 2003
Lara Almarcegui, Een braakliggend terrein in de Rotterdamse haven, éd.
Theo Tegelaers, ARBM, Rotterdam / Lara Almarcegui, démolitions - terrains vagues
- jardins ouvriers, éd. Etablissements d'en Face, Bruxelles & La Grand Café,
Saint-Nazaire / poster #1, Frac Bourgogne, Dijon /
1999 Wastelands Map Amsterdam, a guide to the empty
sites of the city, éd. Lara Almarcegui, Amsterdam |
