The 2013 exhibition program for the Basque Center and Museum of Contemporary Art (ARTIUM) kicks off on Jan. 25 with the persona of Serbian artist Katarina Zdjelar and an exhibit entitled Of More Than One Voice, a glimpse at the so-called Basque radical rock and its boom back in the 1980s, viewed from the perspective of both performers and anonymous fans.
Beginning in May and stretching out into September, Iñaki Larrimbe will propose a reflection on cultural tourism, based on fair-oriented and sport attractions on a participative basis. On that same date, there’ll be the No tocar, por favor (NO Touching, Please), a collective project curated by Jorge Luis Marzo that deals with the way museums’ authority and disciplinary systems weave the public’s ties with the artworks. Some of the participating artists are Joan Fontcuberta, Andrés Hispano, Félix Pérez Hita, Mireia Saladrigues, Guillermo Trujillano y Arturo “Fito” Rodríguez.
One of the greatest moments of the year will come in October with the opening of Violencia invisible (Invisible Violence), an exhibit ARTIUM worked closely with the Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art and The Model from Sligo (Ireland). Based on the work of Basque, Serbian and Irish artists, together with an appraisal of these three regions’ socio-economic histories –violence has been a common phenomenon through the years in the three of them- this exposition strips violence into layers that remain unseen in the eyes of the visual arts, the domestic scene, publicity and the mass means, no matter they happen year in and year out. By fall this year, artist, professor and curator Juan Luis Moraza has designed a new look at the ARTIUM collection, this time around entitled Tesoro public(Public Treasure).
The year 2013 will also see the strengthening of initiatives that pursue further implication of the public with art recognition, enjoyment and creation. Thus, Praxis promotes the interaction with artists by the hand of workshops and other activities, while Grey Flag will continue to redeem the need of culture and art to come to terms with the large posters that numerous artists have created and hanged outside the ARTIUM building. And last but not least, we’ll have Mutatis mutandi, featuring a series of micro artistic projects that will take place in outdoor locations all year round.
Source: Press release
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