On the Road: Exhibition Project that Pays Tribute to the 8th Centenary of Francisco de Asís’ Trip to Santiago de Compostela

On the Road is an ambitious project that will be taking place in Santiago de Compostela through November 2014 on the occasion of the 8th Centenary of Francisco de Asís’ trip to Santiago de Compostela. The curator of this show, Gloria Moure, has gathered an important group of artworks created by 35 artists from different countries, including outstanding figures of international contemporary art over the past 40 years. The collection includes works that were specifically created for this exhibit, such as those created by Francis Alÿs, Jorge Barbi, Tacita Dean, Jimmie Durham, Richard Long, Perejaume or Lawrence Weiner. Besides the above-mentioned specific projects, the display has counted on the collaboration and complicity of first-line public and private collections, such as Fundação Serralves (Porto), Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona), Kunsthalle Bremen (Bremen), Reina Sofía National Museum Art Center (Madrid), Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt Am Main), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and Yves Klein Foundation (Paris), among others. The 44-piece collection is made up of a wide range of artistic formats: paintings, sculptures, pictures, installations, videos and films, as well as a specific publication and interventions in the urban space. Artists: Francis Alÿs; Giovanni Anselmo; Jorge Barbi; LotharBaumgarten; Joseph Beuys; AlighieroBoetti; Christian Boltanski; Marcel Broodthaers; John Cage; Mircea Cantor; Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller; Tacita Dean; Jimmie Durham; Guillermo Faivovich&Nicolás Goldberg; Félix González-Torres; João Maria Gusmão& Pedro Paiva; Roni Horn; Annika Kahrs; Amar Kanwar; Yves Klein; JannisKounellis; AntónLamazares; Richard Long; AníbalLópez; Piero Manzoni; Anthony McCall; Mario Merz; Nam June Paik; Giuseppe Penone; Perejaume; CaioReisewitz; Robert Smithson; Antoni Tàpies; Lawrence Weiner and Franz West. Dates: June 28 - November 30, 2014 Opening: Friday June 27, 2014 Palacio de Gelmírez Praza do Obradoiro, s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela