Art Madrid'24 – Teresa Lanceta Middle Atlas tapestries in La Casa Encendida

 

 

The artist Teresa Lanceta (Barcelona, ??1951) grew - artistically - surrounded by the avant garde and the conceptual art of the 70s and felt that, among so much individuality and depth, lacked some attachment to the land, some sort of orality, some skin... She started weaving as an investigation in this original code that connects groups around the world and of all time, while allowing a creative and formal freedom without limits, connected with the traditions, with ecology, with crafts and a "collective way to create, beyond personal genius "stresses the artist herself.

 

 

 

 

It was in 1995 when she discovered nomadic women weavers of the Middle Atlas. "I was shocked. There I saw an extraordinary, quite creative and vivid language. I had spent many years weaving ... and suddenly I found genuine partners, "said Lanceta. "I believe in the absolute universality of art and these people and these techniques give meaning to my conception of artistic creation and transmission capacity of language," she adds.

 

 

 

Thus It was born "Adiós al Rombo", the exhibition that we can enjoy until September 18 at La Casa Encendida of Madrid, a collection of rugs, pillows, blankets, coats, ... tissues that in their silence speak of ancestral tradition of gatherings of women narrating the history of their people. Her approach to tissue focuses on the formal elements in what each tissue is original and own, its repeating patterns, its code; while each tissue speaks about stories, lived experience... The tapestries, explained in the text by the curator Nuria Enguita, "transcend their decorative purpose or its symbolic function: they are part of a lifestyle and ancestral knowledge, and as display for their ornamental and artistic power. "

 

 

 

 

"Adiós al Rombo" collected works of her two previous exhibitions and includes tapestries, paintings, drawings, text and a series of videos made from interviews with women in the region or family migrants in Spain. 

 

 

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The 20th edition of Art Madrid will take place from 5 to 9 March 2025 in the Galería de Cristal del Palacio de Cibeles. This privileged location, good communications and the quality of the project have always been guarantees of success for an event that reaches 20,000 visitors in each edition.

Art Madrid has been held during the capital's Art Week for the last twenty years, consolidating itself as an interdisciplinary fair of new artistic trends, in which nearly 40 national and international galleries participate, working with painting, sculpture, graphics, photography, installation and digital art of recent production.

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Gallery Program

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Parallel Activities Program

The Parallel Program of Art Madrid'25 will have as its main axis the concept of the Territory City. The public space, the city and the territory will serve as a link to the artistic practices that take place in the "imagined spaces" and revitalize the cultural geography of Madrid.

Collecting Program

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Support Program for New Entries

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Activities

The program will include a series of activities that will take place throughout the month of February and during Madrid Art Week at the Galería de Cristal del Palacio de Cibeles. Likewise, the parallel program will maintain the 2nd edition of the Open Booth, the Performance Cycle, Lecturas: Curated Walktrhoughs by Art Madrid, and the Interviews Section curated by Art Madrid.

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AWARDS

Best Booth Award

Award that will be articulated around the gallery with the best booth set up at the fair.

New Entry Award

Award will be given to the newly incorporated gallery with the best booth setup and exhibition proposal at the fair.

Emerging Artist Award

Our sponsors, as part of their line of action to promote contemporary art, will offer a prize to one of the revelation artists participating in the fair.

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Our support for art and culture extends throughout the year and responds to a global vision in which constancy and commitment to the galleries are essential to achieve our objectives of disseminating contemporary art within and beyond our borders; to create new audiences and interest in art and culture in all sectors of society; to strengthen and promote artists, especially young talent; to value art and culture as essential elements of social development; and to create spaces for cultural visibility and communication that are accessible, open and dynamic.



Relevant information

Applications for the 20th edition of Art Madrid'25 can be sent to the following e-mail address: info@art-madrid.com until October 7, 2024