Oferta pública/Public tender
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Oferta pública/Public tender
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, c2012
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Exhibition catalogue
Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Rita McBride. Oferta pública/Public Tender" held at Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), May 18-Sept. 24, 2012
Catalan, Spanish, and English
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Description
Rita McBride is a US-American artist whose installations explore cultural and sociological issues using the language of architecture. At first sight, the sculptures and installations are composed of recognizable daily objects - machines, steps, tubes, even water towers - that transport us to a standardized world, where repetition itself establishes a code that facilitates comprehension. However, the familiarity of form is disturbed by the materials used - a car made of raffia, tubes out of marble or ficus leaves modelled in Murano crystal - producing a sensation of unease and uncertain significance. This exhibition catalog includes a photographic essay by the artist and photographer Anne Pohlmann capturing the way in which the museum's activity changes the architecture of its space over the course of a year.
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