Participating artists:Carlos Aires, Xavier Arenós, Pilar Aymerich, Alán Carrasco, Colita, Lúa Coderch, Eli Cortiňas, Daniel G. Andujar, Ana García-Pineda, Eulàlia Grau, Núria Güell, Agustín Ibarrola, José Ortega, Joan Rabascall, Josep Renau, María Ruido, Avelino Sala, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Diego del Pozo Barriuso and Darío Villalba.
Curated by Marta Ramos-Yzquierdo and Sam Steverlynck.
Venue:S.M.A.K., Jan Hoetplein 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
This group exhibition explores how, since the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), Spanish artists have used art as a form of resistance, to demand new rights and to denounce injustice. The exhibition focuses on two pivotal moments in Spain’s democratization process when art emerged as a political instrument. First, the 1970s – the final years of resistance to Franco’s dictatorship (1936-1975) and the country’s transition to democracy. Second, the past decade, shaped by a new wave of protest – including the Indignados movement – in response to the banking and property crises and a broader erosion of democratic principles.
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