Summer Exhibitions in Spain

A look at the galleries and art spaces in Madrid this summer through the posts made on www.ruralc.com.  The exhibitions are here because the subject matter is related to the landscape / rural culture, bon appetit! Thanks to all artists and galleries for allowing the use of images.

Javier Ayarza "Extras" at Fúcares Gallery.

http://www.ruralc.com/2011/07/javier-ayarza-extras.html

Manuel Muñoz at Metta Gallery.

http://www.ruralc.com/2011/06/manuel-munoz.html

Perejaume "Exvotos" in Soledad Lorenzo.

http://www.ruralc.com/2011/07/perejaume-exvotos.html

 Open Photo Cuenca 2011 (PHE)

http://www.ruralc.com/2011/06/open-photo-cuenca-2011.html

Glen Rubsamen exhibition at Benveniste gallery.

http://www.ruralc.com/2011/07/glen-rubsamen-en-el-off-phe-2011.html

Ricardo Cases in La Fresh Gallery.

http://www.ruralc.com/2011/06/ricardo-cases-paloma-al-aire.html

Antonio López & her summer retrospective at the Thyssen Museum.

http://www.ruralc.com/2011/07/antonio-lopez.html

Julián Pérez & José Jurado #Puertas exhibition until september 21 in the ECAT space of Toledo.

www.puertasecat.blogspot.com

EFTI School photo collective at Círculo de Bellas Artes terrace. 

Photo by Silvia Gurrea-Nozaleda.

"The power of doubt" at ICO museum inside PHotoEspaña 2011. Curated by Hou Hanru.

Thierry Fontaine

Wangechi Mutu

Dan Perjovschi 

http://www.perjovschi.ro/

Yayoi Kusama at the MNCARS

Bernardí Roig installations in Max Estrella Gallery.

 Another Bernardí Roig "pop" artwork.

Work by the artist Jeroen Diepenmaat in the exhibition "After silence" 

Inéditos 2011 in La Casa Encendida.

Gabri Solera "Terrain Vague"

"Terrain Vague" photographic work by Gabri Solera (Madrid, 1983).

A Hard, Merciless Light. The Worker-Photography Movement, 1926-1939

Lajos Tabák. Bodegón Moderno, 1930. Modern Still Life. Gelatinobromuro de plata.

José Suárez. De la serie "Marineros", ca. 1935. From the series "Sailors" Gelatinobromuro de plata.

Misiones Pedagógicas. Grupo de campesinos observando la llegada de las Misiones Pedagógicas, ca. 1932. Group of Peasants Watching the Arrival of the Pedagogic Missions. Gelatinobromuro de plata. Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid.

Fotografías de Nora Dumas. Gelatinobromuro de Plata. 

Nora Dumas. Sin título. Untitled, 1935.

A Hard, Merciless Light. The Worker-Photography Movement, 1926-1939 examines the period during the history of 20th century photography in which photography joined forces with various worker movements (ranging from trade unionism to the creation of “workers' states” like the Soviet one), motivated by growing working-class consciousness and the idea of taking over the means of production and reproduction of images. By looking at the artistic avant-garde in its interconnection with the political avant-garde, this exhibition challenges hegemonic historiography that focuses primarily on other movements arising in the history of photography, such as the New Vision. The exhibition displaces the importance of mechanical vision and instead considers photography's relationship with social movements, shifting the debate toward photography as a document. It presents photographs (many of which are vintage copies), films and other documents, with special attention being paid to periodicals, the fundamental medium for the circulation of images and the ideas associated with them during these years.
Dates: April 6 - August 22, 2011
Place: Museo Reina Sofía (Floor 3), Madrid, Spain.
Curator: Jorge Ribalta

ARCO 2011 Landscapes

David Hockney. Summer Sky. Inkjet printed computer drawing on paper. 2008.

Alex Katz. Oil on canvas.

Richard Estes. Oil on canvas.

Rafael Cidoncha. Construcción artística pequeña. 2008, oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm.

 Herve Coqueret

Minako Abe paintings. Oil on canvas.

 Iberia Quarries. Edward Burtynsky, 2006.

Back to the wild. Aitor Saraiba in La Fresh Gallery (Madrid)

"El orden ha sido vencido" ("The order has been surmounted") is the latest and first exhibition of the artist Aitor Saraiba (Patrocinio de San José, 1983) at La Fresh Gallery (Madrid). Until the 26 of March you can see his drawings, installations, photographs and paintings showing a return to natural state and a way to create unknown in his previous work. Manu Arregui has written the text for this exhibition.