Fictions. Narrativity in contemporary art

The Museo de Arte de Zapopan presents Fictions. Narrativity in Contemporary Art, a collective exhibition by curator Ferran Barenblit, which delves into the reflection on the limits and possibilities of narrative experimentation in visual art, exploring how it can provide emotional dimensions and experiences that differ, complement, and dialogue with literature.

At a time of great technological advances—when much of the information we receive and make up the stories of today's world are intense, fleeting, and of limited credibility—it is important to think about other stories, those that trust in our ability to construct a vision of reality.

The exhibition is part of the program of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) 2024, with Spain as the Guest of Honor country.

Fictions. Narrativity in Contemporary Art is carried out in collaboration with Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico (CCEMx), a venue that will host the exhibition in Mexico City in 2025, at the conclusion of its exhibition at the MAZ.

Participating artists: Ignasi Aballí, Isa Carrillo, Mariana Castillo Deball, Consonni, Gonzalo Elvira, Dora García, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, Andy Medina, Jorge Méndez Blake, Mabel Palacín, Alan Sierra, Teresa Solar Abboud, Irene Solá, Los Torreznos.

Ferran Barenblit is a curator born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1968. He studied Art History at the University of Barcelona (1991) and Museology at New York University (1995). At the end of July 2015 he was appointed director of the MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona), a position he will leave on August 31, 2021.

In June 2021, his appointment as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for the 2021-2022 academic year was announced.

Previously, from 2008 to 2015 he was director of the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M) in Madrid, Spain. Between 2002 and 2008, Barenblit was director of the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica. Between 1996-1998 and 2000-2001 he was curator of Espai 13, Fundació Joan Miró. As head of this project room at the Fundació Joan Miró. Between 1994 and 1996, he was curatorial assistant at The New Museum, New York.

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Photo: courtesy of the MAZ