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Madrid 29.06.04Exhibition: Microcars
The Spanish Civil War was over, and the Second World War was looming. 80% of Spain's motor-vehicle fleet had been destroyed in the fighting, the roads were in an awful state, and materials and fuel were scarce. To make matters worse, the few ... -
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Madrid 10.06.04Exhibition: The print collection of Ferdinand Columbus (1488-1539). Collecting in the Age of Discovery
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. This fact would become a symbol for the European exploration of other lands that would change the collective mindset and imagination of the Old Continent. Running parallel to this, the technological ...Read more -
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08.06.04Exhibition: Africa, the imagined figure
A guere mask identifies and chases those guilty of crime, and can even become their executioner; the ngang or Bembe fetishists inserted relics of the deceased (fingernails or hairs) into the anus of the statuettes to instill the spirit of the dead ...Read more -
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07.06.04Exhibition: Europe Marked the Way. The Pilgrimage to Santiago in the Middle Ages
In European history, the Way to Santiago has been one of the earliest unifying elements of the old continent. The discovery of the sepulchre of St James, the first martyred apostle, in the 9th Century proved to be a point of reference which helped ...Read more -
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Barcelona 26.05.04Exhibition: Confucius. The advent of humanism in China
"The Master said: I would prefer not speaking!' Tsze-kung said: If you, Master, do not speak, what shall we, your disciples, have to record?' The Master said: 'Does Heaven speak? The four seasons pursue their courses, and the hundred creatures ...Read more -
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Barcelona 19.05.04Installation: Public Absence
As a way of hooking people, a large window. Behind it, a mysterious show. In front of it, an astounded audience. Using these ingredients, Javier Peñafiel (Zaragoza, 1964) presents in CaixaForum's auditorium Public Absence, an installation piece that ...Read more -
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Barcelona 18.05.04Exhibition: Total fear
Fear of otherness, but also of oneself. Situations of psychosis, panic and anguish repeated day after day. Wars of mass destruction and terrorist massacres, yet also mental imbalance and split personalities. We live immersed in a geography of fear' ...Read more -
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Madrid 10.05.04”la Caixa” marks its centenary by laying the first stone of CaixaForum Madrid
Today, the Mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, the President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, and the Chairman of "la Caixa" Ricardo Fornesa will preside over a foundation stone-laying ceremony for CaixaForum Madrid, ...Read more -
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Girona 29.04.04Exhibition: Matisse. The illustrated books
"I'm dreaming of a book on Matisse colour." These words were spoken to Matisse by the publisher Tériade on 20 August 1940. Seven years later, the book Jazz was published, an artist's book that is incredibly joyful, despite the turbulent times out of ...Read more