Galician artists bring their vision of the ocean to Madrid

The Galician Atlantic reaches Madrid. At least to the premises of CentroCentro, a cultural space dependent on the City Council of the capital, where the exhibition can be viewed until September An extraordinary trip. The mirror effect of the ocean. Curated by David Barr of Galicia, the exhibition brings together more than seventy works of all kinds—between paintings and sculptures, photographs and designs, handicrafts, videos and publications—including a good number related to the Northwest Atlantic.

You can see, for example, the latest tapestry project that Luís Seoane developed with the artist María Elena Montero. Or another project, closely related to Galicia and its coast, like that of Cidade das Rías, architect Fernández-Albalat. In addition to these proposals, works by ceramist Verónica Moar and basket maker Idoia Cuesta, a ceramic work by Francisco Leiro or a publication designed by Carmen Arias. And the works of Christian García Bello, Manuel Vázquez and Vítor Mejut; the latter also followed the narrative of the exhibition, with suggestions for some directions for the development of stories related to the oceans.

This proposal, which brings together works from a wide variety of disciplines, is articulated around four chapters. Oceans as a stage feeds on literary and cinematic references with the sea as the protagonist, from Verne to Moby Dickgoing through movies like Shark and battleship Potemkin. Purpose blue, the new green is to showcase innovative and eco-designed ocean-related products that promote recovery, reuse and recycling, including designs such as those by Corrubed-based British architect David Chipperfield.

Voices of the ocean focuses on underwater sounds as inspiration for songwriters and artists, as well as the voices of women of the sea, from pearl divers to surfing pioneers. The last part, a difficult journeyit is dedicated to maritime communications, where the telegraph and pirate radio connect on the high seas, among other things.

For David Barro, an exhibition whose title is inspired by a verse from a poem Man and the sea de Baudelaire, “was born very consciously in a city without seas, with the conviction that the oceans are born within us and that it is important for all of us to understand the importance of knowing them better, researching questions and developing our own scenarios”. “We will have to think creatively about our future in partnership with it,” he concludes.

An extraordinary tripwith free admission, you can tour the CentroCentra facilities until September 17.