On November 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m., the URIBITARTE40 Hall of BilbaoArte opens the exhibition “Nobody can share the taste of mint” (BilbaoArte Collection) curated by Íñigo Villafranca Apesteguia and Lorenzo Galgó. The opening program includes a guided tour on Saturday, November 23, at 12:30 p.m. with the curators, free of charge.
The exhibition can be seen from Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Sundays and holidays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. until April 21. Free entrance..
THE EXHIBITION: NOBODY CAN SHARE THE FLAVOUR OF MINT
Nobody Can Share the Flavour of Mint is the first exhibition on the BilbaoArte Collection produced as part of a curatorial call to showcase the artists in the collection, and provide new readings and interpretations of the mindset of the works and artists overall. The initiative seeks to create a support line for the professionals of the cultural and artistic sector to produce curatorial projects.
Iñigo Villafranca Apesteguia and Lorenzo Galgó, the curators selected for this first edition, have unveiled an exhibition project that addresses the complexity of a contemporary art collection from the problem of the name and its workability as a tool. Naming allows a stable narrative to be stipulated, along with an image to control the materials making up that set.
The approach draws on the description of mint to illustrate this problem; it is a perennial aromatic plant, with a thin and erect stem, which grows up to 60 cm high and whose leaves give off a particular scent. Mint is a flavour that is identified as fresh and sweet, that causes a tingling sensation in one’s mouth. William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet (1594), also considered the problem of the name when he wrote: “that which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet”.
With the works of artists such as: Maider Aldasoro, Miguel Alejos, Gorka Eizagirre, Usoa Fullaondo, José Jurado, Martí Madaula, Sofía Montenegro, Milena Rossignoli, Ander Pérez Puelles.
THE CURATORS: ÍÑIGO VILLAFRANCA APESTEGUIA & LORENZO GALGÓ
Iñigo Villafranca Apesteguia (Valtierra, 1994) is a curator and researcher. His work addresses the complexity of human relations with the territory and landscape. He is particularly interested in studying the image, relational aesthetics and orality. He has recently curated the ¡Vamos Caballos!(Centro Huarte, 2023), Todoterreno (ezprogui, 2023), Resbalar (una cosa) (Can Felipa, Barcelona, 2024) and ¿Quién robó la campana? (ezprogui, 2024) exhibitions. He has headed ezprogui since 2021.
Lorenzo Galgó (Valdepeñas, 2002) is a curator and artist. His work traverses translation and interpretation as strategies to address the constant need for figuration and objectification during artistic processes. His main interests are the pragmatics of language, studying the image and its relationship with the orality. He has recently curated Resbalar (una cosa)< (Can Felipa, Barcelona, 2024), FondoFigura / una superficie asoleada(Valdepenas, Valdepeñas, 2024). Since 2023, he has coordinated TientoFacil together with Jara Roset and Blanca Niemietz.
Diseño de Mikel Ruiz Pejenaute
Collaborator:
Cervezas El Águila
