An Unholy Alliance
2016 – present
Intervention.
Art magazines, glue.
Dimensions variable.
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This work looks at art magazines and compares the number of pages devoted to advertising to the pages with textual and image content, creating a 3D graphic that formally visualizes the tension between two interdependent and often intertwined worlds.
The pages of each magazine are reconstructed into two spherical volumes in the manner of papier maché by shredding their paper, displayed horizontally next to the spine of each magazine.
Press/ Texts:
· Daniel Garza-Usabiaga, Cristina Garrido. A Tacit Agreement. Exhibition text. Casa Maauad (2016).
· João Silvério, Glimpse. An Art of Microsenconds. Exhibition text. 3+1 Arte Contemporânea (2018).
Related Publications:
· A Thousand Roaring Beasts: Display Devices for a Critical Modernity. Ed. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (2018).
· Cristina Garrido. The Best Job in the World. Ed. Fundación DIDAC (2022).
Exhibitions:
· A Tacit Agreement [Un acuerdo tácito] (solo exhibition). Casa Maauad (Mexico City, Mexico, 2016).
· A Thousand Roaring Beasts: Display Devices for a Critical Modernity (group exhibition). Cur. Olga Fernández López. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Seville, Spain, 2017).
· Private Choices (group exhibition). Cur. Christophe Veys. Centrale for Contemporary Art (Brussels, Belgium, 2017).
· Across the Sand [A través de la arena] (group exhibition). Cur. Laura Vallés Vílchez. CentroCentro (Madrid, Spain, 2020).
Selected Collections:
· Cloud Seven, Brussels.
Credits:
General installation views and details of the exhibition A Tacit Agreement [Un acuerdo tácito]. Casa Maauad (Mexico City, Mexico, 2016). Images: PJ Rountree.
General installation views and details of the exhibition Across the Sand [A través de la arena]. CentroCentro (Madrid, Spain, 2020). Images: Lukasz Michalak.
· Daniel Garza-Usabiaga, Cristina Garrido. A Tacit Agreement. Exhibition text. Casa Maauad (2016).
· João Silvério, Glimpse. An Art of Microsenconds. Exhibition text. 3+1 Arte Contemporânea (2018).
Related Publications:
· A Thousand Roaring Beasts: Display Devices for a Critical Modernity. Ed. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (2018).
· Cristina Garrido. The Best Job in the World. Ed. Fundación DIDAC (2022).
Exhibitions:
· A Tacit Agreement [Un acuerdo tácito] (solo exhibition). Casa Maauad (Mexico City, Mexico, 2016).
· A Thousand Roaring Beasts: Display Devices for a Critical Modernity (group exhibition). Cur. Olga Fernández López. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Seville, Spain, 2017).
· Private Choices (group exhibition). Cur. Christophe Veys. Centrale for Contemporary Art (Brussels, Belgium, 2017).
· Across the Sand [A través de la arena] (group exhibition). Cur. Laura Vallés Vílchez. CentroCentro (Madrid, Spain, 2020).
Selected Collections:
· Cloud Seven, Brussels.
Credits:
General installation views and details of the exhibition A Tacit Agreement [Un acuerdo tácito]. Casa Maauad (Mexico City, Mexico, 2016). Images: PJ Rountree.
General installation views and details of the exhibition Across the Sand [A través de la arena]. CentroCentro (Madrid, Spain, 2020). Images: Lukasz Michalak.
