The exhibition Ser Noutras, open at the Cidade da Cultura, displays more than thirty Galician works from the collection of the Reina Sofía Museum. These pieces dialogue with the work of about twenty Galician creators who produced a new work or presented an existing one for this project.
The result is fifty works by 45 artists from the 20th and 21st centuries, forming a journey through “18 creative conversations,” as highlighted by Minister José López Campos, creating “a collective, living, and intergenerational narrative.” Contemporary creators such as Chelo Matesanz, Xisela Franco, Andrea Costas, Julia Huete, Mar Vicente, Yoseba MP, Pablo Barreiro, and Lois Patiño connect with established figures like Arturo Souto, Julia Minguillón, Virxilio Viéitez, Berta Cáccamo, José María de Labra, Xurxo Lobato, Francisco Leiro, and Menchu Lamas.
The exhibition features painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and video art in an expository discourse that, as explained by López Campos, offers a vision of an art collection “not as something static and immutable, but connected to an active artistic process from which new works can emerge, such as the 15 new pieces created for this exhibition”.
Dialogues include the connection between painter Maruja Mallo and visual artist Marta Pazos, materialized in a large spatial installation serving as a “visual theater” and the exhibition's stage. Another creative pairing was revived live with a recital by poet Yolanda Castaño and artist Loreto Martínez Troncoso.
During the opening, the performative installation Llamar, multiplicar by artist Rodríguez-Méndez was also completed, inspired by the work of painter Tino Grandío, Campesino afila guadaña.
The opening event also included participation from Carlota Álvarez Basso (Reina Sofía Museum), Anxo M. Lorenzo (Xunta de Galicia), Ana Isabel Vázquez (Cidade da Cultura), and curators Verónica Santos and Chus Martínez.
Ser Noutras can be visited until March 28, 2027. The Gaiás inspira program will unfold activities related to the exhibition, aimed at adult, family, and school audiences, with the participation of several artists and addressing themes such as memory, feminism, or territory.
