Previous Exhibitions

Espacio P was founded back in 1981 in a ground floor premises at number 11, Calle Núñez de Arce, in the centre of Madrid, near Plaza Santa Ana. During its first year it was used for rehearsals and workshops in all kinds of practices related with the body, like corporal expression, performance and dance

Since museums first came into existence back in the eighteenth century, there has been a tradition of exhibiting that consists in showing sculptures in central courtyards and lobbies, allowing various fragments from the history of art to coexist in the same space, as part of a stage setting designed to be viewed by a comparative gaze.

Since museums first came into existence back in the eighteenth century, there has been a tradition of exhibiting that consists in showing sculptures in central courtyards and lobbies, allowing various fragments from the history of art to coexist in the same space, as part of a stage setting designed to be viewed by a comparative gaze.

A survey show of the work of Jorge Macchi (Buenos Aires, 1963) overviewing 25 years of artistic output covering the whole breath of his practice, including works on paper, videos, paintings, photographs and installations coming from many public and private collections in Argentina, Spain, Portugal and the USA.

Although it may well be the least known part of its holdings, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo possesses a large number of graphic work. In fact, after photography, it accounts for the second biggest portion of the collection. That being said, it has much less visibility in terms of exhibitions, despite the fact that it includes prints and graphic works signed by some of the seminal names in contemporary art.

Following their participation in the Spanish Pavilion at the latest Venice Biennale, this exhibition is the first survey show of their practice, contextualising their latest projects within a framework bookended on one side by the Cultural Wars of the late eighties—their formative period—and on the other by the social revolutions against the return to neoliberal order in recent years.

High-Rise es una respuesta plástica a la nueva arquitectura del museo como ejercicio radical de ocupación, planteada específicamente para los dos puntos transformados durante la primera fase de Acupuntura. La arquitectura del CA2M en transición: el zaguán de entrada y el nuevo espacio expositivo de tres plantas de altura abierto en el corazón del Centro.

Una colección da razón de ser a una institución museística: sus cuidados, su incremento, la producción de conocimiento que supone investigarla y ponerla a disposición de la sociedad son lo que convierte a un museo en una institución que se desarrolla en el tiempo.

Bajo el título Libro blanco: sobre la tierra, la ley y el imaginario, el CA2M presenta diversos trabajos realizados en El Cairo, Utrecht y varias ciudades del estado español (Móstoles, Madrid y Barcelona) en relación al problema de la vivienda.