Exhibition Archive

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.

Lanceta defends the importance of weaving techniques and advocates placing weaving on a par with painting and sculpture. She argues that the “peripheral position of fabrics is not just metaphorical, but a reality, because societies that still weave are also peripheral

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. 

Made by Jacobo Castellano between 2004 and 2005, Casa is one of the artist’s first sculptural pieces. Based on his grandparent’s now abandoned house in a village in Jaen

El CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo expone cápsulas de su colección, obras de la colección instaladas de forma casi permanente en espacios de tránsito del museo. Cada pieza se acompaña con un vídeo que permite ponerlas en contexto en voz de sus responsables y de los propios artistas que las han realizado.