Imagining the analysis of the social and political systems of our day through the figures of clowns, harlequins and hands does not seem at all strange in these times. It is true that the division between individual and persona has never been so relevant.
It presents a succinct overview of his artistic production, recovering different works that have marked his work in some way since the early 2000s. At the same time, coexisting with this journey is a group of new works that, based on a highly personal vision of sculptural language, are displayed through spatially specific installations, newly produced pieces, performative actions and series that are added to some of those already produced in recent years.
Turbid Waters is Inês Zenha's first institutional solo exhibition in Spain, a project specially curated for the first floor of the CA2M Museum.
This project is designed to be a dialogue between three collections that operate within different territorial frameworks of the South — from Móstoles (Madrid), the Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo; from Panamá, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá; and from Buenos Aires, Argentina, the home of BIENALSUR — as a way to spark different synergies through such an alliance of institutions.
Altered listenings and porous practices
Based on the different exhibitions, activities, workshops and collection of the museum, we propose different encounters and different points of view on contemporary artistic practices and their capacity for influence and social transformation.
Al cuidado de las pequeñas sombras (In the care of the small shadows) is a site-specific installation created by Elena Alonso for the terrace of the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Museum, consisting of four sculptures conceived as a bat shelter.
An Wei Lu Li has created a specific pictorial installation for the cafeteria at the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Museum, with the sponsorship of Cervezas Alhambra
Let’s Think Positive came about in 2003 as part of the exhibition If Alive that Manuel Saiz presented at the Museu de L’Empordà in Figueres, Girona. The idea behind the exhibition was the beginning of the preparations for his future 65th birthday on the 10th of January 2026.