CARLOS CORREIA
2012-03-19Carlos Correia presents a meta-discursive body of work that, rather than addressing general issues, poses questions that are intrinsic to the painting practice itself, using the medium to question its (im)possibilities. In this exhibition any attempt to discover a thread aside from these suppositions will be futile, since the clues provided are eclectic and preclude the establishment of a linear narrative structure.
Those clues function as keys offered to the viewer, though unfortunately they are not master keys: they do not even open any doors. Take for example the paintings that refer more or less directly to the current economic crisis: the popular protests, colourless Greece, ostentatious Chinese power, and so on. Instead of adorning the current political and economic situation with any commentary, these works speak of the possibilities (or impossibilities) of painting to continue reflecting reality in a conscious and rel evant manner.The exhibition title Survival refers to the artist’s continued critical stance with regard to the painting tradition.
Opposite – S/T (OCCUPY 002), 2012
Exhibition runs through to April 21st, 2012
Fucares Gallery
Conde de Xiquena, 12 1º Izq.
28004
Madrid
Spain
