SUBVERTED at Ivory Press Space I

Relationships between human beings and nature –a duo whose dynamics have been transformed with might and main in recent decades- can be appraised in works by four artists from different parts of the world at Ivory Press Space I, thru April 14. Subverted features artworks by Edward Burtynsky (Ontario, Canada, 1955), David Maisel (New York, USA, 1961), Nuno Ramos (São Paulo, Brazil, 1960) and Carlo Valsecchi (Brescia, Italy, 1965).

The exhibit presents both realities treated under the same discourse. In the representation of traditional nature, “God’s hand” can be seen, yet the handprints of human beings are also visible. China’s biggest dam, with an environmental and human impact of unfathomably devastating consequences, or the desiccation of a lake swallowed up by the city of Los Angeles, are the images proposed by Burtynsky and Maisel. Valsecchi describes a landscape marred by human exploitation and a territory dominated by industry. Next to these three proposals, an installation entitled Black and Blue by Nuno Ramos, with over ten tons of sand brought from Brazil, refers to consumption and nature devastated by progress.

Ivory Press Space I

C/ Comandante Zorita 46 (Madrid)

Source: Press release