Twin Gallery to Exhibit First Gema Alava’s Solo Show in Spain

Cuéntame la Verdad 2008-2013 is one of the main projects in the career of multidisciplinary artist Gema Alava and represents the base of her trilogy TELL ME – FIND ME – TRUST ME (2008-2010) —which questions the contradictions entailed by the process of deciding what projects are supported or ignored by cultural institutions—.

The present publication-project sheds light on texts written by an international group of intellectuals and artists that are not afraid of the structures that strangle talent, culture and freedom of expression, the artist said. And she added: their texts question some tensions and uncertainties that define the beginning of the 21^st century as they deliver new approaches. Their remarks are overwhelmingly sincere, with an inspiring strength that should promote future debates, researches and works on the importance of working for a cultural and social transformation based on integrity.

The volume, edited both in Spanish and English languages, includes texts of writers Ignacio del Valle (Spain) and John Hemingway (USA); historian Julian Casanova (Spain); journalists Alfonso Armada (Spain) and Anna Grau (Spain); lawyer Peri Uran (Turkey); art historians Stephanie Jeanjean (France) and Midori Yamamura (Japan); neurologist Herman Moreno (Colombia); composer Octavio Vazquez (Spain); chief pilot Michael Gallagher (USA); poet Luis H. Francia (Philippines); and the director of UN’s World Council of Peoples, Shamina de Gonzaga (USA/Mexico).

The publication is complemented by Alava’s pictures that represent the struggle between nail and thread on the floor. The original works that make up Tell Me the Truth can be admired through November 29 at Madrid’s Twin Gallery.

The pictures included in Tell me the Truth have been previously displayed in New York (2008, 2009, 2010), Miami and London (2009). After is inaugural presentation in Madrid, the publication-project is going to be showcased in New York’s Columbia University and New York University.