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Pilar Albarrac铆n:
Take a Knife and Open My Heart

Pilar Albarrac铆n, Artist
Pia Ogea, Curator

June 17 鈥 August 13, 2023

鈥淢y work delves into the most internationalized stereotypes of Spanish culture and its evolution over the last 30 years and focuses on (among other concepts) the violence of patriarchal culture on women and their struggle to escape from it.鈥
鈥擯ilar Albarrac铆n

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Pilar Albarrac铆n, Lunares (Dots), 2004. Video 1:26.

Exhibition Overview

Pilar Albarrac铆n (b. 1968, Seville, Spain) is one of the most prominent Spanish artists of her generation. Take a Knife and Open My Heart will be her first exhibition in a public art space in Washington, DC.

Albarrac铆n鈥檚 work is a condemnation of inequality, prejudice, and dualism that coexists with humor, color, and beauty 鈥 all within a parallel defense of the Spanish culture. Through the power of her videos and images, she aims to move the audience to learn more about Spanish identity and the flamenco universe and its cliches.

The exhibition presents her most emblematic videos and photos together with the fascinating installation聽Ceiling of Offerings聽(made with hanging flamenco dresses).

This exhibition is supported in part by a grant from Acci贸n Cultural Espa帽ola (AC/E), a state agency, and by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC.

Spain Arts and Culture

Pilar Albarrac铆n, Viva Espa帽a, 2004

Pilar Albarrac铆n, Viva Espa帽a, 2004. Video, 3:30.

Ceiling

Pilar Albarrac铆n, Techo de ofrendas (Ceiling of Offerings), 2004. Flamenco dresses, variable dimensions. Courtesy of the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC.

Gallery Talk: Take a Knife and Open My Heart
June 17, 2023, 5-6聽p.m.
Virtual: June 22, 12-1聽p.m.
Speaker: Pilar Albaraccin, Artist
Moderator: Pia Ogea, Curator
Host: Jack Rasmussen, Director, 艾可直播 University Museum

Join us for a special pre-opening Gallery Talk to meet and talk with renowned Spanish artist Pilar Albaraccin as we explore videos of her performance art and examine her incredible art installation 鈥淐eiling of Offerings,鈥 made entirely of Flamenco dresses. Albaraccin鈥檚 art takes on internationalized codes, folklore, and cliches from Spanish culture and reframes them with a decidedly feminist voice.