Current Detours
21/10/2017 - 02/11/2017
Charbel-joseph H. Boutros
Joana Cera Bernad
Toni Crabb
Joana Escoval
In times of trouble there’s always a rush to clear-cut narratives, isn’t there?
So Current Detours is a clearing, stripped of certainties, of decisive moments, of easy syntax, and awash with currents which detour national borders, currents which defy definition. Here is an open space and a secluded corner where we ourselves, past, present and future are in mutual disturbance with the molecular swell. Here is a home for their conversations and our interpretations.
A place to douse ourselves in the voluminous absence of noise, a place to wallow in the fulfilling plenitude of nothingness; comfortingly hopeful only because really we know there is no such thing as an empty space. For all the quietness, therein lies a secret weapon…the agency of non production, non-action, the revealed potency of the pause, making us tentatively aware of our own presence, of what’s around us and soaked in our dreams. And of what’s not around us; faced with absence we end up pondering our existence. And with an acute awareness of the earth’s movement we will stave off vertigo.
Charbel-joseph H. Boutros - Biography
Born in Mount Lebanon in 1981. Lives and works between Beirut and Paris.
H. Boutros was a resident at The Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France and was a researcher at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
His work has been shown internationally: The 12th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey / Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France / Centre Pompidou - Metz (upcoming) / CCS Bard College, New York, USA / 3rd Bahia Biennial, Salvador, Brazil / 1st Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China / 104, Paris, France / MAM-BA Museum of Modern Art, Salvador, Brazil / CCA, Warsaw, Poland / More Konzeption Conception Now, Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen, Germany / La ou Commence le jour, LAM - Museum of modern and contemporary art Lilles, France / Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE / Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands / Fons Welters Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Frieze, London, UK / FIAC, Paris, France / LISTE 19, Basel, Switzerland / Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE / Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
His permanent installation ‘Sueur d’etoile’, that he realised with the French etoile dancer Marie-Agnes Gillot, inaugurated in June 2016 and remains on view at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. Boutros’ works are in the collections of CNAP, Paris, France and Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE.
Born in Mount Lebanon in 1981. Lives and works between Beirut and Paris.
H. Boutros was a resident at The Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France and was a researcher at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
His work has been shown internationally: The 12th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey / Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France / Centre Pompidou - Metz (upcoming) / CCS Bard College, New York, USA / 3rd Bahia Biennial, Salvador, Brazil / 1st Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China / 104, Paris, France / MAM-BA Museum of Modern Art, Salvador, Brazil / CCA, Warsaw, Poland / More Konzeption Conception Now, Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen, Germany / La ou Commence le jour, LAM - Museum of modern and contemporary art Lilles, France / Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE / Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands / Fons Welters Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Frieze, London, UK / FIAC, Paris, France / LISTE 19, Basel, Switzerland / Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE / Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
His permanent installation ‘Sueur d’etoile’, that he realised with the French etoile dancer Marie-Agnes Gillot, inaugurated in June 2016 and remains on view at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. Boutros’ works are in the collections of CNAP, Paris, France and Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE.
Toni Crabb- Biography
Born 1970 in Harare , Zimbabwe. Living & working near Barcelona , Spain .
Solo shows include FOX. La Taller, Bilbao, Spora. The Private Space By, Barcelona, 7 steps 6 legs. Bootlab, Berlin. As part of In Absentia, Drawn to the edges. Galería T4, Barcelona, The dog of loss. Innocence & Mystery, Berlin, Peculiar Disturbance Easily Forgotten. Galería Egam , Madrid and Untitled, Centro de Recursos Culturales, Madrid. Group exhibitions include A Woman and a Lemon Tree. Ladyfest, Barcelona.
Unititled. Corpologia, Materic, Barcelona, creen/Loop. Espacio de proyectos San Pere, Barcelona.
----- In Situ. Addaya Centre d'Art, Alaró, Mallorca. Loop. Espacio de proyectos San Pere, Barcelona. VI Bienal de Jafre. Escampar els fems. Jafre, Film screening, Alliance Française, Harare, Exposición de socios, Halfhouse, Barcelona, The Drawing Game. etHALL, Barcelona, I don't understand you. Bulegoa z/b, Bilbao, creatio continua. Haus der Kunst, Munich and Hinterlandmark. Addaya Centre d'Art, Alaró, Mallorca.
Born 1970 in Harare , Zimbabwe. Living & working near Barcelona , Spain .
Solo shows include FOX. La Taller, Bilbao, Spora. The Private Space By, Barcelona, 7 steps 6 legs. Bootlab, Berlin. As part of In Absentia, Drawn to the edges. Galería T4, Barcelona, The dog of loss. Innocence & Mystery, Berlin, Peculiar Disturbance Easily Forgotten. Galería Egam , Madrid and Untitled, Centro de Recursos Culturales, Madrid. Group exhibitions include A Woman and a Lemon Tree. Ladyfest, Barcelona.
Unititled. Corpologia, Materic, Barcelona, creen/Loop. Espacio de proyectos San Pere, Barcelona.
----- In Situ. Addaya Centre d'Art, Alaró, Mallorca. Loop. Espacio de proyectos San Pere, Barcelona. VI Bienal de Jafre. Escampar els fems. Jafre, Film screening, Alliance Française, Harare, Exposición de socios, Halfhouse, Barcelona, The Drawing Game. etHALL, Barcelona, I don't understand you. Bulegoa z/b, Bilbao, creatio continua. Haus der Kunst, Munich and Hinterlandmark. Addaya Centre d'Art, Alaró, Mallorca.
Joana Escoval - Biography
Joana Escoval lives and works in Lisbon. A selection of exhibitions and projects include I will go where I don’t belong / Volcano Extravaganza, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli (2016); I forgot to go to school yesterday, Kunsthalle Lissabon and Kunsthalle Tropical, Iceland (2016); Lichens Never Lie, La Criée Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rennes (2016); Matter Fictions, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon (2016); The lynx knows no boundaries, Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris (2015); Europe, Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2014). She won the BES Revelação Prize in 2012 (Serralves Museum) and was nominated for the EDP Foundation New Artists Prize in 2015, in Portugal. Escoval has received a fellowship from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and FLAD Foundation in 2013. Among other residencies, attention is drawn to Fiorucci Art Trust Residency in Stromboli (2015), and RU, in New York (2013/14). She has recently published two flexi-discs with Atlas Projectos and Palmário Recordings and she’s currently working in a new vynil release.
In 2017 Joana Escoval showed in Portugal (MAAT, Hangar, Galeria Boavista and Maisterravalbuena), Spain (La Casa Encendida), Greece (The Breeder) and United Arab Emirates (Grey Noise).
Joana Escoval lives and works in Lisbon. A selection of exhibitions and projects include I will go where I don’t belong / Volcano Extravaganza, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli (2016); I forgot to go to school yesterday, Kunsthalle Lissabon and Kunsthalle Tropical, Iceland (2016); Lichens Never Lie, La Criée Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rennes (2016); Matter Fictions, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon (2016); The lynx knows no boundaries, Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris (2015); Europe, Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2014). She won the BES Revelação Prize in 2012 (Serralves Museum) and was nominated for the EDP Foundation New Artists Prize in 2015, in Portugal. Escoval has received a fellowship from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and FLAD Foundation in 2013. Among other residencies, attention is drawn to Fiorucci Art Trust Residency in Stromboli (2015), and RU, in New York (2013/14). She has recently published two flexi-discs with Atlas Projectos and Palmário Recordings and she’s currently working in a new vynil release.
In 2017 Joana Escoval showed in Portugal (MAAT, Hangar, Galeria Boavista and Maisterravalbuena), Spain (La Casa Encendida), Greece (The Breeder) and United Arab Emirates (Grey Noise).
Joana Cera Bernad - Biography
Born in Barcelona 1965.
Solo Shows include Lapso, Galeria Alegria, Madrid, Davallada, Espai Sant Marc, Sineu, Mallorca, Sense Mesura Variable, Nivell Zero. Fundación Suñol, Barcelona, Dibuixos i escultures, Galería Sis, Sabadell, Ja no queda temps, masART Galería, Barcelona, Lindando, lindo, lindar, Galería Antonia Puyó, Zaragoza, Abandonar unas llaves, aceptar otras. Fundación Santa María de Albarracín, Teruel, Joana Cera, Galería Antonia Puyó, Zaragoza, Untitled, Sala Montcada, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona. She has exhibited in group shows including 47è congrés I Assemblea general de l'Acadèmia Internacional de la Ceràmica:
Galería Rocío Santa Cruz, Barcelona, Indisposició general. Assaig sobre la fatiga, Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, and ARCO 2015, Galería + R, Barcelona.
Born in Barcelona 1965.
Solo Shows include Lapso, Galeria Alegria, Madrid, Davallada, Espai Sant Marc, Sineu, Mallorca, Sense Mesura Variable, Nivell Zero. Fundación Suñol, Barcelona, Dibuixos i escultures, Galería Sis, Sabadell, Ja no queda temps, masART Galería, Barcelona, Lindando, lindo, lindar, Galería Antonia Puyó, Zaragoza, Abandonar unas llaves, aceptar otras. Fundación Santa María de Albarracín, Teruel, Joana Cera, Galería Antonia Puyó, Zaragoza, Untitled, Sala Montcada, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona. She has exhibited in group shows including 47è congrés I Assemblea general de l'Acadèmia Internacional de la Ceràmica:
Galería Rocío Santa Cruz, Barcelona, Indisposició general. Assaig sobre la fatiga, Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, and ARCO 2015, Galería + R, Barcelona.
