Fuentesal Arenillas – Luis Adelantado Valencia

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Fuentesal Arenillas

La danza mudanza, 2023. General view. CAAC. Seville, Spain

La vista de los dedos, 2023. Detail. Stretcher table glass, cherry wood. 600 x 260 x 80 cm.

La danza mudanza, 2023. General view. CAAC. Seville, Spain

La danza mudanza, 2023. General view. CAAC. Seville, Spain

Imaginaria, 2021. 71 MDF frames covered with raw cotton canvas and tablex, 7 sapelly wood hangers or brackets, 7 sapelly wood battens. Variable dimensions

La danza mudanza, 2023. General view. CAAC. Seville, Spain

Lo que pesa una cabeza, 2023. General view. TEA. Tenerife, Spain

Generaciones, 2023. General view. La Casa Encendida. Madrid, Spain

Casapuerta, 2022. General view. Luis Adelantado. Valencia, Spain

Casapuerta, 2022. General view. Luis Adelantado. Valencia, Spain

Cubierta brillante/Margen delgado, 2020. Curated by Juan Canela. Sala de Arte Joven. Madrid, Spain

Mínimo roce, 2020. General view. Espacio de Creación Contemporánea ECCO. Cádiz, Spain

Mínimo roce, 2020. Espacio de Creación Contemporánea ECCO. Cádiz, Spain

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Fuentesal & Arenillas. Tangram III y IV, 2018. Fibreboard, methacrylate and mahogany. 112 x 58 x 2.5 cm (e.a)

La resistencia del ello / Azul como una naranja, 2018. Room 1. General view

Gameshow, Playshow, 2018. General view. Blue Project Foundation. Barcelona, Spain

Bio

Julia Fuentesal and Pablo M. Arenillas explore in their work the playful dimension of artistic practice as a production of signs. In this sense, their pieces intertwine autobiographical aspects with formal resources such as the double figure and repetition, including chance as an essential component of what is at stake.

Their pieces function as tools that allow them to experiment with different ways of inhabiting the body, becoming a manifesto of their way of living and thinking, expressed in organic forms that come to life through the transformation of poor materials, rescued from trades linked to their origin. At the same time, his work extends beyond the corporeality, to shed the burden linked to the notion of historical heritage, becoming instruments capable of telling stories in an itinerant way, thanks to its light, deployable and portable character. Although, always carrying with them the unmistakable heritage of Andalusian sculpture.

Among their latest solo exhibitions are La Danza Mudanza, curated by Bea Espejo at the CAAC in Seville, Cubierta brillante/ margen delgado, curated by Juan Canela and produced with the support of the Programa de Producción Artística Comunidad de Madrid – DKV at the Sala de Arte Joven, Un acto de balanceo at NORDÉS gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia and Casapuerta, occupying the 4 main floors of Galería Luis Adelantado. They have also participated in different collective exhibitions such as Turno de réplica. Construction/ Composition at the Patio Herreriano Museum, The Sight and Touch (ca. 1929-30) at the Federico García Lorca Center or A Crack in the Mountain at the Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art.

They have been selected for the Residence of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome 2022-2023, their work has won the call for Generaciones 2023 at La Casa Encendida Madrid, they have participated in the Artistic Residency María José Jove Foundation 2022, and have been selected for the VI Cervezas Alhambra Emerging Art Award ARCO (2022), also awarded by the Iniciarte space program in Seville (2015) and the Blueproject Foundation (2018) with a residency that concluded with the exhibition GameShow/PlayShow.

News

La danza mudanza. Curated by Bea Espejo. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo. Sevilla, Spain

Casapuerta. Luis Adelantado. Valencia, Spain

Un acto de balanceo. Galería Nordés. Galicia, Spain

Cubierta brillante, margen delgado. Curated by Juan Canela. Sala de Arte Joven. Madrid, Spain

Meet the Artists: Fuentesal & Arenillas. Viewing room

“…Y ella guarda una piedra de cada lugar que ha visitado”. Group show. Juan Silió Gallery. Madrid, Spain

Mínimo roce. Espacio de cultura contemporánea ECCO. Cádiz, Spain

XXX Circuitos de Artes Plásticas 2019. Group show. Comunidad de Madrid. Madrid, Spain

During the Building of the Great Wall of China. Group show. Luis Adelantado Valencia. Valencia, Spain

Desatados – 67 Fuentesal & Arenillas. Radiotelevisión Española

La resistencia del ello / Azul como una naranja. Luis Adelantado Valencia. Valencia, Spain

Gameshow / Playshow, 2018. Blueproject Foundation. Barcelona, Spain

Why Animals Travel. Luis Adelantado Valencia. Valencia, Spain

¿Qué sienten, qué piensan los artistas andaluces de ahora? CAAC. Sevilla, Spain