Projects

La Caja Blanca presents four shows per year which are specifically conceived for the exhibition space.

2010 Projects
2009 Projects
2008 Projects
2007 Projects
2006 Projects

Mumtaz (Pakistan 1980) is one of the most prominent members of the new generation of contemporary master miniaturists who develop their practice at the crossroads between Western and Eastern traditions in visual arts with a special emphasis on ancient techniques such as Mughal Miniature. For Mumtaz's first exhibition in Spain, La Caja Blanca brings together a selection of miniature paintings developed on newspaper clippings and dollar bills, which the artist created during a Fullbright scholarship in Columbia University, and a series of new pieces previously unseen where the artist uses original Pakistani rupees.

More information on the artist (currently available in spanish only) press release  (pdf document in spanish)
art palma brunch  (artpalmabrunch.com)

ATSUKO NAKAMURA
The Pulsating Earth
Nit de l'Art 2011
Date: Thursday 15th of September 2011 from 19:00h - 23:00h
Location: Various locations in the City of Palma de Mallorca

Atsuko Nakamura's first site specific solo show

press release (pdf document)
more information about the project (the pulsating earth, 2011)
more information about the artist  (Atsuko Nakamura)
view selection of artworks (image gallery)
view images of the project (image gallery)

NEWSHA TAVAKOLIAN TRAVELS TO LA CAJA BLANCA
Artist Talk
Date: Thursday 28th of July 2011 from 20:00 -21:00 h
Location: Auditorium, Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma
Admission: Free entrance for guests of La Caja Blanca
To confirm attendance, please contact the gallery by telephone +34.971.722.364 or via email

Special thanks to: Nazila Noebashari
Collaborators: Es Baluard, El Corte Inglés, La Agencia, Hotel Melià de Mar (Guest Experience Partner and Cultural Ambassador).

more information about the artist (Newsha Tavakolian)
conference press release (pdf document)
view selection of artworks (imagegallery)

NEWSHA TAVAKOLIAN
Listen
Solo Show and Conference
16th of June 2011

Solo show by artist Newsha Tavakolian (Tehran, 1981), one of the most promising photographers emerging from the Middle East. The young photographer began her career working as a photojournalist at the age of 16 and is a regular collaborator for international magazines such as: Time Magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek, National Geographic and Stern.

Her artistic work has been presented in various international festivals such as: Visa pour l'image in Perpignan (France) and the Photojournalism Festival in Gijón (Spain). "Listen", focuses on women's role living under Islamic rule in the 21st Century.

Special thanks to: Nazila Noebashari
Collaborators: Art Palma Contemporani, El Corte Inglés, La Agencia

more information about the artist (Newsha Tavakolian)
exhibition press release (pdf document)
more info on this project (listen, 2011)
view selection of artworks (imagegallery)
download programme for palma photo (pdf document in spanish)

ARTIST INSTALLATIONS EMBEDDED INTO MADRID’S URBAN LANDSCAPE
Katie Paterson: "Earth-Moon-Earth"
18.02.2011 from 19:00 to 21:00 hrs
Presented in: Presidential Suite, Hotel Grán Melià Fénix, Madrid
Sound installation by Katie Paterson (UK, 1981)

Presented to the public in one of Madrid’s most unique rooftop locations, with panoramic views across the city, coinciding with the full moon.
For this work, Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata has been translated into Morse code and sent to the moon via E.M.E. Returning to earth ‘fragmented’ by the moon’s surface, it has been re-translated into a new score, the gaps and absences becoming intervals and rests. In the exhibition space the new "moon–altered' score plays on a Disklavier grand piano.

press release 17.02.2011 (pdf document)

ARTIST INSTALLATIONS EMBEDDED INTO MADRID’S URBAN LANDSCAPE
Regina José Galindo: "ALARMA"
17.02.2011 - 20.02.2011
Presented in: Banco de España Station, Madrid

This Site – specific video installation by Regina José Galindo, was commissioned by La Caja Blanca gallery for the tunnels adjacent to the vaults which protect Spain’s national gold reserves. Whilst on the streets of Madrid, the growing sense of social unease becomes palpable, a crisis is strangling the economy, breaking down the borders that once preserved the privileged life of a carefree European city.
With breathtaking speed and the unmistakable sound of a siren, the streets of Madrid merge with those of Guatemala City.

more information on the artist (Regina José Galindo)
view selection of artworks  (imagegallery)
more information on this project (Alarma, 2011)
download press release 17.02.2011 (pdf document)

Noa Lidor
In the chambers of the sea
16.09.2010 Nit de l'Art 2010

Noa Lidor (Israel, 1977) has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions, and produced site-specific projects for the Friends Room at Tate Modern (London, UK), Abbot Hall Gallery (Cumbria, UK), La Caja Blanca gallery (Palma de Mallorca, Spain), and the Haifa Museum of Art (Haifa, Israel).
She works with sculpture, drawing and installation and often draws on humble materials such as paper, salt or plaster, as well as objects usually found in domestic environments such as furnishings, feminine home accessories such as doilies and candelabras, and musical instruments, which once appropriated by the artist, loose the function they were originally designed to perform.

artist page: noa lidor
project in la caja blanca 2010
map of events nit de l'art 2010 (pdf document in spanish)

Federico Acal
Lighthouse, a silent landscape
02.08.2010 - 10.09.2010
Curated by: Paula Llull Llobera
Presented in: La Caja Blanca, Palma de Mallorca

Through his 3 channel video projection, Acal's work invites the viewer to inmerse themselves into the intimate, symbiotic relationship between the Mediterranean sea and the lighthouses of Mallorca.

At first glance, the evocative images of the 10 lighthouses that mark the coast of Mallorca in the video "Lighthouses, a silent landscape", might appear to be still images of the island's beauty spots but soon it becomes apparent that they provide an intentional emphasis on the landscape.

project page 2010
how to get to the castillo san carlos  (googlemaps)
images of the project (imagegallery)
curriculum vitae federico acal (pdf document)

Federico Acal
Lighthouses, a silent landscape
30.07.2010
Presentado en: La Caja Blanca, Palma de Mallorca
Comisariado por: Paula Llull Llobera

La video-instalación se presenta durante una sola noche en el torreón del Castillo San Carlos. Acal invita a sumergirse en la íntima relación simbiótica entre el mar Mediterráneo y los faros. El Castillo de San Carlos, una impresionante fortificación situada en una arboleda que se eleva sobre las orillas de la bahía de Palma, es sin duda uno de los espacios más emblemáticos de la ciudad.

project page 2010
how to get to the castillo san carlos  (googlemaps)
images of the project (imagegallery)
curriculum vitae federico acal (pdf document)

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