A stroll around the «Carmen Calvo» exhibition

This anthological exhibition of the Valencian artist consists of 7 rooms. Paintings from her beginnings interpreted and manipulated by objects or pieces of paint are on display. The tour continues in a room that demonstrates Calvo's fascination with the arrangement of archaeological objects and how they relate to history. In her Prestatgeries (Shelves), she includes plaster or plaster shapes taken from cardboard moulds or boxes, and the result is sober geometric blocks that remind us of constructivist compositions. In the following spaces, the Valencian artist offers a highly critical account of post-war Spain, until approximately the nineteen sixties, through photographs and their negatives, altered with materials such as masks or razors. Calvo is somewhat of a feminist artist. Her feminism which is not explicitly or programmatically expressed, but which subtly and ironically denounces the roles traditionally associated with women. In the penultimate room there are three mannequins with female bodies of which we only see the torso and legs. They can be interpreted as victims of an assault or as bodily allusions to erotic games between women.