LAB 36

LAB 36 is an exhibition space for art and for generating meeting points between art and other disciplines present in the cultural production of Barcelona. A dynamic and moving space, a mirror of our present and our creative community.

In LAB 36 we want to give visibility to creation and creativity and facilitate participation and intersection between the different collectives that are generating cultural content on contemporary issues in our local scene. The goal is to create unique experiences from art and creativity for all audiences.

Thus, LAB 36 appears in the gallery geography of Barcelona as an open proposal for the artistic experience, for production and to echo the creative talent rooted in our city.

Represented artists:

Xavi Bou, Mina Hamada, Miguel Ángel Madrigal, Ivan Forcadell, Alicia Gimeno, Bea Sarrias, Maïs, Laia Noal, Sergio Mora, Victoria Ioudina, Jordi Gispert Pi, Marina Capdevila

The exhibition addresses the constructive materiality of the city as an aesthetic and conceptual problem in the contemporary city, a tradition inherited from the history of modern architecture and urbanism seen from today. The idea of white as a search for both physical and spiritual purity is contrasted with the red of terracotta.  

Taking clay brick as a poor and sincere material, a body of work is developed that establishes relationships with art, the city and memory. With this as a background, the white walls of the gallery become part of the story that aims to show what these walls hide. The brick becomes the common thread where the problems and concerns of art and architecture meet: Ornament, decoration, emptiness, the rational and the baroque enter into a constant dialogue and tensions.

Video: About "Sincere Matter" by Oscar Abraham Pabón