Núria Güell. Patria y Patriarcado. Hoja de sala

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NÚRIA GÜELL Artista / Artist: Núria Güell Comisariado y coordinación / Curatorship and Coordination: Araceli Corbo

Fechas / Dates: 9 de junio - 14 de octubre, 2018 June 9 - October 14, 2018 Sala / Hall: Laboratorio 987

Agradecimientos / Thanks to: Asociación ACLAD, Noemí de la Puente, asociaciones feministas de León, Rafa Ruíz, Rosa Serra, Josep Güell y Levi Orta.

The motivation behind Güell’s work is to confront political forces so that, from this confrontation, aspects of social reality that had remained hidden or out of focus emerge or are revealed. To this end, she deals with political subjects, identities, bodies, laws, moral precepts, etc., always involving herself in the project as a political subject. Núria works on deeply-rooted positions and identifications in order to expose the contradictions and causes of socially agreed-upon or normalised issues and thus allow us to re-think ourselves as a society. In this exhibition, held in room Laboratorio 987, we review five works by the artist that confront some of the consequences of the patriarchal system of power — male sexual violence, the nature of the nationstate system and its immigration control system, romantic love, as well as the subordinate status of the female gender — with the bodies that suffer them.

FATHERLAND AND PATRIARCHY

Thus, the room Laboratorio 987 becomes a space for study and reflection on the two concepts that give the exhibition its title: “Fatherland” and “Patriarchy”. On the occasion of the exhibition, a new publication by Núria Güell will be presented. The book has been designed by Bisdixit and illustrated by Cristina Llanos, and contains a selection of the insights and testimonies that emerged from the different interviews featured in the video Off Whoring. An Essay on Masculinity. The presentation of the publication will take place one month after the opening of the show and will attempt to stimulate debate on the newly produced work exhibited at the museum’s hall. Works on display at the exhibition: 1- “Ayuda Humanitaria” [Humanitarian Aid] (Cuba-Spain, 2008-2013)

Portada / Cover: Núria Güell. “De putas. Un ensayo sobre la masculinidad” (2018). Cortesía de la artista / Cortesy of Artist

www.musac.es Musac. Avda. Reyes Leoneses, 24. 24003, León. T. 987 090 000

Moreover, Núria Güell has developed a project specifically for her show at MUSAC in which she reflects about the content of masculinity, about the quality of “the masculine”. The artist explains it this way: “Patriarch, king, prince, emperor, conqueror, leader, hierarch, manager, master, expert, boss, chief, leader, etc.; we are clear that all these male identifications are a reflection of the figure of absolute power, of God, whom they represent, and that the world revolves around their triumphs and miseries. Generalizing, we can say that the macho man longs to be worshipped, pleased and served in order to calm his craving for power and social recognition. But is that what masculinity is all about? Does masculinity revolve around power? And do we women really have nothing better to do than play into their hands?” These questions permeate her new work “De putas. Un ensayo sobre la masculinidad” [Off Whoring. An Essay on Masculinity], which took the form of a large-format video. In order to delve into the content of masculinity, the artist has interviewed different prostitutes (from León and Barcelona), whom she considers to be experts in the topic, since, in the prostitution arena, men feel protected from the public eye and act just the way they are, revealing aspects of masculinity that no one else sees.

2- “Aportación de agentes del orden” [Police Officers Contribution] (Havana, 2008-2009) 3- “La Feria de las Flores” [The Flower Fair] (Colombia, 2015-2016)

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4- “Apátrida por voluntad propia” [Stateless by choice] (Spain, 2015-2016) 5- “Afrodita” [Aphrodite] (Spain, 2017) 6- “De putas. Un ensayo sobre la masculinidad” [Off Whoring. An Essay on Masculinity] (Spain, 2018) Fatherland and Patriarchy exhibition displays contents may not suitable for all audiences.

NÚRIA GÜELL PATRIA Y PATRIARCADO

FATHERLAND AND PATRIARCHY

LABORATORIO 987


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