Dear Shaded Viewers,
I met Mario, the curator of a new literally underground gallery recently in Barcelona.
walk down these steps to find the art work of Teresa Margolles
Today Mario invited me to his opening show the Mexican artist, Teresa Margolles.
Teresa Margolles her artwork is about death and body fat
Teresa visits morgues in Mexico where she finds people that died violent deaths and then uses their body fat to make art. The fat is placed on the ground of the underground public passage under one of two lights hence the name Iluminacion Subterranea.
A long shot of the gallery which you will find at the underpass behind Palais du Tokyo
This was one of the two lights without the fat
can you see the fat on the floor below the light?
My friends and I were not sure exactly what we thought of this as art work. The show is open day and night. The people walking by have no idea that they are experiencing art.
I asked my friend Thierry to take a look at the entry and tell me what he thought about the work. He wanted to know if this is the same public passage where the rape scene of ‘Irr
