Author: Oriol Vilanova
Installation 2.000 postcards, variable dimensions, unique work.
“It is a collection of postcards focused on museum interiors around the world. It includes military museums, natural history museums, decorative arts museums, ethnographic museums and art galleries. Museums in Cairo, Moscow, Barcelona and Brussels. A historical look at the displays of 19th and 20th century exhibitions. Museums have traditionally been spaces of conservation, housing a variety of objects. The collection shows the linguistic connection between museum and mausoleum. On the contrary, the presentation sets are of an ephemeral nature, dramatic constructions that tend to disappear.” Oriol Vilanova, text courtesy of Galería Elba Benítez.