‘Borrador para una exposición sin título (cap. II)’ (Deleted for an untitled exhibition (chapter II)), curated by Manuel Segade, was a retrospective of the work of artists Cabello/Carceller, coproduced with the MARCO museum in Vigo. In chapter III, which is now on show in Mexico, Cabello/Carceller present one of the most solid and ongoing projects on gender in Spain. After being shown in the Spanish Pavilion at the latest Venice Biennale, this exhibition is the first retrospective look at their career, first in Spain and now in Latin America, and sets their latest work in a context spanning from the culture wars of the late 1980s to the social uprisings against the return to the neoliberal order of the past years.
Using interdisciplinary practices, the artists offer alternatives to the conventional way of presenting socio-political minorities by including a discussion of the role of contemporary artistic production. Their method, based on mutual collaboration and the incorporation of external actors and agents, has enabled them to give representation to displacements and imbalances that reveal resistance to and divergencies from established values, especially concerning the gender critique. The exhibition presents the works as a representational device: a theatricalised space based on repetition, sameness and a play on doubles, where works and times are juxtaposed to stress the current moment.
Using interdisciplinary practices, the artists offer alternatives to the conventional way of presenting socio-political minorities by including a discussion of the role of contemporary artistic production. Their method, based on mutual collaboration and the incorporation of external actors and agents, has enabled them to give representation to displacements and imbalances that reveal resistance to and divergencies from established values, especially concerning the gender critique. The exhibition presents the works as a representational device: a theatricalised space based on repetition, sameness and a play on doubles, where works and times are juxtaposed to stress the current moment.
