COLLAGE ON VIEW
No Word from Glue
at G3 artcomtemporain in Brussels, Belgium
at Cork City Library in Cork, Ireland
online
7-31 December 2021
also viewable through an eBook
“No Word from Glue” is a simultaneous poster collage exhibition created by Art in Places in partnership with collagist Silvio Severino. The project celebrates the 30th anniversary of the publication of the book, No Word from Gurb (Sin Noticias de Gurb), by Spanish author Eduardo Mendoza. With support from the Instituto Cervantes, Art in Places and Severino invited collage artists from different countries to create art inspired by this iconic book.
The works are being shown in four different ways simultaneously: in in-person exhibitions in Brussels, Belgium and Cork, Ireland; in a virtual exhibition; and through an eBook on the Art in Places platform. The project also has an Instagram page.
The work on display reflects the diversity of collage, showing a wide variety of images and creative possibilites. The fantastic and surreal collages are both analogue and digital.
No Word from Gurb simulates the diary of an alien commander searching for Gurb, an alien who has landed on Earth and assumed the appearance of the singer and songwriter Martha Sánchez. The story takes place in Barcelona in the time before the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. Author Eduardo Mendoza uses aliens to highlight the abusive and consumerist attitude of society at that time, when human beings behaved in an unsupportive and speculative manner, driven by greed and frivolity. During the commander’s relentless search for Gurb, they encounter many iconic, complicated, and humorous situations.
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(text adapted from the organizer’s press materials)
INFORMATION
G3 artcomtemporain
Rue de la Madeleine 51
1000 Brussels, Belgium
+32 491 63 44 48
Hours:
Daily, 11AM-6:30PM
Cork City Library
51-61 Grand Parade
Cork T12 NT99, Ireland
+353 21 492 4900
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Monday-Saturday, 10:30AM-5:30PM