YOSHITOMO NARA + GRAF

21 September 2007 - 6 January 2008

CAC Málaga, the art centre financed by Málaga City Council, presents the first exhibition in Spain by the renowned Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara + graf. On this occasion, the creative unit presents an installation specifically produced for CAC Málaga, featuring a drawing cabine with works. Torre de Málaga (Tower of Malaga), will be open to the public until 6 January 2008.

Japanese art comes to the city of Málaga. Under the title Torre de Málaga, the city’s Centre for Contemporary Art presents the first project undertaken in Spain by Nara, the most influential Japanese artist of the moment. In the words of CAC Málaga Director Fernando Francés, “visitors to the show will be able not only to admire the work of the most important Japanese artist of the moment, but also to appreciate the latent creativity in the installation created by the graf team”. Thisinstallation, built especially for CAC Málaga, consists of a wooden structure, or hut, made from recycled materials and inspired by the building of the Art Centre, which used to be a wholesales market. At the base of this construction, visitors to the show will find a space from which they can see into a room modelled on Nara’s own studio. The installation will also feature drawings, paintings and sculptures by the artist, as well as other objects. The exhibition ends with a DVD showing the latest joint projects undertaken by Nara + graf in cities all over the world.

Yoshitomo Nara’s works merge into the graf team’s installations to form a whole. According to Santiago Olmo, these installations, usually imperfectly finished wooden houses or huts, look like something between temporary and defenceless.

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