Lara Almarcegui
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 | Guide to ruined Buildings in the Netherlands XIX-XXI Century, 2008 26 framed photos with 10 books Lara Almarcegui searched the Dutch grounds, looking for the ruins of buildings. Sometimes only their windows were missing and the downfall had just started, sometimes she found nothing more than a pile of rubble. Read more » |
 | The guide to Al Khan, 2007 80 slides and booklet Al Khan is an abandoned fishing village which is being absorbed into the city of Sharjah. It is situated in an area undergoing rapid transformation where there is more new building going on than most other parts of the Emirate. Read more » |
 | Construction Materials Dijon, 2004 Installation |
C.V.
Lara Almarcegui
Zaragoza, Spain, 1972
Solo Exhibitions
2009
2008
Colocation # Lara Almarcegui, curated by Nicolas Audureau and Elena Yaichnikova, La Box, Bourges, FR
2007
Construction Materials of the exhibition Room, Centro Arte Contemporáneno, Malaga, ES
2005
Removing the asphalt, Gallery Luis Serpa Projectos, Lisboa, PT
2004
FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, FR
2003
INDEX The Swedish Art Foundation, Stockholm, SE
Chantiers ouverts au public, Centre d’Art Le Grand Café, Saint Nazaire, FR
Démolition in front of the exhibition room, Gallery Marta Cervera, Madrid, ES
2001
Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels, BE
1999
Stedelijk Museum Bureau, with Birthe Leijmeijer, Amsterdam, NL
Group Exhibitions
2009
Détruire, disent-ils, École des beaux-arts de Rennes, FR
2008
MATIÈRE À PAYSAGE, Within the frame of: 9th Biennale Art Grandeur Nature en Seine-Saint-Denis La Galerie, Centre d’Art Contemporaine, Noissy-le-Sec, FR
Taipei Art Biennial, curated by Vasif Kortun and Manray Hsu, Taipei, TWN
7th Gwangju Biennale, curated by Okwui Enwezor, Gwangju, KR
El Medio es el Museo, Museo de Arte Contemporanea Vigo, curated by Pablo Fanego and Pedro del Val, Vigo, ES
LIAF Lofoten International ARts Festival, Svolvar, NOR
Apeldoorn Triennal: Power of Place, curated by Huib Haye van der Werf, Apeldoorn, NL
TRANZIT Monument to Transformation,Fragment #7: Communism Never Happened*, Vocabulary Exhibition
Estratos, PAC, Murcia, ES
Greenwashing, Sandretto Foundation, Torino, IT
2007
Sharjah Art Biennial 8: Still life, Art, Ecology and Politics of Change, by Jonathan Watkins and Eva Schaeer, Sharjah Art Museum, UAE
Mimetic, by Jean Marc Huitorel, Centre d’Art de la Yonne, Château de Tanlay, FR
Shelter, by Henk Slager, Harderwijk, NL
2006
Momentum, Festival of Nordic Art, by Marc Sladen en Annete Kiefluk, Moss., NOR
27 Biennial of Sao Paulo, by Rosa Martinez, Lissete Lasagna, A. Pedrosa, J. Roca, Sao Paulo, BRA
Frieze Projects, by Polly Staple, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
Biacs, by Okwui Enwezor, Sevilla Biennale, Sevilla, ES
Theater of Life, by Fabio Cavaluzzi, Galeria Civica d’arte Contemporanea, Trento, IT
Altadis prix, Gallery Lelong, Paris, FR
2005
Public Act, by Mats Stjernstedt, Kunsthalle, Lund, SE
Project Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
La genie du lieu, Musee des Beaux Arts, Dijon, NL
Delicious, by Luk Lambrecht, Sint-Truiden, BE
Emprismos, Palacio de Ajuda, Lisboa, PT; MIS, by Sergio Mah, Sao Paulo, BRA
2004
International Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool, UK
VI Werkleitz Biennale, Common propierty, Halle, DE
Le Prochaine et le Lontaine, Domein de Kerguennec, Bignan, FR
LAB, by Nathalie Zonneberg, Kröller Müller Museum, Otterloo, NL
Catastrofi Minime, Museo di Arti Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, IT
2003
Idealism, by Theo Tegelaers, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL
Antirealismos, by Paco Barragan, Australian Centre for photography, Sidney, AU
Sin Titulo, by Moritz Kung, Sala Montcada de la Caixa, Barcelone, ES
1:1 x temps, quantités, proportions et fuites, FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, FR
Esto no es performance, by Paco Barragan, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, ES
Dispersion, Bas Museum of Art, Miami, USA
2002
Lost Past, by Moritz Kung, Yeper, BE
Bigtorino 2002, Torino Biennial, IT
Changing Places, by Mats Stjenerstedt, INDEX, Stockholm, SE
Des-reglements, Salle Arts et Esays, Rennes, FR
Arco 2002, Gallery Marta Cervera and Caja Madrid, Madrid, ES
Hortus Ludi, by Bik van der Pol, Marres, Maastricht, NL
Plural Arte Espanol eln el siglo XXI, Senado, Madrid, ES
Ultimas Adquisiciones, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, ES
Early works, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
2001
Lecture Lounge, Clock Tower Gallery of Ps1, New York, USA
Idensitat, Centro de Cultura Contemporáe, Barcelona, ES
2000
Scripted Spaces, by Bartomeu Mari, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
Subrosa, by Eva Gonzalez Sancho, Niederbron les Bains, FR
Projects
2009
Guide tour to some of the sites from ´Guide to the wastelands of the Lea Valley, 12 empty spaces await London Olympics´, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
2008
Relocated Houses, Brittons Yard, Commisioned by Litmus Research Initiative, NZ
2007
Het braakliggend terrein van de Norfolkline open voor het publiek, Den Haag, commisioned by STROOM, Den Haag en SKOR, Amsterdam, NL
2005
Removing the floor of room D4, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
2003
Allotment Gardens, Urban Festival, Zagreb, HR
Een braakliggend terrain, Europoort Rotterdam, Rijksgebouwdienst, Rijkswaterstadt, NL
Rennes demolitions, Chantiers Ouvert, 40 mcube, Rennes, FR
2002
Wastelands Tour, British Architectural Week, FACT, Liverpool, UK
Chercher des debris, Frac, Lorraine, Metz, FR
Opening of a wasteland, by El Perro, Capital Comfort, Alcorcón, ES
2001
A very Fancy Fair, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, NL
2000
Guided Tours to allotment gardens that will disappear, within the project Becoming an allotment gardener, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
Opening of a wasteland, Container Project Nicc, Brussels, BE
De Stad in digital perspectief, De Zonnehof, Amersfoort, NL
1999
Fantast Jacova IV, by Eva Gonzalez Sancho and Luc Lambrecht, Brussels, BE
1997
Hotel of Fuentes de Ebro, with Begońa Movellán, Fuentes de Ebro, Zaragoza, ES
1995
Gros Market, by Corine Disirenes and Arteleku, San Sebastian, ES
Bibliography
2007
City Limits: Lara Almarcegui, Tom Morton, FRIEZE, pp. 124-127, summer
Down to a fine art, The Guardian, Anna Minton, London, 10/01
Artists Favourites, Francis Alys, Spike Art # 11, Wien
Paesaggio: Corpo e energia nomada, Manuella Paderni, Exibart, p. 43
Ecology, Luxury and Degradation, Edited by Lattitudes, Uovo 14, Torino
With/Without, Cultures of Space in the Middle East, Edited by Antonia Carver, Shumon
Basar and Markus Miessen, New York
2006
Momentum, Francesca Pagliuca, Tema Celeste, November, Milano
Land Art. A Cultural Ecology Hand Book, Edited by Max Andrews, RSA, London
2005
Entropic promise: Lara Almarcegui, Jean Marc Huitorel, Art Press, February
A Statue of the inhabitable, Binna Choi, Reader: Contributions to a topical artistic discourse, De Appel, Amsterdam
2004
The Emancipation of nowhere land, Ole Bouwman, Pasajes de Arquitectura y critica, Madrid, February
An Injection of planlessness, Jeroen Boomgaard, One Year in the Wild, edited by lectoraat
Art, in Public Space, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, University from Amsterdam
Raconter un lieu, raconteur la ville, Eva Gonzalez Sancho, Archistrom l’architecture, l’art, January, Paris
Ode aan de Herinnering, presentatie van het Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Rob Perree, Kunstbeeld, May, Amsterdam
Lara Almarcegui, l’idealisme en deconstruction, Benedicte Ramade, L’oeil, Paris, summer
2003
Lara Almarcegui: chantires Ouverts, Gauthier, Parachute, May
Elisbeth Wetterbald, Art Press, March
Lara almar lara al campo, Ramon Tiobellido, Catalogue Lara Almarcegui, Etablissement, Brussels and Le Grand Café, Saint Nazaire
La Force de l’abandone, Carole Smidt, A+ architecture, urbanism, design and art, August/September, Brussels
Art and Architecture a reciprocal relationship?, Thorsten Smiededrecht, Architectural Design, London, May/June
2002
Lara arreglatodo, Santiago Cirugeda, Subrosa, editions la Letre Volé, Brussels
Marginal Groups and Leftover Spaces, Petra Gerrits, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
Joules par Kelvin, Benedicte Baque, Edwig Fontaine, Desreglements, Protocoloe en situation, Colleccion Metiers de la Exposition, Presse Universitaire de Rennes
La tentation de l’espace/ouvre ou comme échapper a l’architecte, Beatrice Josse, Cahier teorique 1, FRAC Lorraine, Metz
2001
Lara Almarcegui: le chantier de l’exposition, Natalie Stefanoy, Nieuws Letter Etablissement en Face, Brussels, April
Lara Almarcegui takes apart the Gallery, Anne Pontegnie, Artforum digital, May
2000
Les procesus plustot que le object, Pierre Olivie Rollin, L’art Meme, 10
1999
Birthe Lemeijer en Lara Almarcegui, Nieuws Letter Stedelijk Museum Bureau, January
Fantasy jacoba IV, Richard Leydier, Art Press, July/August
Writings
2008
Guide to the Ruins in the Netherlands, published by Episode publishers
2007
Guide to Al Khan, An Empty village in the city of Sharjah, Edited by Sharjah Art Biennial
2006
Guide of Wastelands Sao Paolo, Edited by Biennial Sao Paolo
2005
Guide to undefined places in Lund, Edited by Lund Konsthallen
2004
Prospecting a place. Research and guided tour workshop, Catalogue Landscape and Memory, edited by Alicia Chillida, CAAM, Palma de Gran Canaria. La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Een braakliggend terrein, folder edited by FLACC, Genk
2003
Construyendo mi volkstuin, Microfisuras, 17 Vigo
El Uranjo y el Molino de Calaf, dos misterios por resolver, Mon Calaf, Barcelona
Construyendo mi volkstuin, Generación 2001, Caja Madrid
Chercher des debris, Cahier teorique 1, FRAC Lorraine, Metz
2002
Habitacion Cerrada, catalogue of Dora Garcia, La Gallera, Valencia
Terreins Vagues de Amsterdam, Lieu Dit 13, Lyon
2000
Descampados, Boletin Fidas Fundación para la Investigación y Difusión de la Arquitectura 23, Sevilla
Becoming an Allotment Gardener, catalogue la Ville, Le Jardin, la Memoire, French
Academy, Villa Medici, Rome
1999
Wastelands Map Amsterdam, a guide to the empty sites of the city, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
Wastelands, Friche Industrielle, Braakligende Terreinen, Zehar 39, ARTELEKU, San Sebastian
Miradas sobre Amsterdam, Diario de Pontevedra, 16/07
1997
Non Delimitated Rooms in De Ateliers, Edited by Lara Almarcegui, Amsterdam
Works in Public Collections
Króller-Müller Museum, Otterloo, Arnhem, NL
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, FR
FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, FR
FRAC Alsace, Selestat, FR
Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, ES
MUSAC, León, ES
CGAC, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, ES
Marcelino Botin Foundation, Santander, ES
Museo de Teruel, ES
Centro de Arte La Panera, Lerida, ES
Selected texts