Stand for three flags, 2016

80 x 370 x 60 cm. Wood, paint.

The pavilions at the international exhibitions were the showcases of its sovereign, commercial, territorial, technological, etc. power. The Spanish Pavilion of 1937, although intended as an anti-fascist sounding board, also had state structures.

Because the Pavilion was built on a sloping ground, its layout and other elements had to be taken into account, such as masts created to fly the Republican, Catalan and Basque flags. Due to its great height and so that they could withstand the friction of the wind, a rectangular concrete cubicle was created.

Stand for three flags is a full-scale replica of the cubicle, but with an inclination to highlight the unevenness of the terrain. This is intended to highlight, on the one hand, the similarity of the formwork to a tomb or sarcophagus, showing the relationship between the flags and obedience, even to the point of death, and on the other, the loss of balance or off-centring that the Republic and all its symbols eventually suffered.

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Exhibition:
Presence and Absence
G6 Gallery. IVAM. Valencia. From 26 January to 7 May 2017.