Massimo Dutti’s Art Tour project was launched to promote the creativity of local artists around the world. The latest collaboration was with artist Cristina Mejías at our Barcelona store on Paseo de Gracia 96.
CRISTINA MEJIAS
Following a several-year stint in Berlin, she now lives and works in Madrid. With a degree in Fine Arts from the UEM (Madrid) and NCAD (Dublin) and a Master’s Degree in Research in Art and Creation from the UCM (Madrid), she recently won several awards and scholarships. They include: Generation 2020, Blueproject Foundation, VEGAP XXIII, Community of Madrid Award, Estampa and Iniciarte. Over the past few months she has been an artist-in-residence at Pico do Refúgio (Azores, PT), Hangar Lisboa (Lisbon, PT), C3A (Córdoba, SP), Matadero Madrid (Madrid, SP), Ateliers dos Coruchéus (Lisbon, PT), Tabakalera Donostia (San Sebastián, PT) and MACZUL (Maracaibo, VZ).
“
VISUAL
TECHNIQUES
REVEAL
THE
FRAGILITY
AND
SUBJECTIVITY
OF
STORYTELLING
”
ART IN PROGRESS
CRISTINA MEJÍAS
BARCELONA
Cristina Mejías bases her work on family narratives and stories, challenging the strict and traditional methods of constructing a story through a linear narrative. Borrowing from theatre and film, the gap between the adorned and the adoring, the artist uses fundamental visual narrative techniques to reveal the fragility and subjectivity of storytelling. What has brought us here is grounded in the layers of history and the stories that precede us. Creating something that is seen as new always starts with capturing a whisper that sets off the story.
“CREATION
STARTS WITH
CAPTURING A
WHISPER THAT
SETS OFF
THE STORY.”
ART IN PROGRESS
CRISTINA MEJÍAS
BARCELONA
The collaboration between the artist and Massimo Dutti is a powerful exploration of the hybridisation of storytelling with other fields such as archaeology, anthropology, music and craft and its assimilation by artistic production. Choosing Massimo Dutti’s flagship store in Barcelona as the venue for this part reflects the convergence of artistic expression, nature and the store’s minimalist aesthetic. The exhibition will be open to the public until 23 February and is an invitation to art and fashion lovers to dive into an exciting visual journey to explore the duality of life through the artist’s eyes.
