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Dora Garcia

Dora García lives and works in Oslo. She often works with film, performance, and theater. Her research focuses on contemporary history, ethics, and politics.

Dora García represented Spain at the 54th Venice Biennial in 2011. Her works have been exhibited internationally in museums and biennials, such as MuHKA, Antwerp; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Fondation d’Entreprise Hermès, Brussels; Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto; Fonderie Darling - Centre d’Arts Visuels, Montreal; FRAC Île-de-France, Paris; Tate Modern, London; Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris; as well as (d)OCUMENTA 13 in Kassel, 2nd Athens Biennial, Lyon Biennial, 29th São Paulo Biennial, and the Gwangju Biennial. This is her first solo show in New York.

BIO

Annotated Books series, "Letters from Prison, A. Gramsci"

Annotated Books series, "Letters from Prison, A. Gramsci", 2022

Copy of Letters from prison by Antonio Gramsci, double book created by annotating the first one, with original notes and drawings by the artists, pencil on paper.
13,5 × 21,5 × 3 cm

Letters of Disappointment / Lettere di disincanto

Letters of Disappointment / Lettere di disincanto, 2022

Installation with 5 books and 10 handwritten letters 15 × 19 cm each

The Bedbug Timeline

The Bedbug Timeline, 2022

series of 18 pencil on paper
15 × 19 cm

Mad Marginal Charts (ALP)

Mad Marginal Charts (ALP), 2020

wall drawings, pencil on wall paper

The Labyrinth of Female Freedom

The Labyrinth of Female Freedom, 2020

Performance, floor painting, drawing on wall/ drawing on paper and gold object, books

L‘Amour

L‘Amour, 2018

original pirate copy of the lecture "L‘Amour" by Jacques Lacan, double book created by annotating the first one, with original notes and drawings by the artists, pencil on paper.

Mad Marginal (Tree)

Mad Marginal (Tree), 2018

wall drawings, pencil on wall paper

Odradek

Odradek, 2018

sound installation and objects

Segunda Vez

Segunda Vez, 2018

Digital film, colore, 16:9, spagnolo, basco, francese e inglese parlato, sottotitoli in italiano, BE/NO, 94’

Mad Marginal (Moon Trou)

Mad Marginal (Moon Trou), 2017

wall drawings, pencil on wall paper

Two Planets Have Been Colliding for Thousands of Years

Two Planets Have Been Colliding for Thousands of Years , 2017

performance and floor paintings

Exile

Exile, 2013

Documents and objects sent by mail to the institutions exhibiting the work in progress

The Sinthome Score

The Sinthome Score, 2013

performance as the reading and study, in body and voice, of seminar XXIII by Jacques Lacan

I read it with golden fingers (Perec)

I read it with golden fingers (Perec), 2011

gold pigment on book
18 × 9,5 × 0,5 cm

The Inadequate

The Inadequate, 2011

Series of performances, conversations, theatre, debates at the Spanish Pavilion (54th Venice Biennale, 2011)

The Deviant Majority

The Deviant Majority, 2010

Digital film, 16:9, color, italian, english and brazilian portuguese spoken, 34’

The Romeos

The Romeos, 2009

Performance and printed matter

Prayers

Prayers, 2020

performance and online project

The Beggar‘s Opera

The Beggar‘s Opera, 2007

performance at Skulptur projekte münster, 2007