Casa Asia and Casa Vicens present the exhibition project “After the Fog, First Flowers. The East and Orientalisms, from Modernism to Modernity”. This exhibition brings together, for the first time in Barcelona, the work of 24 contemporary Spanish, Latin American and Asian artists who contribute their personal creation in their interpretation of floral representation.

The floral topic is the link that unites the works of all the artists participating in this project with different media: drawing, painting, photography, video and installation. An exhibition project that relates the Orientalism of Modernism and the globalization of art today.

Out of the 24 artists participating in the exhibition, 11 are Spanish: Antoni Muntadas (installation), Javier Garcerá (painting), Pablo Marchante (painting), Teresa Esteban (painting), Joan Fontcuberta (photography), Nicolás Combarro (photography), Linarejos Moreno (photography), Paula Anta (photography), Manuel V. Alonso (drawing), Marina Nuñez (video), and Marisa González (video-installation). The American Ana Nance (photograph) and the French Jean Marie del Moral (photograph) have Spanish nationality.

9 of them are Asian: Japanese Mari Ito (pictorial installation), Takashi Murakami (painting), Yasumasa Morimura (photography), Nobuyoshi Araki (photography) and Azuma Makoto (video). Korean Han Sungpil (video) and Lee Lee Nam (video), Chinese Luo Min (painting) and Filipino Wawi Navarroza (photography). The exhibition is completed by 2 Latin American artists: Colombian Alberto Baraya (installation) and Peruvian Cecilia Paredes (photography).

The curator of the exhibition, Menene Gras Balaguer, defines the exhibition project as “a sharing of the representation of floral forms similar to all the contemporary productions that have been grouped together, raising a particular interest in the validity of floral representation in contemporary art; and, on the other hand, starting from the floral topic that these artists share, propose the connections that can be outlined between the works shown, the history that precedes them and the links that accredit their interest, as manifestations valued by the artistic historiography and contemporary criticism.

Those visitors who come to see the exhibition at Casa Vicens will be able to enjoy a unique dialogue around the floral theme within the framework of a building that has been declared World Heritage by UNESCO, such as Casa Vicens, with works by great figures of the national and international artistic scene.”