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Valcárcel Medina Invites Viewers to Engage With Symmetry at IVAM

This show challenges visitors to pause before 40 double-sided semitransparent drawings that explore measurement alongside perception.

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'El movimiento de la idea' reúne 40 hojas inéditas dibujadas a doble cara y creadas a propósito para la galería 3 del museo

Overview

  • The exhibition opens on June 12 and runs through September 14, 2025, in Gallery 3 of the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern in Valencia.
  • It presents 40 newly commissioned graphic sheets drawn on semitransparent paper and meant to be viewed from both sides.
  • The dual-sided format creates overlapping images that challenge the line between symmetry and asymmetry through measurement-based geometries.
  • Valcárcel Medina said he opposes the comfort of passive contemplation by demanding that viewers stop and engage fully with each work’s conceptual depth.
  • Valcárcel Medina is a recipient of Spain’s National Prize for Plastic Arts and the Velázquez Prize whose process-driven practice has shaped the country’s conceptual art movement.