Carlos Bunga, Nomad, House no. 17, 2022, varnish on plasterboard and latex on wood. Photo: Joaquín Cortes y Román Lores. ‘Against the Extravagance of Desire’, Palicio de Cristal, MNCARS, Madrid, Spain, 8 April – 4 September 2022
Carlos Bunga
The exhibition draws on the artist’s background as a migrant and includes early video works, drawings and specially commissioned sculptures that refer to the artist’s childhood experience of social housing and his concept of a house as a place with great capacity to condition our psyche and movements.
Bunga has a longstanding interest in the built environment and is internationally renowned for his large-scale, site-specific architectural installations made from humble materials such as cardboard, tape and household paint. To accompany this major exhibition, Bunga will create a site-specific installation composed of cardboard columns and other architectural forms for the Gallery’s street-facing window box, a temporary environment alluding to the often-precarious nature of physical constructs.
Exhibition Preview
Thursday 4 July 2024, 6-8pm.
Free. All welcome.
Exhibition tour with Carlos Bunga
Saturday 6 July 2024, 11am-12pm. Free.
Join artist Carlos Bunga and curator, Zoë Lippett for an exclusive tour of Bunga’s new major exhibition on Floor 3.
Bunga’s exhibition of new and previously unseen work draws on his background as a migrant and includes early video works, drawings and specially commissioned sculptures. The tour will include moving round the Floor 3 galleries. Stools are available for visitors if required.
Booking essential as numbers are limited.
