Meanwhile... Ivan Zulueta

The title of the exhibition refers to the parallel nature of these works, developed simultaneously with the rest of his output, and also reproduces a recurrent phrase ("mientras tanto", or meanwhile) in many of his Polaroids, appearing like a wipe or a transition vignette.

The series of Polaroids in the exhibition will show just part of Zulueta's vast body of work, using a layout that seeks to avoid distorting the intention of the author, who is very interested in the possibilities of Polaroids when ‘constructing' stories. The Polaroids ultimately become images at a standstill, a vast collection of exchange cards or comic book vignettes.

At the same time, the Polaroid montage represents the obsessive, excessive ingredient that shapes Zulueta's work and his way of working. For many years, Ivan Zulueta shut himself up at home. In this self-exile, he compulsively photographed the walls of his room, producing thousands of Polaroids.

The Super 8 selection will include some early works and others that might be considered, by the contemporary eye, to be pure exercises in image, with neither start nor finish, and which contribute to a greater understanding of his work . The selection includes the following titles:

• Kingkon (Kinkón) (1971, 6 min.)
• Roma-Brescia-Cannes (1974, 24 min.)
• Aquarium (1975, 14 min.)
• A malgam a (1976, 33 min.)

The exhibition will also include the documentary Iván Z (2004, 53 min.), a personal portrait of the film-maker that takes as its point of departure the interviews that Andrés Duque conducted with the artist in the course of three afternoons at Aloha, the Zulueta family home.

Curators: Álvaro Matxinbarrena