Snakes, whales, tongues, mountains, hats
March 12 –
May 28, 2023
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Event view: Wu Tsang "Of Whales" opening, 2023. Photo: Juan Millás | TBA21
Past
Programming
MNTB Madrid
SNAKES, WHALES, TONGUES, MOUNTAINS, HATS
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As part of the public program related to the temporary exhibition Of Whales, by the artist Wu Tsang, a special workshop for families with children between 5 and 8 years old will take place on several Sundays from March to June. The workshop is led by artist María Jerez.
When you look at the boa that has swallowed an elephant in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, you see a hat, or you might also see a whale, or a tongue, or a mountain.
María Jerez invites us to submerge ourselves in an amalgam of materials, remaining completely covered by fabrics, volumes and textures where bodies vanish into a shapeless and unrecognizable mass that makes other things appear – images, words, emotions, sensations – so that each of us can write multiple narratives, both from inside the snake and from outside the hat, the whale, the tongue or the mountain…
As part of the public program related to the temporary exhibition Of Whales, by the artist Wu Tsang, a special workshop for families with children between 5 and 8 years old will take place on several Sundays from March to June. The workshop is led by artist María Jerez.
When you look at the boa that has swallowed an elephant in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, you see a hat, or you might also see a whale, or a tongue, or a mountain.
María Jerez invites us to submerge ourselves in an amalgam of materials, remaining completely covered by fabrics, volumes and textures where bodies vanish into a shapeless and unrecognizable mass that makes other things appear – images, words, emotions, sensations – so that each of us can write multiple narratives, both from inside the snake and from outside the hat, the whale, the tongue or the mountain…
