Artists: Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi
Exhibition title: After
Venue: Galería Fran Reus, Mallorca, Spain
Date: June – September, 2021
Photography: Grimalt de Blanch / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Galería Fran Reus, Mallorca
After; a dark basement, fragmented stories that become one. There is no point of entry or place of exit [1], just a way to inhabit that dump. There is babbling and it smells of discomfort.
After is the continuation of Mecheros de Gasolina, a project that involved the emotional and professional meeting between the artists Sahatsa Jauregi (Bilbao) and Julià Panadès (Mallorca).
They had met for the first time in 2015, in an artistic residency in País Vasco where they already sensed possible connections. In the spring of 2018 they were invited to have a public conversation within the “Vis a Vis” initiative (Bilbao). Found objects, accumulate, emotional context, irrational, intuitive, humor, desire, whim, post-industrial, assembly, decline, imitation, noble materials, game, ritual, longing, ecology, Brazil, excessive, things, adore, Mallorca Island, trophies , spirituality, crystals, ecology, fleamarket, alternative therapies, at ground level, decoration, impermanence, chance, failed, rarities, precariousness, reuse or collect; were some words with which that encounter was described in a publication that was published later.
In the fall of 2019, the Tabakalera collaborative residency allowed them to share time and study for two months, break with their usual processes and investigate those connections with the Mecheros de Gasolina project. In 2021 the result of this project could be seen in the exhibition ‘Estudiotik at’ also in Tabakalera Donosti.
With After they continue this project, adapting to the conditions of the Fran Reus gallery space.
[1] extract from the text by Iker Fidalgo for the publication Vis a Vis (2019)
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, After, 2021, exhibition view, Galería Fran Reus, Mallorca
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Trascendiendo espero (2021) Turtle skeleton, gold pendant, cigar
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Untitled (2021) Ceramic sculpture and keychains
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Gurpil Zulatua I (2020) Detail
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Gurpil Zulatua I (2020) Rubber bands, 2 belds, metal rods, a mannequin head, sunglasses and knob
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Gurpil Zulatua III (2020) Metal rods, mannequin arms, a belt, pieces of different metal shapes, and a magazine sheet; Mukizu (2021) Collage and methacrylates
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Gurpil Zulatua III (2020) Details
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Gurpil Zulatua III (2020) Details
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, New paradigm (2020) Video
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Exhibition Totem (2021) Sculpture (plastics and seashells); Untitled (2021) Collage
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Mukizu II (2021) Mixed media
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Mukizu II (2021) Detail
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Totem (2021) Sculpture (plastics and seashells)
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, La bruja (2021) Metallic structure, ceramic vase, porcelain figure, costume jewelery, 2 radial discs and glass pieces
Julià Panadès, Sahatsa Jauregi, Gurpil Zulatua II (2020) Leather pants, iron rods, rope and two cement spheres, 230 x 196 x 100 cm