27.11.2021 – 13.03.2022 

This exhibition brings together works created mainly by female artists belonging to the collections of the San Telmo Museum and the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa. The aim is to promote reflection on the reasons why many of them are unknown to us. In the exhibition, Pilar Soberón presents the work ‘Gran Inversión’ (Great Investment) 2018, belonging to the San Telmo Museum, and interacts with it by creating the performance piece “Itzal” (2021).

 

Baginen. (We were) Painters, weavers, potters, sculptors, illustrators, seamstresses… Creative women have always existed. However, very few have been recognised by art history. Since the 18th century, when the discipline emerged, the reasons for this absence have been attributed to women themselves, to their biology, arguing that they lost their creative capacity when they gave birth and claiming that it was impossible for them to achieve rational perfection due to their emotional nature.

 

However, in recent years, many works by women have come to light, and it has become clear that what was considered “the problem of women” was in fact “the problem of art history”. So, what have been the logics of art history that have led to the marginalisation of women?

Museums and public collections play a significant role in this logic, as they have the power to guarantee the visibility of certain artists and promote research on art, as well as the ability to reaffirm or question canonical discourses. After having been part of the patriarchal discourse for centuries, many museums have begun to reflect on the role they have played within the system.

Bagara (We Are). Drawing on the collections of the San Telmo Museum and the Provincial Council of Guipúzcoa, we want to bring together and display works by women artists and encourage reflection on the reasons why many of them are completely unknown to us. 

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