Gian Cruz
The Garden of Imaginaries
From 13 July to 3 September 2023
The Filipino artist of Spanish and Chinese origins Gian Cruz presents The Garden of Imaginaries, a show conceived as an archive in the process of anchoring in the Filipino community in Barcelona, the elusiveness and exclusion of Southeast Asia in Barcelona and the rest of Spain, pathways of connectivities with other Asian diasporic communities.
An exhibition curated by BAR Project for La Capella´s Concèntric programme
Image: CHAPTER IX; PORTAL No. 9 liberty… tropicality… Alma! (alternative title: Alma Moreno dancing to Gilbert Montagné’s Liberté on the My Loveliness show on Canal 2 of Philippine TV, c. 1985; actual broadcast date unverified). From the series Portals, 2021–23, Gian Cruz in collaboration with the artist Gisela Marcelang.