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CaixaForum Madrid discovers how the human being portrays itself across different eras and cultures

Madrid, 28 April 2021

CaixaForum Madrid

The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition explores the representation of the human being throughout the history of art, across different cultures and eras up to the present day, in the framework of a new collaboration with the British Museum. The display also includes a selection of works from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection.

Organised by the British Museum and ”la Caixa” Foundation, the exhibition is a stimulating journey through one of the major subjects of figurative art throughout history: the human being.

Through 155 such markedly diverse and heterogeneous pieces as sculptures, paintings, films, drawings, numismatics, photographs, video installations and objects, the display brings the holdings of the British Museum and collection of the ”la Caixa” Foundation into dialogue for the very first time.

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From left to right: the Corporate director of Culture and Science, Ignasi Miró; the deputy general director of ”la Caixa” Foundation, Elisa Durán, and the director of CaixaForum Madrid, Isabel Fuentes, have presented in CaixaForum Madrid the exhibition entitled The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism, a huge panorama of figurative art that transcends cultural, chronological and geographical borders.

The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition exhibition in CaixaForum Madrid until 16 January 2022.

The exhibition The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition in CaixaForum Madrid.

The exhibition The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition is a journey through one of the most recurring subjects of figurative art: the human being.

The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition explores the representation of the human being throughout the history of art, across different cultures and eras up to the present day.

The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition organised by the British Museum and ”la Caixa” Foundation.

The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition includes a selection of works from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection.

The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition juxtaposes iconic works of ancient civilisations with others of contemporary art, thus enabling transcultural comparisons to be made.

The Human Image: Art, Identities and Symbolism exhibition is a huge panorama of figurative art that transcends cultural, chronological and geographical borders.

Through 155 such, the display brings the holdings of the British Museum and collection of the ”la Caixa” Foundation into dialogue for the very first time.

Head in the style of Alexander the Great, Marble, Roman, 2nd Century AD. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Seated figure of the Buddha, Schist, 2nd-3rd Century AD, Gandhara, northwest Pakistan. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Cycladic figure, Marble, about 2700-2500 BC, Keros, Cyclades, Greece. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Head of a queen or goddess, Granite, 18th Dynasty, about 1400–1390 BC, Possibly from Sais, Egypt. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Death mask, Gold, Roman, 1st-2nd Century AD, Jerusalem. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Korwar, Wood, glass, Before AD 1865, Dore Bay, West Papua. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Indira Gandhi story scroll, Scroll painting, ink and colours on paper, Around AD 1985, Ajit Chitraker of Theakuachack village, West Bengal, India. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Portrait of a woman, Tempera and encaustic on limewood, about AD 100-120, Saqqara, Egypt. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Portrait of an Actor: Ichikawa Ebizō IV in a Scene from Shibaraku Utagawa Kunimasa (Japan, 1773-1810) 1796. Colored carving on paper. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Hohoa board, Wood and pigment, Late 19th/early 20th Century AD, Elema people, Papua New Guinea. © Trustees of the British Museum.

Portrait Óscar Muñoz 2003-2004 Single-channel video, color, without sound, 28 min. © Collection ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art.

Untitled (Study in Yellow and Red/Berlin) Dirk Schaper Studio, Berlin, June 21st, 2007 (No. 2) Christopher Williams. © Colección ”la Caixa”. Arte Contemporáneo.

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