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Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos&Herreros selected by SO – IL

Exhibition, Octagonal gallery, 23 July 2015 to 13 September 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros selected by SO – IL. Installation view, 2015

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Ábalos & Herreros constructed landscapes—or, more precisely, assembled them—by crudely juxtaposing a cast of semi-familiar characters. Novel to Spanish architecture in the 1980s, this pragmatic method of appropriation was developed and consistently employed as part of their design process. Borrowing, incorporating and transforming allowed Ábalos&Herreros to absorb the Modernist canon, and to introduce a wide variety of architectural and visual art references. Their language of assemblage is vivid, dynamic and non-dogmatic. The collage here is not only a form of representation, but also a means of production.

The exhibition Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos&Herreros selected by SO – IL results from guest curators Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu’s focused immersion in the Ábalos&Herreros archives at the CCA. It is part of Out of the Box: Ábalos&Herreros.

Selection of objects

Ábalos & Herreros. Photomontage showing the inclusion of the architectural character of the double tower. #84 – Parque Dunar, Doñana, 1993–94 Collage of electrostatic prints with marker and graphite. ARCH272907. Ábalos & Herreros fonds, CCA, Montréal. Gift of Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. © Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros

Ábalos & Herreros. Site panorama. #116 – Barcelona Forum 2004, 2000 Photomontages of chromogenic prints with pressure-sensitive tape. ARCH273203. Ábalos & Herreros fonds, CCA, Montréal. Gift of Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. © Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros

Ábalos & Herreros. Design development drawing showing the inclusion of the architectural character of the machinic device. #59 – Vivienda y Ciudad, Diagonal Barcelona, 1988–89 ARCH273287. Ábalos & Herreros fonds, CCA, Montréal. Gift of Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. © Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros

Ábalos & Herreros. Site plan showing the inclusion of the architectural character of the pattern. #106 – Recualificación del espacio publico de Ramos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1997–2003 Digital drawing. AHSO129R. Ábalos & Herreros fonds, CCA, Montréal. Gift of Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. © Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros

Ábalos & Herreros. Photograph showing the inclusion of the architectural character of the environmental structure. #99 – Planta de reciclaje de Valdemingómez, 1996–99 Digital photograph. AHSO115R. Ábalos & Herreros fonds, CCA, Montréal. Gift of Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. © Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros

Ábalos & Herreros. Rendering showing the inclusion of the architectural character of the shed. #99 – Planta de reciclaje de Valdemingómez, 1996–99 Ink-jet print on paper. ARCH273286. Ábalos & Herreros fonds, CCA, Montréal. Gift of Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. © Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros

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AP164: Ábalos&Herreros, Selected by Kersten Geers and David Van Severen, Juan José Castellón González, Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, with an interpretation in photographs by Stefano Graziani

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