Solo Exhibition by ADGART
PMFrom May 26th to May 29th
Opening Reception: May 26th, at 6:30
PORT GALLERY – Carrer Josep Anselm Clavé 13, 08002, Barcelona
Origami is the antithesis of war. It is an act of patience, a ritual of care that transforms humble material into spirit. Yet, in contemporary society, this symbol of peace has been violated. In "Transaction 644", ADGART explicates the most atrocious paradox of our time: aesthetics becoming an accomplice to destruction.
Here, origami is no longer a contemplative object but a vector. It is the human hand that carefully folds paper to "deliver" death. By juxtaposing the lightness of Sadako Sasaki’s crane with the steel weight of landmines and missiles, the artist reveals the nature of our social crisis: a "transaction" where we have traded the time of ritual for the efficiency of slaughter. The missile and the mine are no longer foreign bodies; they become an integral part of the origami’s structure—parasites of a beauty that can no longer fly free.
ADGART presents us with a choice: to continue looking at the colorful surface or to recognize the payload we are agreeing to carry. A reflection on mindfulness as the ultimate defense against social anesthesia.