The Passerby Museum / Photo: Sebastián Romo / Courtesy of María Alós and Nicolás Dumit Estévez
South Room / February 28 to April 28 / Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. /Sundays and holidays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. / Closed Monday
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the city of Madrid has experienced a transformation of its public space, a gradual change whose implications have gone unnoticed by many of its citizens.
The appearance of urban art and its consolidation in certain Madrid neighborhoods raise the hypothesis of a possible improvement or regeneration of the city through small ephemeral interventions.
The objective of the exhibition Arte en la calle. Madrid 2000-2018 is to make known a partially unknown Madrid cultural heritage , and contextualize it within the urban landscape of the city.
The exhibition aims to recognize the contribution that, since the beginning of the 21st century, numerous artists have made to the city of Madrid, intervening with actions and leaving more or less obvious traces in its streets.
The information produced reflects the importance of the interventions in the city, in its space and its architecture. For the first time it is possible to recognize the patterns that link each of the works with the place where they were carried out, understand the intensity of the actions and their presence in the neighborhoods through the relationships between technique, dimension, situation, visibility and architectural support.
Madrid is an excellent model to illustrate the transformations of the city and the role played by ephemeral artistic interventions, which respond to different modes of production and intentions.
The enormous proliferation of spontaneous art in the streets of Madrid reveals the presence of an active group of artists who use the city for their explorations of space, communication, and relationships with the public.
With the exhibition Art in the street. Madrid 2000-2018 demonstrates the transformative capacity of urban art and makes visible a high-quality artistic heritage with important implications for the future of the city.