«"GRIS PLOM", extraordinary exhibition for Festa Major 2024

GRIS PLOM presents a constellation of artworks, written and visual documents, as well as activities conceived and carried out by artists from the city, which shows Sabadell as a great creative asset. GRIS PLOM sets the starting point in the mid-1960s and reaches up to the present day, recounting the formation of a visual arts network that is metropolitan, national and international, and that develops at a time that coincides with the transition inspired by democratic ideals and the transition towards a post-industrial economy.

GRIS PLOM arises from the Sabadell Visual Arts Board, convened by Sabadell City Council with the aim of promoting cultural proposals for the Sabadell 2024 Cultural Capital program and Manifesta+. With the participation of numerous artists and people representing cultural groups and institutions in the city, a broad debate has been held on the needs and future of the visual arts in Sabadell. From this state of opinion arises the GRIS PLOM project, which has had the approval of the assembly both in terms of content and curatorial structure.

GRIS PLOM constructs a panoramic story that extends to different spaces in the city – the Sabadell Art Museum, the Academy of Fine Arts and Ca l'Estruch –. This story is presented in dialogue with the work of around sixty artists who have been linked to it, so that it includes the narration of a series of events related to the history of art in relation to the recent history of the city.

GRIS PLOM includes a program of activities and actions spread throughout the city. A critical activation device. The objective is to open, question, overflow contents and open new imaginaries.

GRIS PLOM is a project conceived to be part of the Sabadell 2024 Cultural Capital and the Manifesta+ biennial, in which Sabadell participates.

The title LEAD GREY quotes a verse by Josep Ramon Bach –poetry writer Cròniques d'Anok–, which evokes the gray time of a society that endures the consequences of the Franco regime. It is also a symbol of industrialization; the color of smoke and steam; the color and rhythm of looms; the atmosphere that has shaped the collective imagination of Sabadell for decades. Lead grey is the color of a noble and ancient metal, which is central to the palette of painters

All information at:  LEAD GRAY VISUAL ARTS IN SABADELL 1960 – 2024

• SPACES AND DATES:

Sabadell Art Museum: c. del Doctor Puig, 16. 08202. Tel: 93 725 77 47.
Email: mas@ajsabadell.cat
From September 4, 2024 to January 6, 2025.

Academy of Fine Arts of Sabadell. Private foundation: passeig de Manresa, 22. 08202. Tel: 93 725 09 45. C/o:  academia@fbellesarts.org
From September 4, 2024 to October 31, 2024.

The Ostrich: c. de Sant Isidre, 140. 08208 Tel: 937 172 571.
Email: estruch@ajsabadell.cat
From September 4, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

• CREDITS:

Organized by: Taula d'Arts Visuals de Sabadell
Production: Sabadell City Council and Sabadell Academy of Fine Arts. Private foundation
Curatorial team: Maia Creus (chief curator), Sergi Álvarez Riosalido, Almudena Manzanal, Oriol Fontdevila and Òscar Abril Ascaso
Audiovisuals: Adolf Alcañiz
Coordination: Sabadell and L'Estruch Art Museum/Sabadell City Council and Sabadell Academy of Fine Arts. Private foundation

Acknowledgements:
Francesc Abad, Neus Abellan, Arnau Aguilar, Ariadna Albareda, Sabadell Historical Archive, Sabadell Plastic and Visual Artists Association, Nativitat Ayala, Llorenç Balsach, Bestué-Vives, Josuè Blanco, Estel Boada, Francesc Bordas, Anna Borrell, Maria Bosch, Cândida Bracons, Lluís Brunet, Ca l'Enredus – Actuavallés, Lluís Campmajó, Josep Casamartina, Gemma Cascón, Guillem Celada, DACS Collective (Esther Pardo Herrero, Frank Trobok Abett de la torre, Helena Torrent Avellaneda, Iolanda Filella Cubells, Marta Riudavets, Xavi Núñez i Morera, Judit Carcolse Patón, Ariadna Albareda-Sirvent Galiana-Forca, Anna Vilarrubias, Lila Rostoll Higueras, Putri Ayusha, Alba del Bas Ramírez), Obliqua Collective (Oriol Vilapuig, Riccardo Massari and Mim Juncà), Almudena Conesa, Carles Congost, Pere Cornellas, Anna Dot, Oriol Enguany, ESDi School, Illa School, Espai Cultura Fundació Sabadell 1859, Laia Estruch, Aitor Fernández, Ramiro Fernández, Benet Ferrer, Ars Fundació, Ana García-Pineda, Josep Gerona, Francisco Guijosa (Eme Rock), Impaktes Visuals, Joaquín Jara, Manuel Laguillo, Rossend Lozano, Bernat Lladó, Núria Llorca, Josep Madaula, Isidre Manils, Toni Marquès, Riccardo Massari, Ivan Merino, Joan Pere Milan, Fina Miralles, Fausto Morales, Daniel Moreno, Patxi Ocio, Assumpció Oristrell, Teresa Pampalona, Jordi Pedrosa, Clàudia Permanyer, Roberte Piqueras, Tomàs Pladevall, Agustí Puig, Iolanda Pujol, Marc Reixach, Xavi Ristol, Valentín Roma, René Ruaix, Anna Recasens, Fidel Roca, Marc Saña, SAUSRIBALLONCH architects, Pep Sallés, Les Salonnières (Laura Cardona, Ester G. Mecías, Cèlia Prats, Meritxell Romanos and Marta Xivillé), Elisabet Saus, Neus Segalés, SIS Gallery, Sitezise (Joan Vilapuig – Elvira Pujol), Berta Tiana, Gerard Torres, Frank Trobok, Núria Llorca, Llorenç Ugas, Francesc Ventura, Oriol Vilapuig, Visita Puntual, Widow of (Oriol Ocaña and Guillem Celada), Werens, Pau Xicola and Claudio Zulian.