Studio Orta

The exhibition of selected works to be seen at Motive Gallery gathers installations and preparatory drawings from the artists' latest operations OrtaWater as well as Lucy Orta's Refuge Wear (1992-1998) and Urban Life Guard (1999-2006). This show is a unique chance to get a glimpse at some of the emblematic pieces that become one of the most coherent contemporary attempts at reconciling art and democracy, when democracy is understood as a system in which everyone has equal rights and access to primary resources and when art becomes a consciousness raising tool in a world turned global. "Here lies the aesthetic strategy of these objects: they mimic –as much as critique- the state of affairs that alarmed Lucy and Jorge in the first place. Simultaneously inspiring and questioning, playful and serious, they project both an apocalyptic and resourceful future, a vision that empowers the viewer with renewed perspectives for altering the balance of global powers." Catherine Somzé, Amsterdam 2006