Horizon and Limit

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Image courtesy of Caixa Forum

In European culture, landscape began to be valued as a pictorial genre from the 17th century onward and reached its maximum expression in the 19th century, from romanticism to impressionism. Currently, the natural landscape has returned to the fore due to the possibilities of fabulation that digital technology allows, as well as the concern generated by the deterioration of nature and the environmental threat of climate change. If at first the landscape allowed us to dream of the idea of ​​paradise and gave shape to unknown or remote places, today it gains relevance again in art with the hybridization of images and the possibility of creating new fictions.

The title of this exhibit is meant to emphasize the way we perceive the land. Given the immensity of the world, human beings can only learn it by framing their gaze and representing what, ultimately, is an illusion. The exhibition is divided into thematic sections that address the fiction of the landscape, the perception and experience of the landscape, as well as the human impact on nature.

The core idea of the exhibition is a selection of landscape works from the ”la Caixa” Foundation Contemporary Art Collection, where the vision of the landscape is expanded with loans from artists and collections from different institutions.

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