ADA Project

ART WARSAW VILLA RÓŻ

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Blanca Gracia
Palomo, 2026
hand-embossed copper and brass plates and rods, lacquered and soldered with tin and silver
26 x 34 x 30 cm
Photo by Błażej Pindor

Through the construction of new cosmologies based on myths, folklore and popular culture, Blanca Gracia’s practice (Madrid, ES, 1989. Lives and works in Barcelona, ES) revolves around social, political and philosophical issues related to our contemporary world. Classical texts, oral traditions, or some of the first legal textbooks are translated and disguised in fairytales which question universal problems. The construction of utopias, voice politics, language as a form of creation, or Nature as a space for transformation, are all recurring themes within her practice. Imagining a fantastical herbarium, Gracia draws inspiration from 17th-century scientific imagery, subverting their formal rigidity, to offer a critical reflection on language and its ability to name, classify and dominate. Through her sculptures, made of brass and copper, Gracia reclaims terms historically used in a pejorative way, especially toward bodies and dissident subjects, and relocates them into a symbolic environment, transforming them into seeds of resistance. Gracia revalues the marginal and the improper, creating a system of organic and resilient support. Her forms, at times delicate and at others grotesque, not only allude to an imaginary natural universe but also to a territory of struggle where the rejected reappears, strengthens, and claims its place. Because no matter how many times they are uprooted, these weeds always grow back, taller and stronger.

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Works by:
Blanca Gracia
Alicja Pakosz

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