Intensify Life is Europe’s first retrospective of the groundbreaking Argentine pop artist Marta Minujín.

Marta Minujín (b. 1943) is an iconic figure and one of the most prominent Latin American pop and conceptual artists of all time. Over the past 60 years, she has developed happenings, performances, installations, and video works that have influenced generations of contemporary artists in Latin America, the USA, and Europe.

The exhibition at CC unfolds Minujín’s life’s work across periods and geography, showcasing several of her most recent pieces, including gigantic installations, soft sculptures, and large collage paintings covered in Minujín’s iconic neon stripes and illuminated with video projections. Thanks to CC’s close collaboration with the artist, the audience also have the unique opportunity to explore archival material that highlights some of the most central parts of Minujín’s work from her over 60-year-long career.

La Menesunda according to Marta Minujín

In 1965, Minujín, in collaboration with artist Rubén Santantonín, created the legendary work La Menesunda, one of art history’s first immersive works. La Menesunda is a labyrinthine piece that takes the audience through 11 imaginative rooms in Buenos Aires. Along the way, visitors encounter, among other things, a neon-lit street, a room that smells of fried chicken, a swamp, a beauty salon where they can get make-up applied or enjoy a quick massage and a bedroom with a couple sitting in bed reading a newspaper. The word “menesunda” originates from local slang, describing a feeling of restlessness, confusion and chaos.

The recreation of this colossal installation is the result of years of research at the Museo Moderno in Buenos Aires, and it required a partnership between four major museums to bring the work to European soil for the very first time.

After its premiere at CC, La Menesunda will tour some of the most influential museums in Europe.

La Menesunda: According to Marta Minujín is organized in collaboration with Tate Liverpool and Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires and will tour Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; KANAL – Centre Pompidou, Brussels, Belgium and Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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