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EL Perro
Group of artists. Founded in 1989. Live and work in Madrid.
Selected solo exhibitions
2007
Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Holland.
2005
Democracia, Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid.
The Democracy Shop, Centro Municipal de las Artes, Alcorcón, Spain.
2003
Lo importante es participar, Galería Salvador Díaz, Madrid.
El Perro, Contemporary Art Center Ex Teresa, Mexico DF.
El Perro, Centro Párraga. La Fragua, Murcia, Spain.
2001
Wayaway Travelbox, Sala Amadís, INJUVE, Madrid.
Primetime, Project Room, Galería Salvador Díaz, ARCO’01, Madrid.
Selected group exhibitions
2006
Biennial of Seville, curated by Okwui Enwezor.
ARS 06, Sense of the Real, Kiasma, Helsinki.
2005
Un Nuevo y Bravo Mundo, Sala Alcala 31, Madrid.
Laooconte devorado, DA2, Salamanca, Spain.
2003
The Real Royal Trip, curated by Harald Szeemann, PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, New York. travelled to Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain.
The work of the ‘El Perro’ group presents a part of the ‘Democracia’ project in which doubt is cast upon the achievements of European civilization. Humiliation- that is the price that the young generation must pay, the representatives of the ‘third world’ for the right of acquiring the privileges of a ‘democratic society’: for human dignity and personal freedom. The taunts inflicted upon Iraqi prisoners, violence in schools, universities and the army, shown by mass media, have turned another’s pain into a show, a commercial enterprise. Parodying this system, ‘El Perro’ creates the youth brand of ‘Democracia’- for example, t-shirts with portraits of Lindy England who tortured prisoners in Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib.
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El Perro (Spain)
Skating Carabanchel, 2005
Video installation, 20 min
Courtesy Galería Salvador Díaz
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