07.05.19 — 02.02.20
Following the presentation of Liminal, Leandro Erlich's first retrospective in the Americas, Malba continues to host Swimming Pool (1999), one of Erlich's most internationally recognized works, which the artist presented in 2001 representing Argentina at the Venice Biennale.
Curator Dan Cameron says: "The fact that we know full well that we are not watching our fellow human beings drown, and that they are not watching us drown either, does not seem to influence the behavior of those who are experiencing the work for the first time, who invariably behave as if that double tragedy were exactly what was happening. Being entertained by a representation of our helplessness, or indeed our cruelty, is strangely liberating, as if suddenly other inhibitions could also be cast aside, the better to return to the savage impulses that seem to bubble continuously beneath the veneer of civilization."
Alongside Swimming Pool are also presented Subway (2009) and the installation Puerto de memorias (2014), a project that proposes an ambiguous space for contemplation.
