The delegate of the Government in Cantabria, Ainoa Quiñones, highlighted that the Gamazo Ships, rehabilitated by the Government of Spain and headquarters of the ENAIRE Foundation, “have been consolidated in these two years in an open museum, integrated into the physiognomy of the bay of the city and as a further claim to enjoy this privileged environment and do so while enjoying the best contemporary art of our country”.
This has been claimed this Thursday by the delegate of the Government during the inauguration of the new exhibition of the Gamazo Ships, where until February 11, 42 pieces of the NORTE Collection of the Government of Cantabria can be seen. Quiñones has participated in the event together with the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport of the Government of Cantabria, Eva Guillermina Fernández, and the director of the ENAIRE Foundation, Beatriz Montero de Espinosa.
Quiñones has praised the Naves de Gamazo “they have become a fundamental cultural asset for Santander and Cantabria” thanks to “the commitment of the ENAIRE Foundation of the Government of Spain” to establish its permanent collection here. “In just over two years, it has proven to be a success,” he said.
“Gamazo Ships that were also born with that vocation of being in permanent contact with the cultural fabric of Cantabria and Santander, which were born with that desire to strengthen ties, to join efforts to expand the cultural horizons of this land and today is also a good day to reclaim it”, said the delegate of the Government.
The new exhibition consists of 42 pieces from the NORTE Collection of the Government of Cantabria, among which you can enjoy photography, painting, sculpture and ceramics, and which are collected under the name ‘North Collection’. Homo Habitant’.
The exhibition, produced and curated by the ENAIRE Foundation, examines how human beings are aware of their unique character and how their concerns lead them to modify both their appearance and their needs, adding tricks to their daily lives. It also explores how its way of inhabiting and its psychology influence its environment, intervening nature to its limit, coming to build megalopolis where it finally finds refuge. This is where it can be its own essence, without the need to maintain its social artistry and feeling protected.
The collective exhibition presents 42 works by 21 national and 16 international artists, including: Burtynsky, Vik Muniz, Cristina García Rodero, Marina Abramovich, Basilica, Pierre Gonnord, Jaume Plensa, Bleda Y Rosa, Yasumasa Morimura, Cándida Hoffer, George Rousse, José Cobo, Adrian Tyler, Marina Nuñez and Eva Lootz, among others.
A selection of works that also deepens the relationship between the individual and the territory and is an opportunity for lovers of contemporary art and all those interested in reflecting on the relationship between the human being and his environment, since visitors are invited to immerse themselves in a visual, conceptually inspiring and reflective dialogue.