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Eugènia Balcells
SUPERMERCART
1976
The critique of the world of consumerism and the role played by the mass media were subjects that interested many conceptual artists. This is the case of Eugènia Balcells in SUPERMERCART. An enormous composition, unfolded as a decalogue of consumption, it features small serialised objects as well as images ordered alphabetically and presented in series inside bags of transparent plastic, a format the artist had used previously in her “clear books”. Balcells opts for an aesthetic related to accumulation and codification, two of her habitual operations during those years; both of them had to do with the very essence of consumerism. When the installation was presented at the historical Sala Vinçon in Barcelona in 1976, the strips of objects in this “supermarket” could be purchased, in consonance with the title of the piece.
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original title
SUPERMERCART
year of acquisition
2023
type of object
Installation
dimensions
55 stripes: 250 x 28 cm each
Copyright
© Eugènia Balcells i Eugènia Balcells Foundation
registration number
R.6484
date
1976
fonds
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of the Barcelona City Council
media
Various materials encapsulated in polyethylene
credits
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of Barcelona City Council. Gift of Rafael Tous and MACBA Collection. MACBA Consortium. Gift of Eugènia Balcells and Eugènia Balcells Foundation
original title
SUPERMERCART
registration number
R.6484
date
1976
year of acquisition
2023
fonds
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of the Barcelona City Council
type of object
Installation
media
Various materials encapsulated in polyethylene
dimensions
55 stripes: 250 x 28 cm each
credits
MACBA Collection. Long-term loan of Barcelona City Council. Gift of Rafael Tous and MACBA Collection. MACBA Consortium. Gift of Eugènia Balcells and Eugènia Balcells Foundation
Copyright
© Eugènia Balcells i Eugènia Balcells Foundation
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