Premio Combat Prize

Tribute to Monet, a project by Atelier Morales
Our project is a tribute to Claude Monet and his Rouen Cathedral series, which the French impressionist painted from February 1892 to April 1893. These consist of 20 selected paintings depicting the main façade of the cathedral at different times of the day and year, and reflecting changes in appearance and feelings towards the monument depending on variations of lighting conditions. Monet showed, at his gallery in Paris, an unprecedented experience: the relationships between space, time and existence through art.
Monet named each of his pictures according to the time of day and particular atmosphere surrounding the cathedral such as A l’aube, Effet du matin, Plein midi, Soleil, Plein Soleil, Gray time, Harmonie brune, and Journée. In this way, the viewer could see and appreciate both the different artists’ mood in relation to his subject and the visual conditions transforming that particular space as time was changing.
Tribute to Monet expands the Monet experience through actual technologies such as digital photography and three-dimensional prints; it allows the spectator to feel, observe and analyze the urban space, the Pompidou art centre in Paris, as an architectural setting and a mental symbol. The viewer can observe simultaneously the changes of light, atmosphere, actions, and people in the space represented.
We are showing multiple large format images of the same space and buildings at Beaubourg area, taken at 20 overlapping times and periods of the year. The work has an evolving nature, each of its parts is marked with the date and time the photograph was taken; this allows any image to be replaced by a new one whenever a collector acquires one or more. In other words, new dates and hours of the same image will be constantly filling the voids. Our artistic proposal consists in merging the different times of day in one work, instead of presenting each part on itself.
Monet chose a cathedral for his series, because of its religious significance and architecture in the admired Gothic style, at that time. We have chosen Pompidou art centre, a cultural symbol of communication for millions of people who visit it today. Museums in general have become an essential place for elevating and stabilizing our 21st Century existance.
At the Combat Prize 2014 exposition the viewers will have the impression of travelling through this urban space at different moments in one moment.
Atelier Morales
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Atelier Morales Biography
Individual Exhibitions
2014 - Nina Menocal gallery, Mexico DF 2012
- Homenaje a SAKINEH, 11 Bienal de La Habana, Galería Servando Cabrera, La Habana 2011
- Pilgrims, Curator’s Voice Art Projects Gallery, Miami 2010
- The Second Sex , Heart Galerie, Paris
- Pilgrims, HOT ART fair, Basel (SoloShow) 2009
- Brothers Enemies, The Steps Gallery, Curator: Sidonio Costa, London
- Nina Menocal gallery, Mexico DF
- Equinoctial Journey , Havana Galerie,Zürich - Equinoctial Journey ,10 Bienal de La Habana, Casa Humboldt, La Habana 2008
- Equinoctial Journey, Dukan & Hourdequin Galerie, Marseille
2007
- Viaje equinoccial: Tribute to A. V. Humboldt, Heidelberger Kunstverain,Curator: Johan Holten,Heidelberg,Deutschland 1998
- Atelier Morales, New Morning, Paris
Collective Exhibitions and Art Fairs
2013 - PERSONAL STRUCTURES: Palazzo Bembo,55th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia - “Disrupted Nature”, Museum of Latin American Art (Molaa), Los Angeles, USA
Curated by Idurre Alonso and Selene Preciado
2012
- Art MIAMI, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
- “The Wave”, Museum of Latin American Art (Molaa), Los Angeles
- “CIFO Collection”, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana
- “L’Expérience Diasporique”, Guido Llinás et Atelier Morales, Heart Galerie,
Curator: Christoph Singler, París
- White Box Gallery, New York
2011
- “Art Editions”, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris AWARDS 2011, Museum of Latin American Art (Molaa), Los Angeles
- “Convergence Paris”, Miami Biennale Fondation, Miami
- PULSE MIAMI, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
2010
- “Flowers, Lies and Revolution”, Sheldon Museum of Art, Nebraska Curators: Shannon Kenney & Daniel Veneciano
- Lincoln Industries, Lincoln, Nebraska
- PULSE Miami, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
2009
- Heart Galerie, París
- HOT ART fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Basilea
- SCOPE, Heart Galerie, París
- ART PARIS, Heart Galerie, París
- PULSE New York, Galería Nina Menocal, New York
- PULSE MIAMI, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
2008
- “Photo Collection1”, Mois Européen de la Photo à Paris, Centre Iris, Paris
- “All inclusive, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Curator: Matthias Ulrich, Frankfurt
- 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing
- “AWARDS 08”, Museum of Latin American Art (Molaa), Los Angeles
- PULSE Miami, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
- PULSE New York, Galería Nina Menocal, New York
- ART FORUM Berlin, Galería Nina Menocal, Berlin
- DIVA 08 fair, Heart Galerie, Paris
- Heart Galerie, Paris
2007
- “Killing time”, Exit Art, Nueva York
- Artist Studio Gallery, Miami
- “Doucement, nous sommes presses”, Heart Galerie, Paris
- PULSE Miami, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
- DIVA 07 fair, Heart Galerie, Paris
- DOCKS ART fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Lyon
- ART FORUM Berlin, Galería Nina Menocal, Berlin
- BALELATINA art fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Basel
- ARTE AMERICAS IV fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
2006
- “La Huella Múltiple”, 9 Bienal de La Habana, Curator: Sandra Ramos, La Habana
- “Rising stars”, ART BASEL Miami Beach, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
- MACO fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico DF
- IBALELATINA art fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Basel
- ART FORUM Berlin fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Berlin
- SCOPE fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Londres
- Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico DF
2005
- “Beyond Delirious”, CIFO, Miami
- “The Bermuda Triangle”, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami
- International Kids Fund Auction, Miami
- “Wunderkammer II: paisajes”, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico DF
- PALM BEACH 3, Galería Nina Menocal, Florida
- ARTE AMERICAS III, nmprojects, Miami
- MACO Fair, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico DF
- ART BASEL Miami Beach, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
- ART FORUM Berlin, Galería Nina Menocal, Berlin
2004
- “Benefit Art Auction”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- Galería La Fábrica, Madrid
- “Futuribles/ Up & Coming: Las Américas”, Curator: Lauri Firstenberg & Rosa
Martínez, ARCO 2004, Madrid
- ART BASEL Miami Beach, Galería Nina Menocal, Miami
- The ARMORY Art Show, Galería Nina Menocal, New York