30 April to 3 May 2026, Inclusive Art Fair – Paper Positions – Berlin
We are pleased to inform you of Tasneem Gallery´s participation in art fair, Paper Positions Berlin, 2026. Tempelhof Airport, Main Hall
Tasneem Gallery will explore the theme – Information/Non-Information – a matter of great concern to our shared world – the challenge of obtaining knowledge in a world saturated with words and images. We explore this theme through the works of two of the gallery´s long term artists, Ixone Sádaba, (b.1977, Bilbao, Spain) and Ernesto Leal (b.1971, Havana, Cuba.
Archival Pigment Print on Newsprint
50cm x 70cm
We present the Guala series – black and white, semi-abstract close-up images of human traces made on the walls and ceilings and floors of some enclosed space. At first sight it seems to be a composition of textures and chiaroscuro through which the artist shows her skill with the camera; but the fragility of these pieces of newsprint contrasts with the harshness of the content. The absence of the human figures speaks to the universality of what occurred. The deliberate materiality of printing the photographs on newsprint, speaks of how we consume and throw away ´news´.
On the technique Sádaba explains: “The choice of printing the images in newsprint allows me to show them without frames, directly to the wall, keeping that fragility. Newsprint is not durable. It is not chromogenic or photographic; actually, it is the most perishable object (yesterday´s newspaper).”
Acrylic and enamel on paper
150cm x 150cm
We explore further the theme of Information/Non-Information with Leal´s series – Titles. Ernesto Leal has been working for many years on the use of language, how it has been used and misused, issues of subversion and censorship. In this Titles series, he is inspired by the French philosopher Etienne Bonnot de Condillac whose ideas have been important in the development of linguistics. Condillac asserted that ´the earliest forms of text were paintings’ and to this idea Leal contrasts that the latest version of the painting is the text.
Leal speaks in his own words about the development of the series: “The idea of the series was to convert the text of the title of the piece into the piece itself, leaving unclear where one begins and the other ends. The title determines the specific form of the piece’s image, creating an indissoluble unity in which the text, beyond its communicative function, has been formally charged to generate the image. This concealment or confusion of the text also reflects our inability to say things clearly and directly and the limitations of language in general to assume and reflect reality”.
About the artists:
Ixone Sádaba
Born in Bilbao, Spain in 1977, Ixone Sádaba is a graduate of the faculty of fine arts in the University of Basque Country, holds a Masters in Fine Art from the University of Antonio Lebrija in Madrid and took part in a Certificate Programme at The International Centre of Photography, New York.
Her work has been widely exhibited in private galleries and public institutions such as The Reina Sofia Museum, Spain, The Guggenheim Museum, Spain, MUSAC, Spain, MoCCA Contemporary Art Museum, Toronto, Museum of Contemporary Arts.
Among her awards are “Convergencias”, Alliance Française & Fundación Pilar Citoler (2012), Sovereign European Art Prize, Hong Kong (2011), Generación Prize 2011, Caja Madrid, Spain, (2010) and Finalist at Purificación García Prize, Madrid, Spain 2003, N.Y. Festival, Gold prize, Pressbook “Pearl Harbour” 2003, and the Sovereign Art Foundation Prize in 2012.
International residences include International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, Delfina Foundation Residency, London/ Iraq, Mugatxoan, Fundaçao Serralves, Porto, Arteleku, San Sebastian.
Ernesto Leal
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1971, Ernesto Leal studied art in Cuba at the Vocational School of Visual Arts, at Paulita Concepcion from 1983 to 1986, and at the National Art Academy, San Alejandro from 1987 to 1990.
Public institutions and events at which his works have been exhibited, include: LACMA Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, USA; 7th International Istanbul Biennale, Turkey; Fundacion Teflefonica, Madrid, Spain; Pierre Cardin Space, Paris France; Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany. He was part of the Cuban representation curated by Tania Bruguera at the 2022 Kassel, Documenta.
Presentación del libro: Ernesto Leal en Tasneem Gallery, 2011 – 2024
Hola a todos,
Esperamos que hayan disfrutado del verano. Los acontecimientos globales han resultado ciertamente difíciles, y en ese contexto el arte nos brinda la oportunidad de reflexionar, debatir … y quizás más. Tasneem Gallery tiene el placer de invitarles al siguiente acto:
LAUNCH OF BOOK
ERNESTO LEAL AT TASNEEM GALLERY, 2011 – 2024
Includes the essay by Rosa Martínez, ‘Are there too many words?’
Date: 19 September 2025
Time: 19.00 to 21.30
Place: Tasneem Gallery (entrance on Calle Castellnou 51,
Les Tres Torres, 08017 Barcelona)
Ernesto Leal (n. La Habana 1971) explora la palabra hablada y el texto escrito: sus usos, abusos, subversiones. Desarrollada en gran variedad de medios visuales, su exploración nos obliga a detenernos.
Inundados como estamos de narrativas, imágenes y significados contradictorios, las propuestas de Leal nunca han sido tan relevantes. De ahí la importancia de la idea de reunir en una publicación el discurso que Leal ha desplegado en las tres exposiciones celebradas hasta la fecha en Tasneem Gallery, pues también nos permite apreciar su poesía visual.
Como escribe Rosa Martínez, «Este foco en el lenguaje, en las estrategias retóricas y significantes podría situarlo en la tradición del arte conceptual más puro aunque las formalizaciones plásticas de sus juegos visuales podrían también enmarcar su obra en una poética de la delicadeza que la acerca a la abstracción y a la poesía visual.»
Para saber más:
Tasneem Gallery: https://tasneemgallery.com
Ernesto Leal: https://tasneemgallery.com/artist/ernesto-leal/
Rosa Martinez: https://www.rosamartinez.com
Spotlight Artist: Htein Lin
The Fly – a video of Htein Lin´s performance is now showing at the 13th Berlin
Biennale curated by Zasha Colah. Venue: KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Until 14 September
https://13.berlinbiennale.de/en/artists/the-fly
https://13.berlinbiennale.de/de/kuenstler-innen/die-fliege
The Fly was first performed by Htein Lin for his fellow political prisoners. Later filmed in a single handheld take. In Myanmar´s art history it is considered an absurd masterpiece. As described by the Berlin Biennale……´Like a prisoner absorbing the force that once oppressed him, Htein Lin turns limitation into liberation. Despite relentless persecution, he discovers profound freedom within the focused space of his mind´.
Tasneem Gallery participa en la Tercera Edición del Barcelona Gallerry Weekend/28 de Septiembre al 1 de Octubre 2017
www.barcelonagalleryweekend.com
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Tasneem Gallery en ART PHOTO BCN/1 al 4 de Octubre, 2015
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Htein Lin in The Story Teller
The Story Teller, is a solo exhibition curated by Nathalie Johanston which will take place take place at the Goethe Institute in Yangoon from 24th July to 23rd August 2015. In this Htein Lin reflects on his past while providing a lens through which to view a recent history of Myanmar – its many trials, but perhaps most importantly, its healing process.
La última publicación de Luis Gómez
The latest publication of Luis Gómez titled: Luis Gómez / Recent Artworks (2004-2014).
With essay by Héctor Antón Castillo, Produced by Collage Editions, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, La Habana, Cuba
Print by Selvi Artes Gráficas, Valencia España
94 pages, 70 images
Price: 15 eur
ISBN: 978-959-7233-17-6
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