The Scent of Matter

C a l l u m I n n e s
W o l f r a m U l l r i c h
R o b e r t B a r r y

Ibiza 0 5 . 0 6 . 2 6 – 0 4 . 0 8 . 2 6

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The Scent of Matter is conceived as a collective exhibition rooted in the identity of the gallery itself: an attempt to capture the material, conceptual, and affective traces that artworks leave behind and, through them, to distill some of the lines of research that have accompanied Parra & Romero from its origins to the present.

Since its foundation, the gallery has developed a programme defined by for mal rigour, a sensitivity towards space and a sustained attention to artistic practices at the intersection of Conceptual Art and Minimalism. This position has allowed the gallery to build a dialogue across different generations of artists connected, directly or indirectly, to the legacy of Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, Post-Conceptualism, Arte Povera, the ZERO group and other forms of research in which matter, light, gesture, repetition, structure and emptiness play a central role.

The exhibition brings together works by the gallery artists, creating a constellation that does not respond to a closed chronology, but rather to a series of sensitive affinities. As in an olfactory composition, each work introduces its own note: a material intensity, a gesture, a reflection of light, a tension between presence and absence, a way of occupying space or activating perception.

Presented in the gallery’s Ibiza space, The Scent of Matter brings together works that demonstrate how seemingly restrained for ms and materials can generate complex perceptual experiences. In this sense, the exhibition offers a focused reflection of the gallery’s programme and language, bringing together painting, sculpture, photography, installation and works on paper through a set of artistic concer ns that transcend materiality, perception and space.

The show brings together a selection of works that share a common demand: the capacity to transform apparently contained materials, for ms and images into experiences of high perceptual intensity. More than a thematic exhibition, The Scent of Matter is presented as a statement of method: to look slowly, to choose with precision, and to allow each work to activate its own presence within a shared atmosphere.

The exhibition will feature works by Almudena Lobera, Callum Innes, Claudio Parmiggiani, Florian Pumhösl, Heinz Mack, Ian Wallace, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Laura de Grinyo, Luísa Jacinto, Ornaghi & Prestinari, Robert Barry and Wolfram Ullrich, between others.