"Alfredo Ruiz: paths towards modernity in the faults" at the IVAM

The exhibition Alfredo Ruiz: paths towards modernity in the faults can be visited at the Valencia Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) from March 2 to April 23. The exhibition presents a research project on the work of the artist Alfredo Ruiz Ferrer (Valencia, 1944), a pioneer of experimental faults.

The exhibition offers a historical tour of his works, from 1968 to the present, through models and sketches, which constitute the working material that was saved from the fire. The proposal also includes the presentation of the artist's latest work, 'Geometric Forest', which can now be visited at the museum, where it will remain until next April 23.

The director of IVAM, Nuria Enguita; the designers and cultural managers Ricardo Ruiz and Daniel Escobedo, together with the artist himself, have presented to the media the exhibition project that opens today, Thursday, March 2, at the IVAM Lab.

"I have always thought that my faults would be at the IVAM and it has been fulfilled", declared Alfredo Ruiz, who has acknowledged that he has never distinguished his work from contemporary art. "Failures have been building me, they have enriched me and allowed me to spread art, poetry and, even, conflicting topics", clarified the artist, who emptied his workshop in 'year 2022 and which returns to the IVAM with 'Geometric Forest', a set of colorful rectangular figures that occupy the center of the room.

"The exhibition goes through the constructive and aesthetic renovation of the falla monuments created by Alfredo Ruiz in the last decades", explained Nuria Enguita about the project, which aims to "trace a path from its beginnings in Baroque, his interest in exploring languages nous and its evolution towards a progressive formal purification, influenced by references such as Nietszche, Malevič, Kandinsky or Albert Camus”.

The director commented that this line of action of the IVAM around the faults is part of the Lab / IVAM – City Project, which aims to connect the museum with the activity and cultural study of what happens in their local environment. "In 2022 we presented El libretto de falla: a cultural opportunity. This year, in a complementary way and continuing with this line, we are addressing the fallas as another fundamental pillar in the world of festive culture", he pointed out.

Daniel Escobedo has pointed out the suitability of this exhibition at the IVAM, which makes it possible to cross the border that differentiated the failed artist from other creators, understanding that everyone is an artist regardless of where they show their art. "The IVAM is the ideal place to claim the figure of Alfredo Ruiz because his production is modern. Bringing your work to IVAM is important. Art and culture are a basic tool to achieve a better world: if there is more art and more culture in the faults, the world will be a little better", said Ricardo Ruiz.