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“Por fin hay espacios para que las mujeres artistas puedan fracasar”, esa es la conclusión a la que llego Griselda Pollock después de oír a un visitante decir que la exposición de Anna Maria Maiolino era muy mala. Griselda Pollock, una de las figuras claves en la introducción de las teorías feministas en arte, apasionada por Louise Bourgeois, presentó una serie de conferencias en Girona y Barcelona en el contexto de la exposición de Maiolino en la Fundación Tàpies. Poder fracasar es un éxito si se tiene el espacio.
Mostró el famoso mapa conceptual de Alfred H. Barr que resume los principales movimientos artísticos desde 1890 hasta 1935. Destacó ausencias: ¿dónde esta la Revolución Rusa? ¿dónde esta la Primera Guerra Mundial? ¿dónde están las mujeres artistas?
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world" (John Le Carré)