The Individual and Society

Many of the projects in the fourth edition of Hybrid Art Fair, the international fair of contemporary art, have chosen to select artists who maintain a discourse that criticizes digital narcissism. This is a trend of objectification that reaches its peak on social networks and in most cases causes negative effects such as isolation or depression.

Some of these projects include Galería Artizar, La Laguna (Spain); Vision Ultravioleta, Madrid (Spain); Cadmium Art Gallery, Madrid (Spain); Yuan Ru Gallery, Taipei (Taiwan); and Miscelánea, Barcelona (Spain).

Serie #Arquetipo I (Series #Archetype I), by Adassa Santana.

Adassa Santana's artistic exploration focuses on representing experiences and the relationships between the subject and the other, both in the private sphere and in public, specifically in the virtual world.

Her latest projects are based on the representation and images the individual creates and produces through mass media.

Serie #Arquetipo I (Series #Archetype I),by Adassa Santana.

In this series, the artist examines the contemporary portrait as a narrator and retainer of individual and collective memory through platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, etc.

Untitled, by Nuuco.

The selection of artists for the fourth edition of Hybrid responds to this premise, approaching it through different artistic languages and different reflections.

Sexualidad del siglo XXI (21st-Century Sexuality), by Xuri Frenton.

Xuri shows us a very pertinent reality: transformed by our environment and times, we see global issues such as anxiety, depression, and apathy.

Memento, by Jair Leal.

Memento, by Jair Leal.

Untitled Trilogy , by Nuuco.

Dehumanized by rabid consumerism and the daily bombardment of bad news, we face a desensitized society that no longer sees people as people. Humans are objectified in such a way that we end up finding it easy to let a ship go adrift or talk about immigration as if it were a distant issue.

Untitled Trilogy, by Nuuco.

On the basis of this concept, we can comprehend the artwork "future memories," by Nuuco. A reflection that leads us into the future of the concepts of the individual and society.

CURIOSIDAD, COTILLEO, VOYEURISMO (CURIOSITY, GOSSIP, VOYEURISM)

is the name of the project presented at Hybrid Art Fair 2020, which involved modifying the space of the room by adding a structure which required the spectator to take a closer look in order to see fragmented and half-hidden artworks.

Find it at La Ecléctica.

Wind Shadow , by Julie Hsieh.

A simple musicality seeps into the spirit of her inkwork, accompanying this simple material with a musical rhythm the likes of which have never been seen before.

Wind Shadow , by Julie Hsieh.

A simple musicality seeps into the spirit of her inkwork, accompanying this simple material with a musical rhythm the likes of which have never been seen before.

She uses a soft brush made by hand, similar to a mop, to directly drag the ink onto large-format rice paper. Her brush freely glides over the surface of the paper, guided by the feeling of creation.

All Artists are Cooler than Me, by David Macho.

In a world where everyone is an artist and image creator, this project emerges as a moment of clarity in a reality full of young creatives who fight among themselves to make their mark on the market while looking precarious due to the structures provided by the current system.

Jeff Koons and Cicciolina: A Love Forever, by David Macho.

Faced with the choice of falling behind or changing course, David Macho thinks it would be more clever to expose this problem and express it in art. He paints this madness that no one knows how to cope with and which no one is responsible for.

Inès and The Worms of Lapso, by Koko Che Jota.

Women alone in tranquil places as metaphors for a suspended flame, in incubation, on the warpath, equipped with nothing but the will of reason and wisdom, hibernating between four complicit walls, in rooms that allude to the enjoyment of living well, to the art of everyday life… Because it couldn't be any other way.

Get Emotional, by Mai Blanco.

Emotions are neither good nor bad—they are universal. They have no reason, gender, or shape.

Moral judgment has traditionally been given on emotions—we have been encouraged to feel some and block out others since we were little.

Luci, by Mai Blanco.

This project is an argument for emotions. The artworks transport us into the world within as a common space from which we can construct, recognize, and find ourselves. The women in the paintings—through their oversized eyes—allude to being "deep lakes in which we can reflect."

Discover more about all these artists on the website Miscelanea.