Cotton fabric, shadows, dust, and hundreds of boxes make up the warehouses of most art collections and institutions on the planet. Inside, bright stickers warn of the fragility of the contents of the chests while complex cryptographic codes are an attempt to organize the seemingly chaotic files. Away from the sterile lights of the galleries and the neat whiteness of the walls of the exhibition space, in the darkness we find rolled canvases and sculptures wrapped in napa or raw cotton, in dialogue with each other. In this exhibition, the warehouse, the items that were held back, reverse the structure of the museum, and raise questions about the act of collecting, its agents, the history of the works and their relationship with the exhibition space. Through more than 80 pieces and almost 60 artists, with diverse media like sculpture, painting, sound and artificial intelligence, Espacio SOLO proposes an operational fiction in which it is possible to navigate the history of the museum, question its present and imagine its future without abandoning the care and affections that, without a doubt, are the appropriate instrument to hone in on the cracks of the institution.

Colección SOLO includes over 1,000 works by contemporary artists from all over the world, working in such diverse fields as painting, sculpture, video art and AI. The collection is part of the SOLO Project, an international artistic endeavor that seeks to promote, support, and share today’s art. Through a range of international projects, it raises and develops dialogues and experimentation in the field of art. It offers a wide variety of support projects for creative work and is based in the Espacio SOLO Independencia, a museum where it shows its international collection through various temporary exhibitions.