Rosa Barba's work is grounded in a careful exploration of the materiality the devices the
production conditions and the grammar of cinema. The monograph From Source to Poem is an
entrancing account of the main motives that drive the artist's practice underscoring the
context in which the artworks are presented at both architectural and conceptual levels.
Besides numerous films sculptures and works composed of light the catalogue accompanying the
exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan and other recent exhibition venues also features
the new 35mm film From Source to Poem from 2016 for the first time in Italy. Hundreds of images
from historical archives in the United States evolve into a kind of collage of the cultural
legacy of a Western civilization in the twentieth century. I would like says Barba to
continue to explore the geographies that we create around us. Exhibitions: Pirelli
HangarBicocca Milan 5.5.-8.10.2017 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Palacio de
Cristal Madrid 17.5.-27.8.2017
