Rodoreda, a Forest

The exhibition delves into the imaginary of the Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda by focusing on the radicality of her literature. Curated by Neus Penalba, the exhibition proposes a journey through the major themes of her work, understanding them as a network of signifiers that, like the roots and branches of a tree, spread out in complex and intertwined ramifications of meaning.

Conceiving the space as a large forest that organically connects the different rooms, the exhibition itinerary uses the simile of trees to explore the work and the writer: the literary and vital roots and the experience of uprooting caused by exile; trunks that are the backbones of the experience of war, full of lumps and evil; the branches that want to brush the great names of Western culture – writers, artists and filmmakers; the treetops that that house birds and touch the sky; and also the seeds, which end up germinating and bearing fruit in the imagination of a group of visual artists who will create artworks from scratch, inspired by Rodoreda's work.