Manifesta purposely strives to keep its distance from what are often seen as the dominant centres of artistic production, instead seeking fresh and fertile terrain for the mapping of a new cultural topography.
Manifesta 15 Barcelona will be taking place in Barcelona and 11 surrounding metropolitan cities
Pablo Helguera, MX
Pablo Helguera, Artoons, 2016 © Manifesta 11 / Wolfgang Traeger.
For Manifesta 11 Mexican artist Pablo Helguera created a satirical criticism of the art world through his Artoons, comic illustrations that were presented as a mural in the corridors of Löwenbräukunst. The Artoons were also printed in the weekly supplement Das Magazin.