The city is one of the most characteristic symbols of modern society. Cities are the spearhead of the most outstanding experiences and the boldest behaviors, the place of maximum development of the arts. For this reason, many artists have the life in cities as a central element of their works, cities understood (often) as a collage of a multitude of discontinuous and fragmented memories and experiences, as a confusing labyrinth in which inhabitants cross paths immersed each in their own thoughts.

The central idea of this exhibition is to show works that allow us to know the multiple visions, the different spaces and the great quantity of human existences that have shaped life in cities over the last century, through works from the IVAM collection. The institution holds among its collections the most comprehensive and complete vision on this subject that can be found in a Spanish museum. The interest is to show it beyond its halls, as a temporary exhibition at the MACA, Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante, thus contributing to the dissemination of the collections and redefining the collaboration agreements between institutions, IVAM and MACA and between administrations, Generalitat Valenciana through the Conselleria d' Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport and the City Council of Alicante. More information in the complete note.