{"id":3113,"date":"2025-03-06T17:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsituacions.com\/ca\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:19:53","slug":"lara-fluxa-guanya-el-premi-pilar-forcada-art-situacions-arcomadrid-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsituacions.com\/en\/noticias\/lara-fluxa-guanya-el-premi-pilar-forcada-art-situacions-arcomadrid-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lara Flux\u00e0 Wins the Pilar Forcada ART Situacions Prize \u2013 ARCOmadrid 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lara Flux\u00e0 Wins the Pilar Forcada ART Situacions Prize \u2013 ARCOmadrid 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sponsored by Honda \u2013 Greens, the prize recognizes the best emerging artwork at ARCOmadrid 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prize, valued at \u20ac15,000, was awarded on Thursday, March 6, at 4:30 PM in the AVWL Room (Hall 9).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Madrid, March 6, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 This afternoon, the Pilar Forcada ART Situacions Prize \u2013 ARCOmadrid 2025<\/strong>, valued at \u20ac15,000, was awarded to the Mallorca-born and Barcelona-based artist Lara Flux\u00e0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prize was presented on Thursday, March 6, in the AVWL Room<\/strong> by Maribel L\u00f3pez<\/strong>, Director of ARCOmadrid; Marcel Pascual<\/strong>, Director and Sponsor of ART Situacions; and jury members Lorena M. de Coral<\/strong> and Ferran Barenblit<\/strong>. The winning piece will be added to the ART Situacions collection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2017, the prize was renamed the Pilar Forcada ART Situacions Prize<\/strong> in 2022, in memory of the founder and director of ART Situacions. Her husband, Marcel Pascual<\/strong>, General Director of Honda \u2013 Greens<\/strong>, has taken over to continue this initiative, which his wife led with great passion and success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Winning Artwork<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The prize was awarded to the piece Flure<\/strong>, by artist Lara Flux\u00e0<\/strong>, presented at ARCO by the Catalan gallery Bombon Projects \u2013 Art Gallery<\/strong>. The artwork is crafted from iron and glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Flux\u00e0 works with fragile materials such as water, air, salt, tar, light, and glass to reflect on the delicate balance of ecosystems. Her work highlights the importance of care in contrast to the omnipresent development of extractive and exploitative activities. It invites us to rethink our relationship with the environment and to build new integrated and collaborative ways of existence. Through her artistic practice, she questions our approach to production and our response to the ecological crisis, placing the viewer in a position where awareness and responsibility become inescapable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flure, by Laura Flux\u00e0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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About the Artist<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lara Flux\u00e0 holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona<\/strong> and a Master\u2019s in Artistic Production and Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her solo exhibitions<\/strong> have been held at Bombon Projects<\/strong> (Barcelona, 2024), the Catalan Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale<\/strong> (Venice, 2022), Es Baluard<\/strong> (Palma de Mallorca, 2021), ProjecteSD<\/strong> (Barcelona, 2019), Espai 13 at the Mir\u00f3 Foundation<\/strong> (Barcelona, 2018), Lo Pati<\/strong> (Amposta, 2017), and Fundaci\u00f3 Felicia Fuster<\/strong> (Barcelona, 2015), among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her group exhibitions<\/strong> include shows at MACBA<\/strong> (Barcelona, 2024), Patio Herreriano<\/strong> (Valladolid, 2024), Casal Solleric<\/strong> (Mallorca, 2024 and 2021), Espai Zape<\/strong> (Valencia, 2022), Tecla Sala<\/strong> (Hospitalet, 2020), La Capella<\/strong> (Barcelona, 2020), Museu Contemporani d\u2019Eivissa<\/strong> (Ibiza, 2020), La Casa Encendida<\/strong> (Madrid, 2020), AND Platform<\/strong> (Barcelona, 2019), Bombon Projects<\/strong> (Barcelona, 2019), and MUU Kaapeli<\/strong> (Helsinki, 2014), among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work is part of public collections<\/strong> such as MACBA<\/strong> (Barcelona), Es Baluard<\/strong> (Mallorca), and FRAC Corse<\/strong> (France). She has received the Ciutat de Palma Antoni Gelabert Prize for Visual Arts (2023)<\/strong> and a prize from the Catalan Association of Art Critics (2019)<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
A Project of Patronage and Passion for Art<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aware of the scarcity of opportunities facing the youngest sector of contemporary art, ART Situacions, which arose from the personal desire of the Catalan collector couple Pilar Forcada and Marcel Pascual to contribute to invigorating the artistic fabric, was born in 2011 to promote emerging art through economic support for creation. As a result, two editions have already been held. The first took place in 2012 with Portugal as the guest country and featured the participation of Spanish artists Patricia Dauder, Pepe Cifuentes, Francesc Ruiz, Juan L\u00f3pez D\u00edez, Miki Leal, Jaime de la Jara, Santiago Giralda, Nuria Fuster, and the Portuguese artists Mauro Cerqueira and Carla Filipe. The second was held in 2016 with the Italian artists Ludovica Carbotta, Gabriele de Santis, Anna Franceschini, Diego Marcon, and Alek O. and the Spanish artists Miren Doiz, Jos\u00e9 Guerrero, Rub\u00e9n Guerrero, Teresa Solar Abboud, and Anna Talens. Finally, the third initiative strengthened ties with France and brought together the work of five Spanish artists and five French artists: Elena Aitzkoa, Nora Aurrekoetxea, Luc\u00eda Bay\u00f3n, Aleix Plademunt, and Pablo Capit\u00e1n del R\u00edo, along with the French artists Salom\u00e9 Chatriot, Marie-Luce Nadal, Beno\u00eet Pi\u00e9ron, Elsa Br\u00e8s, and Yoan Sorin. They were selected by a committee formed by Mar\u00eda de Corral, Lorena Mart\u00ednez de Corral, Chus Mart\u00ednez, and Vicent Todol\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the passing of Pilar Forcada in 2021, her husband Marcel Pascual, collector and general manager of Honda-Greens, has taken over the direction of ART Situacions with the will to give continuity to the project in memory of his wife and their shared passion for art for over 50 years. \u201cFor almost half a century we have built together an eclectic and diverse collection, where alongside renowned artists we incorporate works by emerging promises,\u201d says Marcel Pascual. \u201cIt has given us great joy to have contributed with our support to ensuring that a good number of artists have been able to dedicate themselves exclusively to creation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, between 2017 and 2022, ART Situacions convened the annual ART Situacions ARCOmadrid award to recognize the best work of emerging art at the fair. Its winners have been: Antonio Ballester Moreno (2017), Carlos Irijalba (2018), Patricia G\u00f3mez and Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas Gonz\u00e1lez (2019), Asunci\u00f3n Molinos Gordo (2020), and Irma \u00c1lvarez-Laviada (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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