March 9 – June 8, 2018

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Sometimes fictional figures such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman and Catwoman find new existences in the art world. The iconic character Mickey Mouse with its unique shape is perhaps the most inspiring of them. Claes Oldenburg’s Mickey Mouse Museum in the shape of its head and housing his collection of Mickey Mouse- derived products is the most spectacular metamorphosis; in this exhibition it is evoked by the multiple object Geometric Mouse (1971).

Comics Revisited reveals unexpected encounters between comics and other artistic languages, a productive dialogue in which narrations and abstractions, strips and panels, plane colours and speech balloons, heroes and legends come to new senses and possibilities.

Curator Ship:

Guy Schraenen

Artists:

Roberto Altmann, Laurie Anderson, Martin Arnold, Claus Boehmler, Alberto Carneiro, Ulises Carrión, Jacques Charlier, Maria das Neves Cirne, William Copley, Guillermo Deisler, Mirtha Dermisache, Wlademir Dias-Pino, Erró, Öyvind Fahlström, Antonio Ferró, Patrick Goddard, Guerrilla Girls, Miguel O’Hara, Bernard Heidsieck, Dorothy Iannone, Internationale Situationniste, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Michael Krebber, Ferdinand Kriwet, Jimenez Lai, Bertrand Lavier, Roy Lichtenstein, Luxus, Christian Marclay, Raúl Marroquín, Friederike Mayröcker, Herminio Molero, Matt Mullican, Claes Oldenburg, Antoine Orand, Clemente Padín, Raymond Pettibon, Bernhard Pfriem, Dieter Roth, Niklaus Rüegg, Francesc Ruiz, Alvaro de Sá, Franciszka Themerson, Time Based Arts, Adrien Tirtiaux, Ben Vautier, Edgardo Antonio Vigo, Martin Vitaliti, Lawrence Weiner, Emmett Williams, Fabio Zimbres

For information: http://www.museoreinasofia.es/