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Double Coding. Sito Mújica

18:0021:00 h
Venue: Pigment Gallery
C/ Trafalgar, 70
08010 Barcelona
Price: Free event
Opening

‘Double Coding’ is a term used in semiotics, communication, cognitive psychology, literary theory and computer science. It refers to the specific use of forms of representation or coding that allow for various interpretations.

The concept is applicable to the works for the exhibition at Pigment Gallery, where Sito Mújica (Sabadell, Barcelona, 1971) constructs paintings from digital images, imitating the semicircular pattern manually, as Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein or Sigmar Polke did previously. In addition, figurative elements are integrated with plastic icons that evoke abstract paintings, creating a simultaneous representation or multilayer planes. Although unique, the works result from the appropriation of practices and representations from different origins.

The result is a hybridization between Greco-Roman iconography, contemporary fashion and graphic pop culture. A combination of codes that provides various avenues for perception.

Double Coding. Sito Mújica