Seville hosts an event that looks at tradition through the eyes of the present: the exhibition Romance of the moon, moon It unfolds in the ValentÃn de Madariaga y Oya Foundation as a journey through contemporary art that dialogues with Federico GarcÃa Lorca's poem, the 27 Generation and with the gypsy identity of the south.
It was born as a celebration of 10th anniversary of the Alalá Foundation, a project based in the PolÃgono Sur, and proposes a choral narrative that combines art, community and memory. Curated by Paco Perez Valencia, the exhibition offers free admission and an experience that invites you to look without prejudice.
A living tribute to Lorca and gypsy culture
The project takes the pulse of Lorca's imagination to approach it from a contemporary perspective, with pieces that cross the social integration, artistic education and dignity of the people portrayed. The collaboration with the ValentÃn de Madariaga y Oya Foundation ensures a first-class exhibition setting.
According to the curator, each room functions as an autonomous chapter that, as a whole, proposes Another way of looking at the Three Thousand Homes. The coordination has been carried out with the involvement of Felipe Lozano (Madariaga Foundation), strengthening the link between territory and creation.
Eight rooms, eight stories
The access opens with a room dedicated to the light and the pulse of the neighborhood, where MarÃa Ortega Estepa It introduces a sensitivity that connects with the everyday and the intimate, between painting and installation, to activate an affective reading of space.
The second room brings together the Anuca AÃsa's subtle gaze, a photographic poetics that focuses on details and silences, making visible what usually goes unnoticed.
In the third room, the focus falls on Pierre Gonnord, whose images emphasize the dignity of those portrayed. His magnetic close-ups shatter stereotypes and propose an uncompromising closeness.
The fourth space is a sound room dedicated to Emilio Caracafe, a reference point for flamenco in the PolÃgono Sur, where small pieces and musical fragments trace the roots of a shared legacy.
Continues with the investigations of Joy and Piñero y Cristina Mejias, which work with voice, object and performance as tools to explore memory, ritual and materiality from an experimental approach.
The next stop is Belén Rodriguez, with fabrics, color and textiles as a field of resistance and hope, understanding color as skin and as a gesture that shelters the collective experience.
The last exhibition room brings together the work of José Ramón Bas, a constellation of visual narratives where photography intersects with notes, painting and reframing to map the lives and emotions of the territory.
In addition, an independent space has been set up with works carried out by boys and girls linked to Alalá, an installation that overflows and spreads energy, highlighting education as a real opportunity.
Artists and careers
MarÃa Ortega Estepa (Seville, 1983) combines painting, muralism, and cultural mediation. Her practice, with a strong community component, has developed in hospitals, educational centers, and various social contexts.
Anuca AÃsa (Madrid, 1967) moves between photography and literature, with a work that privileges intimacy, slow time and attention to detail, always from a discreet depth.
Pierre Gonnord (Cholet, 1963 – Madrid, 2024) was a self-taught photographer recognized for his large-format portraits. His series, focusing on often marginalized groups, claim the dignity of the face.
Emilio Caracafe (Huelva, 1960) is a guitarist and the musical soul of the Alalá Foundation. His career connects tradition and the present, with a notable influence on the new generations of flamenco.
Cristina Mejias (Jerez, 1986) investigates processes of knowledge transmission, between archive, object, and narrative; her work traverses contemporary performance practices and exhibition devices.
Joy and Piñero They build long-term projects from a circular perspective, activating multiple perspectives on the same axis through installation, video and sculpture.
Belén Rodriguez (Valladolid, 1981) explores textiles as a pictorial and sculptural language. Her research on color achieves a formal synthesis of great material and sensorial power.
José Ramón Bas (Madrid, 1964) hybridizes photography, painting and short writing to create unique pieces where the image becomes a story, memory and plastic gesture.
The curatorship falls to Paco Perez Valencia (Sanlúcar de Barrameda, 1969), artist, museographer and university professor, whose vision integrates emotion, curatorial discourse and montage as part of the same story.
Dates, times and access
The exhibition will be open from September 24 to November 23, 2025 at the headquarters of the ValentÃn de Madariaga and Oya Foundation (Avenida de MarÃa Luisa, s/n, Seville).
The schedule is Monday through Friday, 10:00 - 14:00 and 17:00 - 20:00; Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:00 - 14:00The inauguration is scheduled for Wednesday 24 at 18:30.
access is free until full capacity, an open invitation to local residents, art lovers, and visitors who wish to experience a cultural story rooted in the city.
Voices from the commissioner's office and echoes from the neighborhood
The curatorial team emphasizes that the exhibition aims to show the Three Thousand Homes away from clichés, with true emotion and pride of belongingThe involvement of artists with direct ties to the environment reinforces this interpretation.
The Alalah Foundation, a decade of work with the children and youth of PolÃgono Sur becomes a collective story here: art that accompanies processes, recognizes identities and leaves a mark on the community.
As a roadmap for anyone who comes, this exhibition proposes to cross poetry and everyday life, flamenco and contemporary times, memory and future, with works that invite you to look slowly and listen to what beats in the neighborhood.
