At a glance
Two conceptual heavyweights from Portugal and the US mix found objects and pop culture ephemera in a visual game at Barcelona's ProjecteSD.
Meet the artist
Why go
It offers a rare pairing of two artists who treat art and life as one, using a site-specific mural by Ana Jotta to anchor a witty, non-hierarchical dialogue of discarded materials.
You'll see
Site-specific mural drawing · Found objects · Text-based works · Appropriation art · Popular culture ephemera
Pace of visit
The show functions like a visual puzzle, encouraging visitors to spot the shared logic between the two artists' disparate works.
Don't miss
The mural drawing by Ana Jotta that gives the show its name and connects the various works throughout the gallery space.
Artlovers Tip
Take time to follow the lines of Jotta’s mural; it provides the spatial rhythm that helps you navigate how Ruppersberg’s pieces slot into the overall installation.
Inside the exhibition
O JOGO DA GLÓRIA brings together Portuguese artist Ana Jotta and American contemporary Allen Ruppersberg at ProjecteSD in Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition is structured around a central mural drawing by Jotta, which acts as a framework for a non-traditional dialogue between two artists who have spent decades recycling pop culture and linguistic fragments.
Visitors encounter a visual experiment that blends drawing, found objects, and text. The layout operates like a puzzle rather than a collaborative project, showcasing how both artists appropriate and transform disparate materials into art. The works reflect their shared interest in the mundane and the overlooked, presented through Jotta's Portuguese perspective and Ruppersberg's American context.
This show matters for its refusal to follow contemporary trends, focusing instead on an independent practice where art and life are indistinguishable. By placing these two "omnivorous appropriationists" side by side, the exhibition highlights the common threads in their generational approach to collecting and recontextualizing the world around them.
Worth travelling for?
A clever, intellectually stimulating stop for fans of conceptual art who enjoy discovering hidden connections between everyday objects and language.
Experience as an Artlover
The gallery is located in the Eixample district at Passatge Mercader. Check the gallery's website for specific opening hours as they may vary during local holidays.
