Art al Quadrat: Memory, Gender, and Repression in Spanish Contemporary Art

Key facts

• Art al Quadrat is composed of twin sisters Mónica and Gema del Rey Jordá.
• The interview was conducted by PAC and published on September 9, 2026.
• The exhibition 'Memorias colectivas / Represiones cotidianas' is at CAAM in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria until September 27, 2026.
• The curator of the exhibition is José Luis Pérez Pont.
• Art al Quadrat has been working together for over two decades.
• The artists are based in Sagunto, Valencia.
• They co-directed the documentary 'Sacar a la luz' with María Dolores Martín-Consuegra Martín-Fontecha.
• They performed in Plaza Santa Ana in Las Palmas, using words from the Provincial Archive pejorative to the LGTB collective during Francoism.
• They cite Marianne Hirsch's concept of postmemory in their work.
• The artists mention that their maternal grandfather was persecuted but 'absolved' thanks to a cousin who was a Civil Guard.
• They performed 'Yo soy' at the Festival de Teatro en la Calle de Valladolid.
• The interview references a previous conversation with PAC in 2022.
• The artists note that they have seen changes in the visibility of women's repression in recent years.
• They mention the disappearance of words related to diversity, slavery, equality, and racism from US institutional websites, as reported by The New York Times.
• They emphasize that their work is based on documented facts and rigorous research.