El Bòlit de Girona Opens Three Exhibitions Under 'Legados en potencia' Cycle

Key facts

• El Bòlit Centre d'Art Contemporani de Girona inaugurates three exhibitions under the cycle 'Llegats en potència' (Legados en potencia), curated by Oriol Fontdevila.
• The cycle began in July at the Canónica de Santa Maria de Vilabertran with Paula García-Masedo's 'Gran Ritme' and will run until December 2027.
• Irena Visa's 'En fi, coses' at Bòlit La Rambla explores archaeology and biography, inspired by a residency at Casa Forestal de Sant Martí d'Empúries and a visit to Museu Arqueològic d'Empúries.
• Miguel Ángel Rosales's 'Diuen que soc. Anatomia d'una fabulació' at Bòlit Pou Rodó examines the 'Negre de Banyoles' case, with collaboration from David García López de la Osa and Yinka Esi Graves.
• The 'Negre de Banyoles' body was removed from display in 1997 and repatriated to Botswana in 2000, where it received a state funeral.
• Sara Ouhaddou's exhibition at Bòlit Sant Nicolau investigates Andalusian heritage in Girona, starting from the absence of written records about the 8th-century Muslim community.
• A 2016 discovery near the chapel revealed a necropolis with eight Islamic ritual burials, with studies showing North African and Southwest Asian ancestry in medieval Girona.
• Ouhaddou uses 'terrissa negra' and reproductions of Al-Ándalus heritage pieces to connect local craft with broader cultural memory.