Carlos Garaicoa's 'Anatomías y Anatemas' Opens in Palermo

Carlos Garaicoa's solo exhibition 'Anatomías y Anatemas' opened at Galleria Francesco Pantaleone in Palermo, coinciding with Manifesta 12. The show explores themes of creation, destruction, abandonment, and decay, echoing the biennial's focus on Palermo's urban and social conflicts. Works include recent pieces and ongoing projects such as 'Garden,' a miniature nature installation with a bonsai and a dead tree video, and 'And after, what will we do?,' a site-specific installation of rotting wood infested with parasitic miniature architectures. The exhibition also features 'Witnesses,' which poeticizes architectural design, and a series of diptychs printed on cow bones in gelatin. Garaicoa, born in Havana in 1967, addresses the metabolic cycle of destruction and rebirth, mirroring Palermo's open wounds from immigration, economic crisis, and organized crime. The gallery, located in Piazza dei Quattro Canti, previously collaborated with Manifesta through installations by Per Barclay and GELITIN. The exhibition builds on 'Palermo Atlas,' a research project by OMA/Rem Koolhaas coordinated by Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, which preceded the biennial.