"THE TANGIBLE PRESENT" X ING
22 September - 15 December
The Project
At CAN Art Fair, we continue to activate projects that connect art, brands, and contemporary culture. We are now doing so alongside ING, taking on the curatorial direction of "The Tangible Present: Digital, Human, and Urban", a new exhibition project located at their flagship in Plaza de Colón, Madrid.
«The Tangible Present» stems from the bank's core values: creative freedom, honesty, and the importance of weaving connections between people. This purpose is now brought to the center of Madrid in the form of a monumental, living wall that will transform with three exhibitions a year, bringing contemporary creation closer to the public and generating a transparent and open dialogue with the city.
The Artwork and ING’s Values
The cycle kicks off with the textile work of Barcelona-based artist Sixe Paredes. His work exudes the challenging, brave, and nonconformist attitude that identifies ING: a bold commitment, full of energy and visual power that leaves no one indifferent.
The selection of his piece for this first intervention is deeply linked to the purpose of the space. A loom is composed of hundreds of individual threads that, when woven together in a coordinated manner, create a solid, flexible, and durable structure. This artisanal construction serves as a direct analogy for ING’s philosophy: a living network that connects people, ideas, and opportunities, where every thread is essential and every client counts.
Curated by CAN Art Fair
Sixe Paredes
Sixe Paredes (Barcelona, 1975) A fundamental figure in contemporary art and muralism with an international presence, Sixe Paredes is one of the most notable Spanish references when it comes to urban art. He began his artistic career in the graffiti world in the late 1980s, a practice that has evolved and transformed over the decades.
The artist has managed to transfer the power of urban art into a deep investigation of color, abstraction, and primitive symbolism. Expanding the boundaries of the street into the studio format, he has integrated ancient techniques such as ceramics and loom weaving into his visual language, fusing the energy of the modern metropolis with ancestral wisdom.
His work has been exhibited in spaces and galleries all over the world, as well as in top-tier institutions such as the British National Museum of Modern Art (Tate Modern), located in central London. Sixe Paredes was one of six international artists selected to paint the facade of the Tate Modern in 2008, as part of its innovative and iconic mural painting exhibition, "Street Art".
