L'era atòmica

The atomic age will never end. Triggered by the detonation of the first atomic test in the desert of New Mexico in July 1945, its impact on life on Earth extends over a timescale that is very difficult to establish. The exhibition delves into this new experience of time and its links with science, politics and culture through art of the 20th and 21st centuries. With nearly 250 works—paintings, drawings, photographs, videos and installations—together with documents that are often unpublished, the exhibition brings together a great diversity of responses to scientific progress and the controversies it provokes, with works by artists such as Hélène de Beauvoir, Henri Becquerel, Bruce Conner, Eduardo Chillida, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Hilma af Klint, Jürgen Nefzger, Yoko Ono, Raymond Pettibon, Joan Rabascall or Nancy Spero. You can consult more information about the exhibition "L'era atòmica" on the website of the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.