The exhibition places the works of Julio González (Barcelona, 1876 - Paris, 1942) right at the centre of the aesthetic, political and social debate of his time, seeking to generate a discourse in which all such aspects come together using the artwork and documents that the IVAM has about him and other Avant-garde artists.

Mechanical and Technical Imaginaries will gather together artists in the IVAM collection with an interest not only in designing and constructing mechanisms but also in creating imaginaries that reflect the spirit of the industrial and scientific culture around them, such as Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, Lászó Peri, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Boris I

The documentary exhibition Apuntes sobre abstracción geométrica en España  (Notes about geometric abstraction in Spain) tries to offer clues about the crossroads between art and technology; conceptual and formal basis of many artistic practices developed in Spain since the sixties.

With infinite nuances, the circle and its three-dimensional extension, the sphere, are a part of nature and of every culture in which nature retains its magical transcendence. Both symbolise perfection and its effects, like the cosmic heavens or their cyclical movements.

The exhibition by the artist known as Absalon (1964, Israel-1994, France) throws new light on his key contribution to the art discourse produced during the 1990s, while, at once, engaging in a dialogue with some of the leading artists from the period such as Robert Gober, Laura Lamiel or Mona Hatoum.