Temporal and spatial displacement

Home in Eulàlia Valldosera's 1990s artwork

Abstract

Dissatisfied with the arts landscape of 1990s Catalonia, Eulàlia Valldosera moved to the Netherlands in pursuit of new forms of expression. Setting up a home in a foreign space made her aware of how dwelling places are saturated with traces of their former inhabitants. During that decade, she produced a series of photographs and installations that engaged with the domestic space. This article explores the artist’s use of time, movement, and the everyday object in a selection of her 1990s oeuvre and suggests that place and time in her work hark back to a subject that is either absent or displaced.
Keywords: Eulàlia Valldosera, dislocation, domestic space, object, installation art.