For years, Ana Gallardo (Rosario, 1958) has researched well-being and caring for emotional bonds, with human encounters providing the focus of her work. In one of her most important projects, Gallardo examines her emotional memory of her mother, artist Carmen Gómez Raba, who passed away very young, when Ana herself was just a young girl. In a loving gesture that seeks to recover her memories through reflecting on that emptiness, full of both absence and presence, Gallardo will transform the Café del Moderno into a space for socialising and reflection on the emotional and loving bonds that shape us and give us the strength to embark on the journey that is life. Her configuration of the space will offer a still life on a grand scale, brimming with emotional encounters at the communal level.
