Recently, Hi-Fructose got to rendezvous with Coleccion Solo, an international arts project based in Madrid, Spain which owns nearly 1,000 contemporary artworks, many of which kept on display within their free, private museum space Espacio SOLO. The main impetus of the visit was to witness the unveiling of their brand-new exhibition “Handle with Care”, showcasing works by a slew of 60+ international artists, including Garry Simmons, SMACK, Vanessa Barragoa, Danny Fox, William Mackinnon, Kajahl, Chino Moya, Yoshitaka Amano, Miriam Cahn, Operator, and Danny Fox, to name but a few. Not only did we have the pleasure of perusing this latest, wide-ranging selection of curiosities (opened on March 20th), but also took the opportunity to check out bits of their impressive collection housed within the museum on a regular basis.
Specializing in all manner of contemporary work such as street art, graffiti, and digital media, a tour through their collection is like taking a wander through a refined Willy Wonka Factory. Nearly every medium imaginable can be found on display, in some form or another, within the labyrinthian space. This includes, but is not limited to, paintings large and small, entangled fabric arrangements, intricate drawings, sculptures both interactive and still-standing, high-tech generative art experiments, digital animation looped on large screens, a proper theatre space, and various installations and props relating to their exhibition theme (such as stacked shipping crates with interesting characters hidden inside).
