ISAAC CORDAL
CEMENT ECLIPSES
AS OF MAY 16, 2025
CEMENT ECLIPSES
Isaac Cordal creates urban eclipses by inserting his tiny characters into the city’s unexpected nooks and crannies. As you wander the streets, you might spot them on the ground itself or higher up, tucked into the recess of a facade or peeking out over a ledge. Through their postures and expressions, these miniature businessmen convey a sense of incipient awareness. The artist arranges his eclipses into tragi-comic scenes that underline the existential uncertainty of contemporary life.
Cement Eclipses takes a bemused yet critical look at today’s society, tackling important issues like climate change and inequality. The diminutive sculptures pique our curiosity and help recast the serious issues they raise in a new light.
EXMURO invited Isaac Cordal to create an art walk with over 45 miniature sculptures inspired by the history and heritage the Old Port. The walk is concentrated around Rue Saint-Pierre, whose early bank buildings stand as stately reminders that the area was once the Wall Street of Québec.
A MINIATURE ART TRAIL THROUGH
THE « WALL-STREET » OF QUEBEC
As of may 16, 2025
Old Port, Quebec City
ISAAC CORDAL
The sculptural installations of Spanish artist Isaac Cordal ask probing questions about humanity in our time. With unstinting determination, he denounces the power imbalances and oppressive dynamics that underpin capitalism in the Anthropocene. Cordal often creates ephemeral installations whose disappearance is built into their construction, while photographic documentation preserves a trace of their existence.
THEMATIC PROGRAMMING 2025
ART ON THE EDGE OF CHAOS
With its 2025 programming, EXMURO’s Aire Publique becomes a forum for bold artistic explorations of individuals and communities confronting powerful natural forces. The works of Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland), Isaac Cordal (Spain), and Martin Bureau (Québec) subvert norms and recast assumptions to confront the far-reaching forces of capitalism, patriarchy, and the climate crisis. What all three artists share are sharply critical worldviews that foster a collective awareness of the urgency to act, reminding us that in the ashes of every collapse lies a promise of renewal.
EXMURO’s Aire Publique is supported by the Fonds de mise en valeur et d’animation de la Place Royale, administered by the Musée de la civilisation.
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