A rock turns into a frog

A rock turns into a frog is a process publication on the last years of Carlos Irijalba’s art practice, where relative states of matter and non linear procedures intertwine. Some projects take several years to crystalize while other happen spontaneously, others never see the surface or face dead ends. Research and discovery of material/inmaterial, living/inert and their limits and contradictions are the core of Irijalba’s practice.

With texts by Stephanie Hessler (curator, writer and director of Kunsthall Trondheim in Norway) and Paul Hobson (Director of Modern Art Oxford) and design by Claes Storm, this book decentralizes the finished work, overlapping analog and digital graphic material, in exercise of art practice documentation that rarely sees the light.

Carlos Irijalba (Pamplona, 1979), resident at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten of Amsterdam (2013-2014), graduated in 2002 at the Fine Arts Basque Country University and studied at UDK Berlin. Awarded the Honor Mention Generaciones 2009, Revelation PhotoEspaña Prize 2011 or the 2020 Ankaria Foundation artist book prize. He also received the Guggenheim Bilbao Photography grant in 2003 or the Marcelino Botín Foundation in 2007/08, The Shifting Foundation Grant (US) 2015/16 or the Mondriaan Fonds Bewezen Talent, (NL) 2016/2020. Irijalba has recently exhibited at international museums and venues, including the Guangzhou Triennale 2017, CAB Art Center in Brussels, Muma Museum in Melbourne Australia, Centro Botin in Spain and Bodies of water, Shanghai Biennale 2021. His work is present in international collections like Sammlung Wemhoener Foundation. Berlin, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid or Taviloglu Art Collection, Istanbul.