Guts Gallery is pleased to present a new group exhibition in late Spring 2022, the first group show in our new permanent HQ in London. ‘and this skin of mine, to live again a second time’ contemplates the multiple possibilities and avenues of ‘rebirth’ in our current day and age. Within our unique perspectives as artists navigating through life.

The project A black zen garden has been conceived as an ephemeral installation that aims to "pay homage to the inhabitants of the Island of La Palma" and is presented on the Flor terrace next to the Villanueva Palace, occupying an area of ​​250 m2 of the RJB and can be visited from June 12 to December 7, 2022. The exhibition The laughter of flowers is located in the bonsai greenhouse and in the Patio del Tilo, and will be in force from June 12 to September 25, 2022.

Four years in the making, this catalogue contains essays by Clara Kim, the Daskalopoulos Senior Curator, International Art, at Tate Modern, London; H.G. Masters, deputy editor and deputy publisher of Art Asia Pacific magazine, Singapore; and a conversation between artist and Pacita’s nephew Pio Abad; Joselina Cruz, director and curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila; and Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, curator at the National Art Gallery of Singapore.