A few weeks before the confinement due to the pandemic, the artist asked us to do a photo session with a naturalised roe deer in different rooms of the Museum. It was a project that had already taken the animal to other galleries and cultural spaces. The photographs produced were part of an itinerary that began with a roe deer looking at itself in front of a mirror. The evocative power of these images was undeniable and required a trip back to the Museum.

 

The artist starts from the gaze as an awareness of one’s own identity, to later transfer it to art and to the role of museums. Is the animal just another visitor? What relationships are established between the artist, the Museum and the public?

 

Setxu Xirau Roig uses naturalised animals that have died of natural causes in his works.