Photo © Thomas Canet

Photo © Thomas Canet

Still from "El Desencanto" film by Jaime Chavarri, 1976.

Still from "El Desencanto" film by Jaime Chavarri, 1976.

Panero at Madrid Book Fair (2011). Photo © B. Ferrero

Panero at Madrid Book Fair (2011). Photo © B. Ferrero

Panero at Madrid'A Book Fair (2011). © B. Ferrero

Panero at Madrid'A Book Fair (2011). © B. Ferrero

Panero at Madrid'A Book Fair (2011). © B. Ferrero

Panero at Madrid'A Book Fair (2011). © B. Ferrero

Panero at Madrid'A Book Fair (2011). © B. Ferrero

Panero at Madrid'A Book Fair (2011). © B. Ferrero

Still from "Merienda de negros", 2002, by Elba Martinez.

Still from "Merienda de negros", 2002, by Elba Martinez.

View of Elba Martínez's video "Merienda de negros".

View of Elba Martínez's video "Merienda de negros".

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

"About Things one sees in Heaven", 1968.

"About Things one sees in Heaven", 1968.

"I'm thirsty". Original document

"I'm thirsty". Original document

"Poem to Yolanda", 1980. Original document.

"Poem to Yolanda", 1980. Original document.

"Arthur Machen. That which is not of this world".

"Arthur Machen. That which is not of this world".

"Autointerview", 16 questions. Original document.

"Autointerview", 16 questions. Original document.

"No, we are neither Romeo nor Juliet", 1968.

"No, we are neither Romeo nor Juliet", 1968.

"Nor are we in Medieval Italy". Original document.

"Nor are we in Medieval Italy". Original document.

"To Calvert Casey". Original document.

"To Calvert Casey". Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

"As in a Poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson".

"As in a Poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson".

"The Pink Pierced Shirt". Original document.

"The Pink Pierced Shirt". Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

"C.S.P. (singer), L.P.B. (promoscovit communist agitator)".

"C.S.P. (singer), L.P.B. (promoscovit communist agitator)".

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

"Eugenio d'Ors always weighs a little..."

"Eugenio d'Ors always weighs a little..."

Original document.

Original document.

"In the manner of Giorgio Bassant"

"In the manner of Giorgio Bassant"

Original document.

Original document.

"Margarita Gautier against the three musketeers".

"Margarita Gautier against the three musketeers".

"The opposite sidewalk". Original document.

"The opposite sidewalk". Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

"What should be said in these cases?".

"What should be said in these cases?".

"Golden Boy's victory in the third."

"Golden Boy's victory in the third."

"General Custer is feeling bad call "

"General Custer is feeling bad call "

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

"That nigger, that dirty nigger."

"That nigger, that dirty nigger."

Original document.

Original document.

"To Jaime Gil de Biedma, co-author of this poem."

"To Jaime Gil de Biedma, co-author of this poem."

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

"Dance license." Original document.

"Dance license." Original document.

"Tribute to Arthur Adamov." Original document.

"Tribute to Arthur Adamov." Original document.

"Bon Voyage". Original document.

"Bon Voyage". Original document.

"Golden Lotus." Original document.

"Golden Lotus." Original document.

"Cayó Miron". Original document.

"Cayó Miron". Original document.

"Popin". Original document.

"Popin". Original document.

"At some point." Original document.

"At some point." Original document.

Handwritten text. Original document.

Handwritten text. Original document.

"Álvaro Delgado, that son of a bitch." Original document.

"Álvaro Delgado, that son of a bitch." Original document.

Handwritten text. Original document.

Handwritten text. Original document.

"The Songs." Original document.

"The Songs." Original document.

"III". Original document.

"III". Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

"The mischief of Deborah Kerr." Original document.

"The mischief of Deborah Kerr." Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

Original document.

"Jesus the Pifco limps a little on certain occasions."

"Jesus the Pifco limps a little on certain occasions."

"Usefulness of the work projected here." Original document.

"Usefulness of the work projected here." Original document.

"Remove that radio, please." Original document.

"Remove that radio, please." Original document.

"You couldn't be there. It was all full of police, "

"You couldn't be there. It was all full of police, "

"What the hell is Thomas de Quincey..."

"What the hell is Thomas de Quincey..."

"Suddenly an article was made."

"Suddenly an article was made."

Original document.

Original document.

"Whose turn it is to pick up the dominoes today."

"Whose turn it is to pick up the dominoes today."

Original document.

Original document.

Part of the archive.

Part of the archive.

Part of the archive.

Part of the archive.

OVER THE RUINS OF MADNESS. Leopoldo María Panero’s Archive

Leopoldo María Panero

from December 17, 2019 to January 11, 2020

Leopoldo María Panero (Madrid, 1948 -  Las Palmas, 2014), author of one of the most original and transgressive works of Spanish literature, left in the Panero family home in Madrid on Ibiza Street, 35, 12 folders full of stains and blotches, containing various documents. This archive, validated by Túa Blesa, professor at the University of Zaragoza and the greatest expert in the poet's work, includes a book of prose poems entitled No, we are neither Romeo nor Juliet, dating from 1968, part of the "Novísima" poetry; two horror stories translated / perverted by Arthur Machen; 12 single poems, including one dedicated to the case of "Yolanda" (1980) and another to the juvenile delinquent El Jaro; also, 8 essays on drugs, literature and psychoanalysis. In addition to these documents, there are some pages containing only one sentence, in the form of visual poetry, as well as some handwritten letters. 

Over the Ruins of Madness is an exhibition in which we present this archive and the video work Merienda de negros by the Navarrase artist Elba Martínez (Spain, 1974), who creates this piece on two trips in 2002 and 2003 to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, to the psychiatric hospital where Leopoldo was at that time.


Press Release

CV Elba Martínez

Exhibition overview

ABC Cultural. Francisco Carpio