Crítica de exposiciones. Exposiciones celebradas en Badajoz y Cáceres [Museo de Bellas Artes de Badajoz; Recorridos, esculturas e instalaciones; Carmen Algara; Manuel Sierra; Julián Gómez; Natalia Cacchiarelli]

The text offers a critical review of several exhibitions held in Badajoz and Cáceres, providing a comprehensive overview of contemporary artistic activity in Extremadura during 2003–2004. At the Museum of Fine Arts in Badajoz, the exhibition of recent acquisitions, donations, and deposits highlighted works by Javier Fernández de Molina, Antonio Saura, Adelardo Covarsí, and José Bermudo, reflecting the museum’s commitment to building a coherent and historically grounded collection. The exhibition Recorridos, focused on sculpture and installation, brought together six generationally related artists and emphasized formal heterogeneity, conceptual diversity, and the central role of the viewer in the aesthetic experience. In Cáceres, the “El Brocense” gallery presented the clay-based sculptural work of Carmen Algara, exploring themes of fragility and nature, alongside a retrospective of Manuel Sierra, whose paintings fuse Fauvist color with Constructivist structure in a reflection on the relationship between self and other. The exhibition spaces of Caja de Extremadura hosted the geometric abstractions of Julián Gómez and Natalia Cacchiarelli, linked to minimalism and to Latin American abstract traditions. Together, these exhibitions demonstrate the vibrancy and plurality of contemporary art in Extremadura.