The work History Loves Paradoxes (2023) by Alán Carrasco is part of Technologies of Peace: Art and Transition in Contemporary Europe (1989–2026), a group exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin, bringing together more than forty artists to explore the relationships between art, memory, conflict and the building of peace. The exhibition, which opened on 11 September 2026, will remain on view until 9 May 2027.
Curated by Mary Cremin and Johanne Mullan, the exhibition approaches peace not as a definitive state, but as an active process of negotiation, transformation and collective construction. Through five thematic sections, the project examines the role of artistic practices in processes of political transition, reconciliation and the recovery of historical memory across different European contexts. The exhibition brings together works by international artists who address Europe's transformations from 1989 to the present day, drawing on different historical, political and cultural contexts. Through a range of artistic practices, Technologies of Peace examines how processes of transition, conflicts, collective memory and forms of representation shape the construction of peace. The exhibition thus proposes a reflection on peace not as a stable or definitive condition, but as a complex process requiring negotiation, participation and social transformation.
Alán Carrasco's participation has been highlighted in two reviews recently published in international media. In Ocula, Philippa Kelly discusses History Loves Paradoxes (2023) in her article «This Dublin Exhibition Argues Peace Is Possible—If We’re Willing to Affect Change», published on 15 September 2026. The author highlights how the work revisits the traditional format of the printed press through a series of twenty newspaper front pages from which all text has been removed, except for the mastheads, which are used to reproduce different versions of the word ‘truth’. Meanwhile, Gemma Tipton also focuses on the work in The Irish Times, in her article «Technologies of Peace: Give Imma's sprawling exhibition the time and attention it deserves», published on 7 October 2026. The critic notes how the piece reflects on our relationship with truth, the credibility of the media and the mechanisms through which news narratives are constructed. Through mastheads such as La Vérité, La Verità, Pravda and De Waarheid, Carrasco challenges the notion of a single truth and addresses the risks of media bias and absolutist discourse. Both reviews place the work within the context of an exhibition that invites audiences to reconsider the role of culture and artistic practices in building fairer and more peaceful societies, highlighting the importance of memory, communication and critical thinking.
Press coverage
Philippa Kelly, Ocula: «This Dublin Exhibition Argues Peace Is Possible—If We’re Willing to Affect Change».
Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times: «Technologies of Peace: Give Imma’s sprawling exhibition the time and attention it deserves».
