‘Rastros del Agua’ by M. Lohrum transforms drawing into action, body and memory at Sala de Arte Los Lavaderos
The solo exhibition by M. Lohrum explores water, memory and Canarian female tradition through a performative and collaborative approach to drawing.
‘Rastros del Agua’ is a solo exhibition by M. Lohrum at the Sala de Arte Los Lavaderos, where drawing moves beyond its traditional role as a preparatory medium and becomes an autonomous field of action, body and time.
The project approaches drawing as a performative practice, where the trace is not only a graphic result but also a record of movement, collaboration and transformation. Through this expanded understanding of drawing, the artist explores relationships between bodies, natural phenomena and memory, giving water an active role as an agent of change and inscription.
One of the central figures of the exhibition is the washerwoman, a symbol deeply connected to Canarian female cultural identity. Through this figure, the exhibition opens a dialogue around female identity, territory and local tradition, recovering everyday gestures historically associated with women and reinterpreting them through a contemporary and poetic lens.
The exhibition does not treat tradition as nostalgia. Instead, it revisits practices linked to women’s work from a critical and poetic perspective, placing them in conversation with contemporary artistic language.
The Sala de Arte Los Lavaderos itself becomes an essential part of the exhibition. More than a container for the works, the space is activated as a place of historical resonance, linked to decades of women’s labour, care, oral transmission and collective memory. Its walls and atmosphere become part of the narrative, where gestures, recollections and traces of water seem to remain present.
In this way, ‘Rastros del Agua’ constructs a dialogue between gesture, memory and territory, suggesting that water does not simply pass through a place, but leaves behind marks, stories and forms of shared experience.
The exhibition runs from 24 March to 17 May 2026. It can be visited from Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00, as well as on Sundays and public holidays from 11:00 to 14:00. The venue is closed on Mondays.