Portal de Turismo de Castilla y León

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28 April to 29 May 2026

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On April 28 at 11:00 a.m., this exhibition by the artist Shirley Carrero will open in the multipurpose room of the Provincial Historical Archive of Avila, with free admission until full capacity is reached, and which can be visited from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Welcome to LIMINAL , an exhibition that invites us to pause in that uncertain moment between one point and another, between what has already been and what is yet to become. The word "liminal" comes from the Latin limen, meaning threshold, and refers to those transitional spaces where certainties dissolve and transformation begins to take shape. In this intermediate territory, neither completely defined nor entirely unknown, the possibility arises of observing change from a new perspective.

The 19 works that make up this exhibition explore precisely this state of transition. Through diverse visual languages, materials, and sensibilities, the participating artists investigate the transformative moments experienced by both the individual and their surrounding environment. In each piece, we find questions about identity, memory, time, and perception, revealing how art can become a bridge between seemingly opposing experiences: the intimate and the collective, the tangible and the imagined, presence and absence.

LIMINAL invites the viewer on a journey where each artwork acts as a gateway to an intermediate space. It is not merely about contemplating images or forms, but about inhabiting those intervals of ambiguity that often go unnoticed in everyday life. In these margins, where the familiar begins to transform into something new, a fertile ground opens up for reflection, sensitivity, and discovery.

Throughout the exhibition, visitors will encounter diverse interpretations of this threshold: landscapes that seem to suspend time, figures in the process of transformation, structures that suggest movement or displacement, and atmospheres that evoke the sensation of being between two worlds. Each work captures a moment of transition, reminding us that reality is not a fixed state, but a constant flow of change.

In this way, LIMINAL presents not only a collection of works, but also a transit experience. It invites us to cross symbolic borders, to question our perceptions, and to recognize that many of the most significant transformations occur precisely in those in-between spaces where everything is still to be defined.

As you walk through this exhibition, you too become part of the threshold: an observer who, at the same time, undergoes their own process of interpretation and change. Because in art, as in life, liminal moments are those where the unknown makes its way in and where new possibilities begin to emerge.

Shirley Edith Carrero Avendaño is a Spanish visual artist and photographer, born in Venezuela. Her artistic career is characterized by a constant visual exploration between abstract painting and contemporary photography.

She studied Visual Arts at the University of Los Andes in Venezuela, where she developed the conceptual and technical foundations of her artistic training. Later, she moved to Spain, where she furthered her studies and graduated as a photographer from the Avila School of Art, thus solidifying her interest in the image as a means of expression.

His paintings are primarily abstract, exploring color, texture, and gesture as tools to convey emotions, sensations, and inner states. Through abstract painting, Carrero Avendaño seeks to create visual spaces open to the viewer's interpretation.

She currently develops her artistic practice in Spain, where she continues to investigate new forms of expression within contemporary art.