Lorenzo Belenguer (born 1970) is a Spanish

non-binary Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...

https://centmagazine.co.uk/decoding-tarot/ artist from

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

who is active in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

. Belenguer, who is resident in both

and

, managed an art gallery for 6 years before deciding to become a full-time artist himself.Artist who is keeping gallery free steps down
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. '' Harrow Observer''. 15 November 2012. Retrieved on June 21, 2016.Lorenzo Belenguer conquista Londres
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Las Provincias ''Las Provincias'' is a regional newspaper published in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 1866, it is one of the oldest publications in the country. History and profile ''Las Provincias'' was first published in Valencia in January 1866.Miguel Lorenci ...

''. July 1, 2014. Retrieved on July 22, 2016. His works are influenced by

Arte Povera Arte Povera (; literally "poor art") was an art movement that took place between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s in major cities throughout Italy and above all in Turin. Other cities where the movement was also important are ...

and

Minimalism In visual arts, music, and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in the post-war era in western art. The movement is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and modernism; it anticipated contemporary post-mi ...

. He created "Testimonies," a project for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He was the sole Spanish artist invited to the Red Gallery exhibit "Factual Nonsense" as a homage to

Joshua Compston Joshua Richard Compston (1 June 1970 – 5 March 1996) was a London curator whose company Factual Nonsense was closely associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists (YBAs). Early life and career beginnings Compston was born in Put ...

who was closely associated with the emergence of the

Young British Artists The Young British Artists, or YBAs—also referred to as Brit artists and Britart—is a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London in 1988. Many of the YBA artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Golds ...

(YBAs). His other exhibitions and performances occurred at the

Serpentine Gallery The Serpentine Galleries are two contemporary art galleries in Kensington Gardens, Westminster, Greater London. Recently rebranded to just Serpentine, the organisation is split across Serpentine South, previously known as the Serpentine Galler ...

Tate Liverpool Tate Liverpool is an art gallery in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and part of Tate, along with Tate St Ives, Cornwall, Tate Britain, London, and Tate Modern, London. The gallery was an initiative of the Merseyside Development Corporatio ...

, and

Tate Modern Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international Modern art, modern and contemporary art (created from or after 1900). It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Live ...

. In July 2014, Belenguer participated in the art exhibition "Marvellous Mix-ups X1 Big Deal" in LondonTres españoles se suman al “arte protesta” en una galería de Londres
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. '' El Ibérico''. 22 July 2014. Retrieved on March 3, 2016. In October 2014, Belenguer was invited to exhibit in "We Could not Agree" that took place in a car park in central London during the

Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair is an annual contemporary art, contemporary art festival, art fair first held in 2003 in London's Regent's Park. Developed by the founders of the contemporary art magazine ''Frieze (magazine), Frieze'', the fair has since expan ...

Week with a presence of 80 artists.New lease of life: How disused car parks are being transformed into cultural centres

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The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

''. 27 October 2014. Retrieved on June 21, 2016.El Caos Ordenado de Lorenzo Belenguer
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. ''Makma revista de artes visuales y cultura contemporanea''. October 2014. Retrieved on June 21, 2016. In early 2016, Belenguer set up a studio in Villar del Arzobispo,

, called "Estudio Mediterraneum" with the intention of organising an exchange of artists residencies between

and

.El artista Lorenzo Belenguer se aleja de Londres y crea un estudio en Villar del Arzobispo
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. ''Valencia Plaza''. 27 May 2016. Retrieved on June 21, 2016. In May 2016, Belenguer curated and exhibited in the show "NY/Rome Minimalism/Arte Povera" about Contemporary

that included

Gavin Turk Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British artist from Guildford in Surrey, and was considered to be one of the Young British Artists. Turk's oeuvre deals with issues of authenticity and identity, engaged with modernist and avant-garde debates surround ...

.Lorenzo Belenguer explora el minimalismo junto a 5 artistas, en Londres
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. ''XTRart España''. 6 May 2016. Retrieved on June 21, 2016. As of May 2016 he resides in London and Valencia. In May 2017, Belenguer set up a gallery project in

Notting Hill Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a wikt:cosmopolitan, cosmopolitan and multiculturalism, multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting ...

, in an undisclosed address. The Incognito Art Gallery, as it is named, imposed a £20 donation to gain entrance to cover the costs of hospitality and the private tour. The donation was fully deductible upon a purchase of an artwork. However, it proved to be controversial to some people.Artist-curator introduces controversial £20 donation for entry to west London gallery

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The Art Newspaper ''The Art Newspaper'' is a monthly print publication, with daily updates online, founded in 1990 and based in London and New York City. It covers news of the visual arts as they are affected by international politics and economics, developments i ...

''. 7 July 2017. Retrieved on July 7, 2017. In January 2023, Belenguer started the

Queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are non-heterosexual or non- cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against LGBTQ people in the late 19th century. From the late 1980s, queer activists began to ...

Tarot Tarot (, first known as ''trionfi (cards), trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a set of playing cards used in tarot games and in fortune-telling or divination. From at least the mid-15th century, the tarot was used to play t ...

. Belenguer’s reinterpretation of the Tarot cards moves away from the rigid binary system and continues non-binary and gender-fluid. Gender-neutral nouns such as Foolishness or wizardry are used to facilitate the liberation from gender roles and conformity. A variety of symbols from different traditions in this journey of self-discovery and self-love.

References

External links

Official Lorenzo Belenguer WebsiteOfficial Testimonies Website
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