Pilar Albarracín (Seville, 1968) was one of the key artists in the renewal of artistic languages in Spain during the 1990s. In a scene until then dominated by painting and sculpture, her work was pioneering in the use of photography, performance and installation as means of artistic expression, and has contributed to formulating some of the fundamental questions for understanding the evolution of artistic practices in recent decades.
Mandala (Arc en ciel) (2012) is part of a larger series comprising five other pieces that currently belong to the collections of the CAAC in Seville and the MUSAC in León. The work on display in the CGAC hall consists of a set of used panties of different colours and sizes arranged in concentric circles. In this context, women's undergarments acquire a new and deeply symbolic meaning, modelling a sacred universe where the individual and the collective combine harmoniously.