MIAMO ART MUSEUM November 2, 2007 – January 13, 2008 New Work Gallery Enrique Martínez Celaya works in a variety of media, including painting, photography, sculpture and installation. He is perhaps best known for his large-scale paintings made from tar and other materials. Influenced by the writings of poets and philosophers, these rich and [...]
PINTA New York Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary Thursday, November 10th 6:00pm – 9:00pm: VIP Opening. By invitation only. Friday, November 11th 2:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday, November 12th 12:00pm – 8:00pm Sunday, November 13th 12:00pm – 7:00pm Press: Carolina Ledezma, carolina@pintaart.com www.pintaart.com This year PINTA, the Latin American fair of modern and contemporary [...]
By Valentina Tintori Oct 30,2011 Carlos Garaicoa, Cuba Once again ArtBo stood out as one of the best art fairs in Latin America. 57 international galleries participated in the fair, with 33 representing ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. Leon Tovar Gallery from New [...]
MEXICO UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Over two decades, marked by their relocation from Argentina to Mexico in 1990, Enrique Jezik (Cordoba, Argentina, 1961) has deployed a complex work ofexploring the power structures and devices, surveillance, repression, control and violence, from within polymorphic practice of contemporary sculpture. For EnriqueJezik, the sculpture is a way of thinking to power and violence as a stubbornaction on the matter of bodies. His performances, videos and specific interventions that involve tactics that range from the [...]
Global art stars are in the birthday show for the SP Bienal SILAS MARTÍ FROM SÃO PAULO 27/09/2011 For: Folha.com A cow and a calf cut in half float in a tank full of formaldehyde. This spectacle of attraction and repulsion occupies a central space in the pavilioin of the Bienal of São Paulo, at [...]
MARCO MAGGI | Radical Optimism NC-arte Carrera 5 no. 26b-77 La Macarena, Bogotá, COLOMBIA October 22 – December 17, 2011 Sicardi Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of “Radical Optimism,” a project by gallery artist Marco Maggi, at NC-arte in Bogotá, Colombia. The show opens on Saturday October 22 at 11 a.m., and will remain [...]
Latin American women artists hit the big time By Latin American Art Journal Lygia Clark, Doris Salcedo, Tania Brueger, Beatriz Milhares, Priscilla Monge. The list could go on forever, but these are just a few of the women artists from the vast continent of Latin America who are now becoming household names on the international [...]
Lygia Clark (Belo Horizonte, October 23, 1920 – Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 1988) was a Brazilian artist best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-20th century and the Tropicalia movement. Even with the changes in how she approached her artwork, [...]
Leandro Erlich Two differenT Tomorrows September 10 – October 22, 2011 Sean Kelly Gallery is delighted to announce its forthcoming exhibi- tion, Two Different Tomorrows, a major new sculptural installation by Leandro Erlich. The opening will take place on friday, septem- ber 9th, from 6pm until 8pm. The artist will be present. The title [...]
Alfredo Jaar was born in Santiago, Chile in 1956. He attended Instituto Chileno-Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago (1979) and Universidad de Chile, Santiago (1981). In installations, photographs, film, and community-based projects, Jaar explores the public’s desensitization to images and the limitations of art to represent events such as genocides, epidemics, and famines. Jaar’s work bears witness [...]