arteBA Contemporary Art Fair closed its 15th edition gates,
reaffirming its leadership as a neuralgic center for art in
Latin America. arteBA2006 received 150 special guests from abroad,
among them, International museums directors, important contemporary
art collectors, critics and representatives from the most influential
media of the visual arts circuit.
The art galleries, unquestionable protagonists of the Fair’s
success, took the challenge and presented in the Fair a proposal
of remarkable artistic quality that generated great interest
among the local buyers and those from abroad. The argentine
galleries as the once from abroad, with a very strong presence
from Brazil, exhibited their best works and evocative spaces.
The names of artists with a remarkable trajectory where heard
at the Fair, joined by the new protagonists presented in Barrio
Joven Coca – Cola Light and high risk proposals exhibited
in Caja Negra / Cubo Blanco, Video space sponsored by Converse,
a wide and attractive offer for well known public and private
collections and also for a growing collecting. Almost 100.000
people visited the Fair, who had the opportunity to approach
to an impeccable selection of argentine and Latin-American contemporary
art of well-earned international recognition.
Eight projects exhibited on the arteBA – Petrobras Visual
Arts Prize completed the landscape of the Fair, which in its
third edition secured itself as the most waited and controversial
price of the media. In this occasion the winners where Eugenia
Calvo who presented the Video-installation “Un plan ambicioso”,
awarded as a First Prize – acquisition of $30.000.- and
Gastón Pérsico with he’s project called
“Heavy Mental”, a match between philosophy and the
heaviest rock, which was awarded as the Second Prize of $10.000.-
For the first time, four great argentine contemporary alive
artists had a distinguished recognition. Luis Benedit, Marta
Minujín, Rogelio Polesello and Antonio Seguí exhibited
at the Fair their most paradigmatic work and toasted with the
public at a tribute that arteBA organized together with Banco
de Galicia.
Works from consecrated artists became part of the collections
of important museums through the programs created to stimulate
art acquisition:
The Matching Funds arteBA – Zurich program was a success
in its second edition. According to this program the Museo Municipal
de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino from Rosario acquired the
work “No Title” by Clorindo Testa, 1961, exhibited
at Ruth Benzacar gallery; the Malba – Colección
Constantini Museum chose for its collection the work “Osos
Patchwork” by Alfredo Prior, 1982/88 exhibited at Vasari
gallery; the Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Emillio A. Caraffa
from Córdoba takes to this province pieces by Sol Lewit
from the series “Cubes in Color on Color”, 2003,
exhibited at AYN Centro de Arte gallery from Spain; and a couple
of pieces belonging to the series De Niño, by the artist
Remo Bianchedi, 1995, exhibited at Espaciocentro gallery from
Córdoba. The MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
from Salta, acquired the work “5 de Abril” by the
artist Jorge Abot, 2006, from Palatina gallery, one work from
“De Niño” series by Bianchedi and “Diablo
Carnavalesco” by the artist Guillermo Rodriguez, presented
at the Fair by Isabel Anchorena gallery.
The participants of the International Acquisitions Program where
very satisfied. Gabriel Pérez Barreiro, curator of the
Jack S. Blanton museum from Austin chose for the museum’s
collection the works “Adhsivo 22 (pares de cuadrados)”
2001 by Jac Leirner exhibited at Baró Cruz gallery (Sao
Paulo, Brazil), “Estación Central de Roterdam”,
1996 by Sebastián Gordín and “Tres personajes”,
1941 by Juan Batlle Planas, both presented by Ruth Benzacar
gallery. Julián Zugazagoitía, director of the
Museo del Barrio from New York, walked the Fair with a group
of patrons. The works “Tríada”, 2006 by the
artist from Venezuela, Elías Crispín, a work that
is completed after 7 minutes are part of the museum collection
now. This work was exhibited at Cecilia de Torres gallery (USA);
“China metálica”, 2006, by the artist Fabiana
Imola, exhibited at Trastienda en Bruto space from Barrio Joven
and two works by Beto de Volder, no title, presented by Durban
Segnini gallery (Venezuela / USA).
For the first time the Programa Arte para la Nación,
which stimulates the popular participation on the acquisition
of works for the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the most important
museum in the country, was presented. With this object, the
Asociación Amigos del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
made a public convocation for subscription, this way it will
collect funds (up to U$S 20.000) for the acquisition of the
following works, that will be part of the Museum’s collection:
“Plus Helicoidal”, 1960, by Marta Boto, from the
gallery GC Estudio de Arte and a couple of shocking works by
the artist Nino Bruzzone, (a model piece and a photograph) part
of the series “Kiss Alive”, 2006, presented at Dabbah
Torrejón Gallery.
Chandon, in it’s sixth consecutive year, made the first
purchase of a work with the Fair’s gates closed to public.
Chose and acquired a work by Pablo Siquier from 1993. The work
“No title”, from the gallery GC Estudio de Arte
was donated to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes from Neuquen.
Not only is the art market matter of the Fair. The arteBA´s
Auditorium Program is an outstanding fact and not seen at non
academic ambits, outlined by it’s free access. This year
the cycle called Circuitos Latinoamericanos / Circuitos de los
Medios: Interacción, roles y perspectivas was made, where
the discussion was about the strategies that obstruct or facilitates
the circulation of the information, the acknowledgment of the
artistic circuits, the development of the art market and the
editorial policies related to these matters. With high picks
of intense discussion, five round tables took place integrated
by argentine and foreign specialists: Olivier Debroise, Andrea
Giunta, Cuauhtemoc Medina and Gabriel Pérez Barreiro;
Robin Cembalest (Artnews), Jason Kaufman (Artnewspaper), Brian
Muller (Contemporary) and Margaret Sundell (Artforum); Celia
Birbragher (Artnexus), Rosa Olivares (Exit), Diego Costa Peuser
(Arte al Día) and Rafael Cippolini (ramona); Francisco
Reyes Palma (Curare), Luis Alarcón (Revista de crítica
cultural), Gustavo Buntinx (Márgenes) and Eduardo Villar
(Revista Ñ); Angeles García Vargas (El País),
Marcos Augusto Gonçalves (Folha Sao Paulo), Alicia de
Arteaga (La Nación) and Ana María Battistozzi
(Clarín). The 6 pm Auditorium date became a “not
to miss” if the Fair, where also cultural icons participated
from the public.
While arteBA2006 closed its gates with everyone’s ovation,
new challenges where appearing for 2007 arteBA´s edition,
an incessant growing Fair. |
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