The fifth edition of Art Gallery Fair, arteBA ’96, had the objectives of helping artists in order that they may be able to make a living from their work, allowing galleries to exhibit their best new works and facilitating access to possession of art works for the largest possible number of persons through the acquisition of these works.
In this new edition of the Fair, a special section was dedicated to graphic design, original work in series on paper, which is a way of admiring the work method as well as making access to quality original works possible for those who may have more restricted budgets.
This year, the invited artist was not a person but a collective: the painters of La Boca, a group which through its simplicity and modesty has left an indelible mark on Argentinean art.
During 1995, the ArteBA Foundation has launched new projects: the first is Live With Art, or House-Art, which aims at putting Argentinean decorators into contact with galleries, so that in our homes there would be an ever-increasing number of original artworks. The second is Build With Art, or Art-Chitecture, which advocates that architects increasingly include large-scale art works in their projects, a practice commonly seen in other countries.
