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9/7/2014

Est Art Fair

Estoril Congress Center, Cascais

Est Art Fair announces the participating galleries and the cura- torial program for its first edition.

35 international galleries from 9 countries will be present at the fair, which will feature a strong curatorial program.

The first edition of Est Art Fair – International Contemporary Art Fair will take place in Estoril, Portugal, from the July 10 to July 13, 2014.

Announced in May 2013, the Est Art project, was created with the purpose of launching an international contemporary art show in Portugal—happening every year at the end of the Art Fairs’ season.

Est Art Fair 2014 venue of choice is the Estoril Congress Center. On the July 10 will be the Preview (by invitation only) the two following days, Friday 11, and Saturday 12, Est Art Fair will be open between 3:30 and 9 pm. On Sunday the closing time will be at 8 pm.

For its first edition, our Fair will count with the participation of over 35 Galleries coming from up to 9 different countries (Bra- zil, Colombia, France, Germany, México, Portugal, Spain, the UK, and the US). These galleries will be present as exhibitors, or pre- senting Solo Projects. Additionally, the Fair will have an extensive Curatorial Program, which includes the exhibition “Drawing the World”, presenting 9 artworks by essential artists, coming from 9 countries, in an international and comprehensive perspective.

Focusing on “Drawing”, in its widest sense, as the primary theme of Est Art Fair 2014, we will emphasize it as a practice crossing over multiple art mediums, and constituting some of the most flexible artistic practices. The theme will also be developed by our curatorial projects and proposed to all Galleries participat- ing in this year’s edition.

Drawing will have a strong presence at Est Art Fair first edition, and will be showcased in the multiple and diverse formats in which it is present in current artistic practices. As a practice, Drawing is common to both the conceptual domain and more day-to-day, long-established practices, proving to be a trans- cultural field. Finally, in times as complex as our own, drawing is used almost as a form of resistance by the artists, being simul- taneously close to modes of thinking and easily spread.

Est Art Fair 2014 will also give particular emphasis to its large Curatorial and Conference Program, which will constitute a dif- ferent approach on how to build an art fair/show with an at- tractive profile and content.

1. EST ART FAIR 2014, Sections

∙ Exhibitors (Internacional Galleries)

∙ Exhibition “Drawing the World” (curatorial)

∙ “Solo Projects” (curatorial)

∙ Artists’ books , “Library of Celsus”

∙ Art Talks:
. Drawing
. Collecting Drawing
. Curating Drawing
. Artists Books

CURATORIAL PROGRAM

This emphasis on Drawing, in its widest sense, is the organising concept of Est Art Fair curatorial area, and also a challenge pre- sented to all participating galleries. “Drawing”, in its widest sense, is a practice that crosses over multiple art mediums, and constitutes some of the most flexible artistic practices. As such, it will be showcased in the multiple and diverse formats in which it is present in current artistic practices. As a practice, Drawing is common to both the conceptual field and more day-to-day, long-established practices, proving to be a transcultural field. Finally, in times as complex as our own, draw- ing is used almost as a form of resistance by the artists, being simultaneously close to modes of thinking and easily spread. These are the reasons why Est Art Fair decided this discipline as the underlying theme proposed to the galleries, and to be devel- oped within the context of the curatorial projects.

ÁREAS CURATORIAIS

Drawing the World
The exhibition “Drawing the World” (Desenhar o Mundo) show- cases pieces that explore several uses of drawing—used as index or archive, as a device to establish boundaries, interpersonal ex- periences, to transform space, used as a political or poetic action, or even as sound. The various artists and artworks presented are proof of this multiplicity of uses, procedures and aesthetical choices, and will offer the viewer the possibility to directly expe- rience the work of essential artists such as Gordon Matta-Clark, Dennis Oppenheim, Helena Almeida, or Álvaro Lapa.

The exhibition Drawing the World (Desenhar o Mundo) will showcase works by the following artists:

Jorge Macchi (1963, Buenos Aires)
Álvaro Lapa (1939, Évora – 2006, Porto)
Dennis Oppenheim (1938, Electric City, Washington – 2011, Nova Iorque)
Anna Maria Maiolino (1942, Scalea, Itália)
Nicolás Paris (1977, Bogotá)
Nicolás Robbio (1975, Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Kader Attia (1970, Paris)
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943, Nova Iorque – 1978, Nova Iorque)
Fernando Bryce (1965, Lima)
António Ole (1951, Luanda)
Silvia Bächli (1956, Suíça)
Oscar Muñoz (1971, Popayán, Colômbia)
Francis Allÿs (1959, Antuérpia)
Helena Almeida (1934, Lisboa)
Gabriela Albergaria (1965, Vale de Cambra)
Jorge Queiroz (1966, Lisboa)
Rosa Barba (1972, Agrigento)
Bruno Cidra (1983, Lisboa)

Solo Projects

The same concept of the Exhibition “Drawing the World” is ex- tended to “Solo Projects”, inviting art galleries to present a proj- ect by a specific artist. The space for each project has a rigorous correspondence to a significant historical moment—the Proun- eraum (Proun Space) installation by Lazar Lissitzky, as it was presented at the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung, in 1923—in which, within the limits of a small room (346x346x320cm) the artist conducted a major operation on the position of the viewer, their immersion in the projectual space, and the spatialization of Malevitch’s legacy.

The Solo Projects participating artists and galleries are:

Franziska Furten (Schleicher/ Lange - Berlin)
Leonor Antunes (Air de Paris - Paris)
Daniel Guzmán (Kurimanzutto – Ciudad de México)
Attila Csörgő (Galerija Gregor Podnar - Berlin)
Pedro Sousa Vieira (Galeria Belo-Galsterer - Lisbon)
Diango Hernández (Marlborough Contemporary - London)
Julia Spínola (Galeria Jaqueline Martins – São Paulo)
Brígida Baltar (Galeria Nara Roesler – São Paulo)
Johanna Calle (Galeria Casas Riegner – Bogotá)

The curatorial sections of the Est Art Fair 2014 will also have the ‘Art Talks’, dedicated to the themes:

. “Drawing”
. “Collecting Drawing”
. “Curating Drawing”
. “Artists’ Books”

ARTISTS’ BOOKS – “LIBRARY OF CELSUS”

Publishers/Bookselers:
Christophe Daviet-Thery | Paris
Ghost | Lisboa
Inc. | Porto
Kitschic Ediciones | Barcelona
Pierre Von Kleist | Lisboa
Stet | Lisboa
Tijuana | São Paulo

Image: Franziska Furter, "shape/ kona". 2014. Collage. Paper. 18,4 x 22 cm. © Courtesy the artist and SCHLEICHER/LANGE, Berlin.

Press Office:
Contact: Sandra Costa
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E. sandra.costa@est-art.com
T. +351 218 087 565

Preview: 10 July · 3.30pm — 9pm. Invitation Only

Estoril Congress Center
Avenida Amaral. - 2765-192 Estoril, Portugal
11 — 12 July 3.30pm — 9pm
13 July 3.30pm — 8pm
One Day Ticket 10€

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