Loop Fair 2011
dal 18/5/2011 al 20/5/2011
Segnalato da
18/5/2011
Loop Fair 2011
Hotel Catalonia, Barcelona
Loop Fair is an annual event for all those involved and interested in buying, learning, disseminating and enjoying the latest video art productions. Galleries from around the world gather in Barcelona to provide an overview of current video art trends, as well as the future possibilities that video and new technologies offer to the artist.
LOOP FAIR is the most important annual event for all those involved and interested in buying, learning, disseminating and enjoying the latest video art productions. LOOP Fair focuses on new releases and present mostly premières. Every year the best proposal is rewarded a prize by a selection committee.
Galleries from around the world gather in Barcelona to provide an overview of current video art trends, as well as the future possibilities that video and new technologies offer to the artist. LOOP FAIR takes place at the Hotel Catalonia Ramblas, in the centre of Barcelona, offering the galleries an exclusive and intimate space to present their artists’ work.
LOOP participation is by invitation only. Galleries are invited by a committee chaired by the French collector Jean-Conrad Lemaître (Paris) and formed by the collectors Isabelle Lemaître, Marc and Josée Gensollen (Marseille), and galerist Christopher Grimes (Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California). The advisory board includes the collector Manuel de Santaren (Boston) and German galerist Anita Beckers (Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt) as well.
LOOP FAIR 19-21 MAY 2011
The 9th LOOP Fair offers a perspective on the new video art tendencies scene by conducting a careful selection through an international specialist committee that selects local, national and international galleries to present their videos inside the rooms of Catalonia Ramblas Hotel. This year’s fair committee is presided by collector Jean-Conrad Lemaître (Paris) and formed by the collectors Josée and Marc Gensollen (Marseille) and the galerist Christopher Grimes (Santa Monica, California).
LOOP is a reference point for professionals in the art world with 42 galleries coming from 13 countries offering an ideal frame to showcase premieres. A total of 10 videos will be screened for the first time at either a national or international level. As the number of participating galleries has grown, LOOP Fair is now more than ever the essential event for all of those who are interested in watching, learning and buying the latest productions in video art. This edition’s prices go from 2.800 to 60.000 Euros.
The following galleries will be represented at the fair: Helga de Alvear (Madrid), Javier López-Mário Sequeira (Madrid) and Estrany-De la Mota (Barcelona) from the national/local scene; and Annet Fellink Gallery (Amsterdam), Conner Contemporary Art (Washington D.C.) and Lokal_30 (Warsaw) from the international scene.
On Thursday 19th LOOP Fair will be open exclusively for professionals and on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st it will be open for the general public.
PARTICIPATING GALLERIES AND ARTISTS
* Premieres
ADN GALERÍA / Barcelona / ADRIAN MELIS
ANALIX FOREVER / Geneva / ALI KAZMA*
ÀNGELS BARCELONA / Barcelona / MICHAEL SNOW*
ANITA BECKERS / Frankfurt / PHILIPPE GRAMMATICOPOULOS
ANNET GELINK GALLERY / Amsterdam / MEIRO KOIZUMI
ART CLAIMS IMPULSE / Berlin / NIA BURKS
BERNHARD BISCHOFF & PARTNER / VIDEOKUNST.CH / Bern / COM&COM
BRAVERMAN GALLERY / Tel Aviv / NOA GUR
CAMPAGNE PREMIÈRE / Berlin / URIEL ORLOW*
CERI HAND GALLERY / Liverpool / NICK CROWE & IAN RAWLINSON
CHRISTOPHER GRIMES GALLERY / Santa Monica, CAL / MARCO BRAMBILLA*
CIRCUS / Berlin / KATARINA ZDJELAR*
CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART / Washington D.C. / JANET BIGGS
DOMINIQUE FIAT / Paris / GLENDA LEÓN
ELAINE LÉVY PROJECT / Brussels / ELÉONORE SAINTAGNAN
ESTRANY-DE LA MOTA / Barcelona & HELGA DE ALVEAR / Madrid / ALICIA FRAMIS
FILOMENA SOARES / Lisbon / VASCO ARAÚJO
GALERIEOFMARSEILLE / Marseille / BOUCHRA KHALILI
GUY BÄRTSCHI / Geneva / ANTOINE ROEGIERS*
JAVIER LÓPEZ – MÁRIO SEQUEIRA / Madrid / JULIAN OPIE
JOUSSE ENTREPRISE / Paris / ARIANE MICHEL
LA FÁBRICA GALERíA / Madrid / JUAN LÓPEZ
LOEVENBRUCK / Paris / FABIEN GIRAUD & RAPHAËL SIBONI
LOKAL _30 / Warsaw / ANNA BAUMGART
LUCILE CORTY / Paris / EMILIE PITOISET
MARCELLE ALIX / Paris / MARIE VOIGNIER
MAX WIGRAM GALLERY / London / JULIAN ROSEFELDT
MEESSEN DE CLERCQ / Brussels / JORDI COLOMER
MOISÉS PÉREZ DE ALBÉNIZ / Pamplona / WILLIE DOHERTY
MOT INTERNATIONAL / London / LAURE PROUVOST
MOTIVE GALLERY / Amsterdam / AURÉLIEN FROMENT
N2 GALERÍA / Barcelona / ANDREA BÁTORFI
ODILE OUIZEMAN / Paris / MEHDI MEDDACI*
PIERRE-FRANÇOIS OUELLETTE / Montreal / KENT MONKMAN
REINHARD HAUFF / Stuttgart / PIA MARIA MARTIN*
SENDA / Barcelona / EVE SUSSMAN & SIMON LEE*
SPECTA / Copenhagen / JETTE HYE JIN MORTENSEN
THOMAS SOLOMON / Los Angeles / JOSH MANNIS*
TONI TÀPIES / Barcelona / JOÃO ONOFRE
XIPPAS / Paris / CAO GUIMARÃES
ZINK / Berlin / EUAN MACDONALD
Professional accreditation
contact info@loop-barcelona.com
Professional day (by invitation) Thursday May 19, from 11 am to 7.30 pm
Opening night (by invitation) Thursday May 19, from 7.30 pm to 9 pm
Hotel Catalonia Ramblas (map)
Calle Pelai 28 - Barcelona
Open to the public: Friday May 20, from 4 pm to 9 pm
Saturday May 21, from 4 pm to 9 pm
Ticket available at the entrance of the hotel
Full-fare ticket: 10 €
Students rate: 5 €