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16/5/2012

arteBA 2012

La Rural, Buenos Aires

Over the last 21 years, arteBA has quickly evolved from being a fair for galleries to being one of the main fairs in the region, becoming an essential event for artists, dealers, collectors, critics, curators, museum directors and international cultural figures. With the aim of furthering the growth of its contents, ensuring the quality of work exhibited, and keeping up international standards, the exhibition infrastructure of the participating galleries this year will be higher than ever, thanks to the generous support of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. Spread throughout the Green and Blue Pavilions of La Rural, the galleries will continue to be the fair’s great protagonists. They will be distributed across the main exhibiting area, in the U-TURN Project Rooms by Mercedes-Benz, in the new area of the Arcos Dorados Solo Show and in Barrio Joven Chandon, the section in the fair devoted to emerging artists.

The 21st EDITION of arteBA will present the ninth edition of the arteBA-Petrobras Visual Arts Prize: UNÁNIME (Unanimous). Under the direction of Victoria Noorthoorn (a freelance curator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina), the prize has brought together Argentine artists from all disciplines to explore the possibilities of collaboration and experimentation, generating brand-new projects from the dialogue among three or more artists whose collaboration was likewise taking place for the first time. And, in the same spirit, the Prize gathered together a Selection Committee of intellectual creators each of whom is at the top of his or her field, and challenged them to reach agreement in their decisions. The call was to choose three projects in full unanimity. Out of the total of 150 proposals received, only three received a grant of $20,000 (Argentine pesos) to produce their work and later exhibit it at arteBA. Once these works are shown at the Fair, another Jury wil award the (non-acquisition) Prize of $50,000 (Argentine pesos), that will be announced at the auditorium 18th MAY, 1.30PM. The Selection Committee was made up of the visual artists Fernanda Laguna and Patricio Larrambebere, the writer and critic María Gainza, the writer and scholar Ana Longoni, the freelance curator Javier Villa, writer Rubén Mira, and the theater directors and playwrights Emilio García Wehbi, Mariana Obersztern, and Rafael Spregelburd.

The three projects chosen by the Committee are:
POP UP CARTOON presented by Emiliana Arias, Cecilia Lenardón, Silvia Lenardón, Guillermo Martínez, Renata Minoldo, Sebastián Rosés and Luciano Schillagi.
SPLATTER MORFOGENÉTICO / ARLT MASCHINE presented by Silvina Aguirre, Laura Bilbao, Roberto Conlazo and Lux Lindner.
LA MULTISECTORIAL INVISIBLE presented by Gustavo Doliner, Ana Gallardo, Lola Granillo, Guillermina Mongan, Mariela Scafati and Elisa Strada.

arteBA is an exhibition platform for the artistic manifestations that reflect the current spirit. To ensure the quality of what is shown and keep the fair aligned with international standards, for each new edition a Selection Committee chooses a certain number of galleries for the main area of the fair, galleries suited to the Fair’s approaches and aims. For arteBA 2012, the Gallery Selection Committee has been presided over by Laura Batkis (art critic, professor, and freelance curator, Buenos Aires, Argentina) and made up of Sonia Becce (freelance curator, Bs. As., Argentina), Luisa Duarte (art critic and freelance curator, Sao Paolo, Brazil) and Estela Totah (director of the Del Infinito gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina), representing Argentine galleries.

After its first successful edition, U-TURN Project Rooms by MERCEDES-BENZ, will be a presence a second time, expanding its goal of bringing the best in international art before the Latin American public. Abaseh Mirvali (based in the USA), is once again in charge of the selection of galleries, artists, and the individual pieces to exhibit, pieces she has specially chosen to create a solid, unified project. The second edition of U-TURN will bring together the work of 24 artists from fourteen countries, represented by twelve galleries from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Denmark, Switzerland, Colombia, and Germany.

Year after year, Barrio Joven Chandon has been spurring on the production of young artists, supporting efforts that are new, different or alternative to the traditional patterns of exhibiting and selling works of contemporary art. In this way, it encourages the growth and professionalization of the spaces/galleries in the cultural scene. For arteBA 2012 it has brought together young Argentine and foreign galleries/spaces that represent mainly Latin American artists to present at Barrio Joven Chandon. The Selection Committee for Barrio Joven Chandon 2012 comprised Akio Aoki (director of the gallery Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil); Diego Bianchi (artist, Bs. As., Argentina) and Eva Grinstein (freelance curator, Bs. As, Argentina), which chose seventeen galleries/spaces to exhibit the works of Latin American artists. The spaces chosen for Barrio Joven Chandon are from the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, Salta and Santa Fe and form other countries such as Brasil, Chile and United States. As it has for the past eleven years, Chandon will, behind closed doors, buy the first work, for MAISON MOET HENNESSY ARGENTINA, and will give the official welcome to Barrio Joven Chandon, which this year will be highlighting an outstanding project by Pablo Reinoso, an Argentine artist residing in France.

For the third consecutive year, Arcos Dorados joins arteBA in supporting Latin American artistic production. The company is committed to offering a platform for exhibition of the region’s contemporary art production. arteBA is increasing its outreach with the inauguration of the Solo Show section at the Arcos Dorados Latin American Painting Contest with the participation of those galleries representing each artist. Pablo León de la Barra (Mexican freelance curator, critic, researcher and editor) was responsible for selecting five young artists from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela for this new format. The young talents will compete with one work of art each, for the Prize of US$ 15,000. They will also participate with their respective galleries in the new Latin American Painting Solo Show section, when the galleries will be able to display their most current production. The public may also vote for their favorite work of art, among the five competing paintings, until May 21st, either online at http://www.arteba.org/concursoarcosdorados, or at the Arcos Dorados booth at arteBA 2012. The winner will be defined by the votes of a jury, composed of an art collector, an art critic, a gallery owner, an Arcos Dorados representative and the public. The announcement of the winner will be on May 21st, at 4PM, and the winning painting will become part of the Arcos Dorados collection.

The artists and galleries invited to this third edition of the contest are:
CHRISTIAN VINCK (VENEZUELA) – Oficina #1/Carmenaraujo Arte (Venezuela)
IOSU ARAMBURU (PERU) – 80 m2 Arte & Debates (Peru)
LUCAS ARRUDA (BRAZIL) – Mendes Wood (Brazil)
MANUELA VIERA-GALLO (CHILE) – Isabel Aninat (Chile)
PIA CAMIL (MEXICO) – La Central (Colombia)

The Culture Ministry of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires will once more sponsor the OPEN FORUM 2012, which be held with open, free admission in the fair’s auditorium. The programming will include Prime Time, which will be exclusively dedicated to leading collectors on the international scene and important players in the contemporary market: Art Conversation, a new series of intimate conversations between important Latin American artists and Argentine art critic Alicia de Arteaga, as well as Special Presentations. Prime Time has already received confirmation of the participation of Laura Batkis (Argentina), Moisés Cosio (Mexico), Pablo León de la Barra (Mexican, living in London), Maja Hoffman (Switzerland), Inés Katzenstein (Argentina), Jay Khalifeh (Brazil), Abaseh Mirvali (USA, Americas, Berlin), Sandra Mulliez (France), Guillermo Navone (Argentina), Victoria Noorthoorn (Argentina), Patricia Vergez (Argentina), Catherine Petitgas (french, residing in London) and Patrizia Sandretto (Italy).

The verification committee of arteBA 2012 will be made up of specialists in art authentication for the art works of Banco Ciudad, the stand of which will exhibit 24 works by the Argentine photogapher Marcos López. Important news for the cultural heritage of Argentina is Banco Ciudad’s announcement of its acquisition of an exceptional set of 56 works, paintings and sculptures, by renowned artists – a large majority of them Argentine – which over two decades ago were part of a foreign private collection. Among these works making their way home are Petorutti’s first cubist work, pieces by Berni, Xul Solar, Victorica, Lacámera, Quinquela, Spilimbergo, and Torres García, among others. The return to their country of origin of these works reaffirms Banco Ciudad’s commitment to art, to the preservation, defence, and recovery of our cultural sovereignty.

For the fifth year in a row, Patio Bullrich will also be a part of arteBA. Its artistic and cultural stimulus plan consists of developing an Argentine artist’s special project. After its series of three editions of well established artists working within the conceptual framework of Pop art, Patio Bullrich, for its 2012 edition, has changed its stakes and invited the artist Nushi Muntaabski to execute the work “Sueños de Vidrio” (Dreams in Glass).

The National Cultural Secretariat maintains a firm federal-level commitment to Argentine art, which is renews through multiple activities, among them, participation in special events such as arteBA. At this edition of the Fair, it will participate by showing works from the Collection of the National Historical Museum, pieces of great symbolic and iconographic value to our nation.

For the third year in a row, Citi will be a presence at arteBA, and in its role as Silver Sponsor will host the Private Viewing, offering its guests the opportunity to visit arteBA and acquire works before the Fair has opened officially. Within this framework, it will conduct special VIP part of its collection. The chosen work will be on display during the fair within the company’s space. On the other hand, to fulfill its aim of bringing art closer to its clients, Citi will be the official card of this 21st edition of the fair, and offer benefits such as two-for-one admission tickets and a 20 percent discount on the catalog.

As part of its “Open Air Arnet Prize”, the Arnet stand will present the visiting public with three playful workshops and the three winners from the past editions of the Prize: Marcela Cabutti, Juan Carlos Ochoa, and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, with the aim of imagining a sculpture for the fourth edition of the Arnet Prize in Rosario. Likewise, by way of a tactile screen, each user will be able to create different forms, textures and colors to give his or her virtual project materiality and great veracity. The sketch for each project, as well as the earlier plan, will be permanently recorded and projected at the Arnet Space.

La Rural renews its commitment to acquiring works of art, giving continuity to its program Impulsarte, the company’s Contemporary Art Stimulus Program. Through a committee especially designated for this purpose, La Rural will choose from among works shown at arteBA 2012, which will go on to form part of the company’s art collection.

On the premise “because we also listen to art,” LAN, arteBA’s official airline, will be present at the fair for the sixth year in a row, offering its free audio-guide service for visitors who wish to take a different route through the fair. For this new edition Florencia Braga Menéndez was asked by the airline to devise the cultural tour that has already became a classic part of the fair. As an innovation this year, LAN will be presenting in its space at the fair a series of headphones intervened in by the well-known artists Marcela Mouján, Edgardo Giménez and Rafael González Moreno. These headphones will be exhibited alongside works chosen by each of these artists that inspired their interventions. Marcela Mouján will present an extension of a work from her collection “Pampaparaiso”; Edgardo Giménez will show his intervened-in headphone inspired by his work “Gato Secretaire,” and Rafael González Moreno will show his extension from his work “Los girasoles de Monet” (Monet’s Sunflowers), which will be worked on with recycled materials, in this way aligning itself with the commitment LAN itself maintains to the environment and sustainable tourism.

At arteBA 2012, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 will once again continue to pay homage to Argentina’s great and internationally known artists. On this occasion, the AA2000 ArtSpace stand will present an exhibition of the prestigious sculptor Julio Le Parc. On view there will be two of his most important works, archive material, photos, videos, books, and hitherto unpublished interviews. In this way, in keeping with its policy of Entrepreneurial Social Responsibility, AA2000 continues to promote and stimulate national art and culture, bringing the works of well established artists before the public.

For arteBA 2012, Nespresso is joining the fair as a new Silver Sponsor. Its space at the fair will be intervened in by the artist Verónica Di Toro, and within this artistic setting, the company will offer its "Art Café," a series of interviews with well known and long established artists.

During the Fair the fifth edition of the In Premio En Obra, created by Juan Cambiaso and dedicated to younger artists. It is a significant initiative for distinguishing emerging art production within the ‘young/youth neighborhood’ Barrio Joven Chandon. The prize consists in awarding participating artists and/or gallery projects a cash award contributed by independent and disinterested donors. As an innovation this year, the “En Obra” (In Progress) Prize will present additional awards: one of the winning artists will have a solo show at the Recoleta Cultural Center and the winning gallery project will be able to join in on sessions evaluating projects and commercial initiatives. EN OBRA is an initiative fostering the habit of disinterestly supporting the visual arts, and rewarding young artists in Barrio Joven for their creative talent.

One of the most important activities in the fair are the Museum and Corporation Acquisition Programs, which raise high expectations among the viewing public, the participants in the fair, local and international collectors, and the media that cover the contents of arteBA.

This new edition of the Fair will once again enjoy the continued presence of the arteBA-Zurich Matching Funds Program, which in this, its eighth edition, will allow the Museum of Fine Arts of Salta, Malba–Constantini Foundation in the city of Buenos Aires, and the Castagnino+macro Museum of Rosario to add to their collections. To each of these three important museums, Zurich will reserve the sum of Arg$30,000 (Argentine pesos) and, in turn, each museum must match or exceed this sum with funds of its own.

Press contact:
Soledad Álvarez Campos Paraná 1160 3oA / (C1018AAD) / Buenos Aires, Argentina tel. (+5411) 4816-8704 ext. 107 / Fax (+5411) 4816-8709 / prensa@arteBA.org

OFFICIAL INAUGURATION May 17, 7 PM (by invitation only)

La Rural
Pabellones Azul y Verde (Blue and Green Pavilions)
Avenida Sarmiento 2704, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hours
1:00 TO 9:00 PM
Admission
$50 General admission
$25 Senior citizens and Students
2x1 benefit for Citi and the Club La Nación
$80 Payment for 2 days
$100 Unlimited pass
$170 Unlimited pass + Catalog
$0 Children under 12 years old
$100 Catalog

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