Friday, February 26, 2016

Culture Argentina, invited country of ARCOmadrid 2017 – Telam


Thus, the powerful local art scene visualizes at its best when landing from 22 to 26 February next year in Madrid fairgrounds, where Avelluto today officially announced the news that he was a secret from

days ago. “for our country, ARCO is an excellent platform to support our culture. An area of ​​high visibility for growth and recognition of many of our artists. the designation of Argentina as Guest of Honor opens doors to a new and unprecedented level of depth in his eyes and from Latin America and from and to Europe, “said the head of the Ministry of Culture.

This year Arco, the fair organized by IFEMA, celebrates 35 years and was in this context that Aveluuto made the announcement, accompanied by the secretary of Cultural Heritage, Américo Castilla, and Federal Integration and International Cooperation, Ivan Petrella.

the invitation is a recognition “and a challenge to open the doors to a new level in the eye” and it means to show “the vast universe of our artists and we will strongly and original”, anticipated Avelluto about sending that count with the collaboration of the Embassy Argentina in Spain.

in addition, the minister said that the landing of Argentina in ARCO guest country is “a bold gateway to a cosmopolitan audience, an excellent platform to support our culture” and acknowledged that the invitation represents the possibility to show “the vast universe of our artists and we will strongly and original”.

Thus, the 36th ARCOmadrid bring together a selection of galleries selected by Inés Katzenstein , independent curator and director of the art department at the University Torcuato Di Tella, which will bring to Madrid the national contemporary production.

according to the traditional format of the fair, the sector Focus Argentina will cover both the presence of galleries and various exhibitions in Madrid, which curated by Sonia Becce extend the current art Argentina to different areas of Spain.

Similarly, professionals in the country will participate in the Forum of Experts, which allow to bring the present Argentine art market, and provide an overview of the most relevant around collecting, curating and criticism in Argentina.

the Focus Argentina program will feature the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture Argentina, the Embassy of Argentina in Spain and arteBA.

the fair is also an opportunity to create new links and opportunities between Argentine artists and curators of biennials and museums, directors of institutions and specialized press international, who annually attends the meeting of the Madrid fair.

“the quality of Argentine artists who have been participating in the fair is one of the reasons that have driven the selection of Argentina as guest” , noted from the fair through a press release.

“from historical, they explained as Alberto Greco, conceptual Argentine who spent his last years in Barcelona until his death in 1965, until embodied in 80 as Guillermo Kuitca, and other creators who now make their retrospectives as Leandro Erlich and Jorge Macchi or the photographer Graciela Sacco, among other prominent names have been represented at ARCOmadrid well by Argentine or Spanish galleries, as in the present edition will bring together artists of the new generation of Argentine art scene “.

so, may be work of Adriana Bustos, one of whose creations was acquired by the ARCO Foundation in 2012 and Paul Acinelli, Diego Bianchi and Osias Yanov, which An interesting proposal that will also serve as an excuse to bring visitors to the fair to the work of established artists like Adrian Villar joined other recently rediscovered as Luis Pazos or Ana Sacerdote.

Rojas, Amalia Pica or Pablo Bronstein.

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