By
PS for NOAA
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February 22, 2014
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ARCO
Art
Events
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The 33rd edition of ARCO Madrid Contemporary Art Fair offers in 2014 an experience worked around its visitors. There is an oasis for charging phones, a food court arranged as a German Biergarten with live DJ sessions, an open TV set and a radio station. This is a first. What used to happen behind closed doors, including eating, now finally plays in the open. Lovely art as well.
This year's highlights include the Cornwall Eden Project in the Atacama Desert by Michael Najjar; or Sanja Iveković Sunglasses, a wonderful project resulting from the collaboration with various
women's shelters, in which the artist attaches a picture of a model to a personal
story of violence and abuse. The beauty of the models takes over the
stories of pain and suffering and confers the women a strength that
could not have been perceived with the text alone.
Below is a selection of artworks.
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| Hans-Peter Feldmann, Sonntagsbilder | Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin |
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| Caio Reisewitz, Pirituba, 2014 | Galeria Luciana Brito, São Paulo |
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| Caio Reisewitz, Joaçaba, 2010 | Galeria Luciana Brito, São Paulo |
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| Los Carpinteros | Ivorypress, Madrid |
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| Michael Najjar, Sands of Mars, 2013 | Galeria Juan Silió, Santander |
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| Miguel Rothschild, Insomnia XIII, 2013 | Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin |
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| Ralf Ziervogel, Endeneu Rot, 2012 | Kewenig Gallery, Berlin |
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| Sanja Iveković, Sunglasses, 2002-4 | Galería Visor, Valencia |
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| Tomás Saraceno, Sagitarius, 2013 | Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen |
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| Tomás Saraceno, Carina, 2013 | Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen |
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| Elger Esser, La Grande Be, 2009 | Kewenig Gallery, Berlin |
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| José Dávila, Untitled, 2013 | Galería Travesía Cuatro, Madrid |
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| José Dávila, Untitled, 2013 | Galería Travesía Cuatro, Madrid |
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| Knopp Ferro, Space 21:31, 2014 | Dan Galeria, Sao Paulo |
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| Ian Monroe, Lines of Light 14, 2014 | Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid |
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| Carlos Garaicoa, En Construcción (VI), 2012 | Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid |
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| Luciano Romano, La Città di Marmo, 2010 | Galleria Studio Trisorio, Neaples |
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| Richard Mosse, Lost Fun Zone, 2012 | Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife |
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| Adelita Husni-Bey, Working for a World Free of Poverty, 2014 | Galleria La Veronica, Modica (Sicily) |
Opening, ARCO's section
for galleries with a life shorter than seven years and with a focus on the youngest art scene, presented very interesting work by Adelita Husni-Bey, and with a great format. It's a series showing the global economic growth percentages according to IMF data with coloured Lego pieces.
The Solo Projects section focuses this year on Latin America with Manuel Mérida (below) as one of the selected artists.
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| Manuel Mérida | Espace Meyer Zafra, Paris |
The communal spaces look like this: Cover picture the Oasis at El País
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