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Oasis at El País |
The 33rd edition of ARCO, Madrid's 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. What used to happen behind closed doors, plays now finally in the open. Lovely art as well. Here is a selection...
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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 |
Cornwall's Eden Project in the Atacama Desert.
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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 |
This is a wonderful project and the result of a collaboration with various women's shelters. 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.
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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) |
Very interesting (and with a great format) Adelita Husni-Bey series on show in Opening, a section for galleries with a life shorter than seven years and with a focus on the youngest art scene. The work above shows the percentage of global economic growth, comparison of advanced and emerging economies in 2013 (left), prospects for 2014 (centre) and 2015 (right) according to IMF data.
The Solo Projects section focuses this year on Latin America and Manuel Mérida (below) is one of the selected artists.
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Manuel Mérida | Espace Meyer Zafra, Paris |
The communal spaces...
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ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair | Madrid | 19 - 23 February 2014
Previous Articles
ARCOMadrid 2013
ARCOMadrid 2012 and 2013 Prospect
Featured Artists
Adelita Husni-Bey
Caio Reisewitz
Carlos Garaicoa
Elger Esser
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Ian Monroe
José Dávila
Knopp Ferro
Los Carpinteros
Luciano Romano
Manuel Mérida
Michael Najjar
Miguel Rothschild
Ralf Ziervogel
Richard Mosse (see last year's ARCO article to learn more about the Eastern Congo infrared series)
Sanja Iveković
Tomás Saraceno
Photos by PS