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ARCOMadrid 2017

February 24, 2017

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The 36th edition of ARCO Madrid Contemporary Art Fair is seeing a rise in photography as an art medium and an increased interest in nature as a subject. Many photographs at ARCO feature calm settings that awaken an extraordinary sense of awe and peace.

Outstanding photographic work on nature at ARCO Madrid 2017 include a 15-minute time lapse of a sea view (above) by Gianfranco Foschino; Pierre Gonnord's and Axel Hütte's shots of Spain's northern forests; Richard Long's documentation of his days-long journeys through nature; and Regina José Galindo's images of her performance at the Botanical Garden in Palermo, a powerful interaction of body, soul and nature - see below.

Pierre Gonnord, Urbasa I 2/5, Series:Indarra, photography | Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid

Dierk Maass, Illumination (2016), LED lightbox | Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt

Richard Long, Footpath waterline - A thirteen day walk in the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico (1987) | Lisson Gallery London

Axel Hütte, Irati (2014) | Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid

Jessica Rankin, Could I just have the Sober Hand (2016), detail | Galerie Carlier Gebauer, Berlin

Regina José Galindo, Raices (2016) | Prometeo Gallery, Milan

The project Petrified by Carlos Motta brings together beautiful landscape photographs of the US South West and archive images of local historical episodes. "The allure and beauty with which the landscape is represented prevent from seeing the atrocities that took place within it", says the artist who seeks to highlight how regimes of representation (landscape photography, historical painting and portraiture) have served as accomplices to processes of historical erasure.

Carlos Motta, Petrified (2016) | Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon

Adam Jeppesen, BO-Uyuni (2015) | Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin

Ahmet Ögüt, Pleasure Places of All Kinds, Yichang (2015) | Kow Galerie, Berlin

There is also socially engaged photography at this ARCO edition brought by Richard Mosse (see 2015, '14 and '13 posts). Mosse's interest to chart human displacement caused by war, persecution, climate change and poverty brings him to document in Heat Maps refugee camps with an "extreme telephoto military-grade camera that can detect thermal radiation, including body heat, at great distance." The camera, primarily designed for surveillance in warfare, is used for capturing the intimate details of the camps that Mosse then blends into a densely detailed panoramic image similar to a Hieronymus Bosch's paintings. The artist's new work meditates on the struggle of millions of refugees and migrants.

Moria in Snow (2016) by Richard Mosse | Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Guest country is Argentina who brings 12 galleries, 23 artists and an institutional stand at the Argentina Plataforma/ARCO, curated by Inés Katzenstein and supported by the Argentine Ministry of Culture and Buenos Aires' Contemporary Art Fair, arteBA. Artists include Tomás Sarceno, Mariela Scafati, Sol Pipkin and Juán Tessi (see below).

Mariela Scafati, Montaje disonante de cuadros que no se corresponden | Galería Isla Flotante, Buenos Aires

Tomás Saraceno, 3C 318/M (2016) | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, NYC

Sol Pipkin, Sin nombre (2016) | Galería Slyzmud, Buenos Aires

Juan Tessi, d8ddf20587583ab62d0f100 4b3dbbc06 (2016) | Galería Nora Fish, Buenos Aires

Further artworks include numerous light installations...

Olafur Eliasson, Global Cooling Lamp (2006) | Galería Elvira González, Madrid

Iván Navarro, Bomb (2016) | Baró Galeria, Sao Paulo

José Carlos Martinat, Distractor 3 (2016) | Revolver Galería, Lima

Fabrizio Corneli, Laboratorio-Lancio (2016) | Studio Trisorio, Naples

Bernardí Roig, Cuidado con la cabeza (2017) | Galería Max Estrella, Madrid

... and thread on paper, acrylic on aluminium and oil on canvas.

José María Sicilia, La locura del ver (2016), detail | Meessen De Clercq Gallery, Brussels

Thilo Heinzmann, O.T. (2016) | Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid

Santi Moix, Sin título (2016) | Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona

About
ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair | Madrid, 22-26 February 2017

Previous Articles
ARCOMadrid 2015
ARCOMadrid 2014
ARCOMadrid 2013
ARCOMadrid 2012 and 2013 Prospect

Featured Artists
Adam Jeppesen
Ahmet Ögüt
Axel Hütte
Bernardí Roig
Carlos Motta
Dierk Maass
Fabrizio Corneli
Gianfranco Foschino
Iván Navarro
Jessica Rankin
José Carlos Martinat
José María Sicilia
Juan Tessi
Mariela Scafati
Olafur Eliasson
Pierre Gonnord
Regina José Galindo
Richard Long
Richard Mosse
Santi Moix
Sol Pipkin
Thilo Heinzmann
Tomás Saraceno

Photos by PS
Cover picture: video detail of Lux (2016) by Gianfranco Foschino for Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

ARCOMadrid 2015

March 10, 2015

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Events

The 34th edition of ARCO Madrid Contemporary Art Fair happens at a time when I am designing a 2,000-dollar home prototype for a rural area in a developing country and reviewing any artwork that costs as much as several homes, feels rather odd. That said, I've enjoyed this year's edition, especially Richard Mosse's beautifully portrayed basic house structures in lush surroundings.

Richard Mosse's colour-infrared pictures of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are something I always look forward to in ARCO. The Ireland-born and New York-based photographer has been shooting landscapes, people and rebel soldiers in eastern DRC since 2011 using Kodak Aerochrome, a film developed in the 1940s for military surveillance. It reflects the infrared spectrum and renders green into pink.

There have been various iterations of Mosse's Congo project in previous editions of ARCO (see my 2013 and 2014 posts). No warlords or IDP camps pictures this year but a more subtle portrait of the Congo conflict. In his short film "The Impossible Image" Mosse explains the project in more detail.

Richard Mosse, Come Out (1966) XXX, 2012 | Carlier Gebauer Gallery, Berlin

Alberto Casari | Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima

Markus Huemer, Wir haben jetzt klare Verhältnisse, aber wir wissen noch nicht welche | Galerie Max Weber Six Friedrich, Munich

Albrecht Schnider, Untitled (2014) | Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich

Sarah Morris, Bye Bye Brazil (2014) | Galeria La Caja Negra, Madrid

Olafur Eliasson, Your Lunar Reflection (2015) | Galeria Elvira Gonzalez, Madrid

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Cloud Prototype No 3 (2012-13) | Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica

Julian Opie | Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga

José Lourenço, Untitled (2015) | Carlos Carvalho Contemporary Art, Lisbon

Asier Mendizabal, Placa (2014) | Galería Carreras Mugica, Bilbao

Charlotte Posenenske, Series D Vierkantrohr (1967) | Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin

Martin Parr, The Amalfi Coast, Sorrento 2014 | Studio Trisorio, Naples

Primož Bizjak, Telefónica Madrid (2012) | Gregor Podnar Gallery, Berlin

Quayola, Iconographies #20-1 (2014), "The Tiger Hunt" after Rubens | Bitforms Gallery, New York

Rafa Macarrón, Turista (2015) | Galería Juan Silió, Santander

Carlos Bunga, Intento de conservación III (2015) | Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid

José Dávila, Untitled (2014) | Galería Travesía Cuatro, Madrid

ARCO's guest country this year is Colombia, who brings ten galleries and twenty artists with the ARCO Colombia programme and a vast display of Colombian art in all major Madrid museums organized by the Colombian government.

Jorge Magyaroll, Trabajo Inacabado | Galería El Museo, Bogotá

Further artworks include a few photo collages.

Ángel Marcos, La mirada blanca 6 (2011) | Galería Max Estrella, Madrid

Teresa Margollés, Esta finca no será demolida (2011-13) | Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich

Worth a mention is JustMAD, Madrid's affordable art fair happening within the Madrid Art Week and in parallel to ARCO. This year's edition displays very interesting photography, including works from the Puerto Rican & South African duo Christto & Andrew who live and work in Qatar.

Christto & Andrew, Hamour (2014) | Galería Espai Tactel, Valencia

About
ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair | Madrid | 25 February - 1 March 2015
JustMAD Emerging Art Fair | Madrid | 24 February - 1 March 2015
ARCO Colombia 2015

Previous Articles
ARCOMadrid 2014
ARCOMadrid 2013
ARCOMadrid 2012 and 2013 Prospect

Featured Artists
Primož Bizjak
Carlos Bunga
Alberto Casari
Christto & Andrew
José Dávila
Olafur Eliasson
Markus Huemer
José Lourenço
Rafa Macarrón
Jorge Magyaroff
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Ángel Marcos
Teresa Margollés
Asier Mendizabal
Richard Mosse
Sarah Morris
Julian Opie
Martin Parr
Charlotte Posenenske
Quayola
Albrecht Schnider

Photos by PS
Cover picture by Richard Mosse, Come Out (1966) XXXIII, 2012 | Carlier Gebauer Gallery, Berlin

ARCOMadrid 2014

February 22, 2014

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Events

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.

Hans-Peter Feldmann, Sonntagsbilder | Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin

Caio Reisewitz, Pirituba, 2014 | Galeria Luciana Brito, São Paulo

Caio Reisewitz, Joaçaba, 2010 | Galeria Luciana Brito, São Paulo

Los Carpinteros | Ivorypress, Madrid

Michael Najjar, Sands of Mars, 2013 | Galeria Juan Silió, Santander

Miguel Rothschild, Insomnia XIII, 2013 | Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

Ralf Ziervogel, Endeneu Rot, 2012 | Kewenig Gallery, Berlin

Sanja Iveković, Sunglasses, 2002-4 | Galería Visor, Valencia

Tomás Saraceno, Sagitarius, 2013 | Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen

Tomás Saraceno, Carina, 2013 | Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen

Elger Esser, La Grande Be, 2009 | Kewenig Gallery, Berlin

José Dávila, Untitled, 2013 | Galería Travesía Cuatro, Madrid

Knopp Ferro, Space 21:31, 2014 | Dan Galeria, Sao Paulo

Ian Monroe, Lines of Light 14, 2014 | Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid

Carlos Garaicoa, En Construcción (VI), 2012 | Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid

Luciano Romano, La Città di Marmo, 2010 | Galleria Studio Trisorio, Neaples

Richard Mosse, Lost Fun Zone, 2012 | Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife

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.