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Pristine Aesthetics Alter PerceptionsIran do Espírito Santo was born in 1963 in the city of Mococa, Brazil. As a teenager, he worked in a photography lab processing black and white prints, which was to later greatly impact his work.
Museum Exhibitions
The itinerant exhibition “Oscar Muñoz/Protografías”, which ended in March at the Art Museum of the Banco de la República in Bogotá, Colombia, and will later travel to the Lima Art Museum (Mali), Lima, Peru; to the Museum of Latin American Art (MALBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; to the Antioquia Museum, Medellín, Colombia, originated at the Art Museum of the Banco de la República in Bogotá, and was curated by José Roca and María Wills (adjunct curator).
Interview
The Colombian curator José Roca, who is the newly appointed Estrellita B. Brodsky Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art at Tate, London, and who represents the gallery in Latin America and plays a leading role in strengthening its already close relationship with the art of the region, was interviewed by his fellow countrywoman, María Inés Rodríguez, recently appointed Chief Curator at the Tamayo Museum, after having served in the same capacity at the Castile and León Museum of Contemporary Art (MUSAC).
News
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP) announced the opening on April 28, 2012, of the third edition of the San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial, El Panal/The Hive, which includes the participation of over 150 local and foreign artists.
"Plataforma Sonora. Treinta relojes de cuerda” by the artist Tania Candiani (Mexico City, 1974) will be displayed at the central courtyard of the hotel Condesa DF. The public intervention was launched during Zona Maco 2012.
Retaining the concept introduced by Adriano Pedrosa of a south that comprises the entire hemisphere and of practices that involve forms of resistance, the curator of Zona Maco Sur 2012, Patrick Charpenel, broke the linearity in the distribution and reformed the architecture of the area jointly with Luis Aldrete, who adapted the design of the spaces to the works.
Reviews
From May 5 through June 16, visitors will have the chance to appreciate for the first time in New York, artist Hélio Oiticica’s (Rio de Janeiro, 1937-1980) installations Penetrável PN1, Penetrável Filtro and Penetrável PN28 “Nas Quebradas” at Galerie Lelong.
As a heart-felt paradox and a homage, Mirtha Dermisache (Buenos Aires, 1940-2012) is included among the seven artists of the exhibition Color - instructions for use.
