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"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.
On May 22 and 23, Christie's Latin American sale will offer an exceptional selection of works by modern and contemporary masters hailing from Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and many other regions throughout the Americas.
No Heroics, Please is the title of a posthumous compilation of short stories written by the American novelist and poet Raymond Carver during his youth, who understood that the value of the writing is within the daily happenings.
For the first time the Conversations Program for Zona Maco. Mexico Arte Contemporáneo 2012 has been organized by Fundación Jumex.
Matadero Madrid presents the latest artwork from one Spain´s most internationally recognized artist: Fernando Sánchez Castillo Síndrome de Guernica (Guernica Syndrome) is the title of an sculpture created from the Azor, the leisure boat used by the former Spanish Head of State, Francisco Franco, and the setting for various historic events such as the “Azor conversations” held between Don Juan de Borbón and Franco himself.