EFG LATIN AMERICA ART AWARD PRESENTED NOMINATED ARTIST AT PINTA LIMA 2025
The EFG Latin America Art Award, in partnership with ArtNexus, is pleased to announce Ishmael Randall-Weeks from Cusco, (Peru), represented by Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, from Mexico City, (Mexico), as the artist nominated for EFG's annual acquisition award.
The work was selected at the Pinta Lima fair with the collaboration of Pablo Leon de la Barra, Curator for Latin America at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, jointly with Celia Sredni de Birbragher, Director and Editor of ArtNexus.
The narrative in Biombo (Tizas) III juxtaposes various elements, crafting a specific and sculptural representation of the everyday. It incorporates modernist nods while weaving in references to the Latin American Andean cosmovision. Using brass and concrete grids highlights design aspects that hold significance from both contemporary and historical viewpoints. In contrast, the Tizas (Chalks) facilitate a visual exploration of colors, textures, and materials that stem from our efforts to search for and categorize our urban existence. This exploration encompasses our sensory and material experiences, reflecting on the floors beneath our feet, the walls encasing us, the minerals present in our environment, and the tangible items that fill our daily lives.
This work engages in a continuous dialogue between exposure and intimacy, navigating the distances and closeness, as well as the overt and subtle. It constructs an understanding of the everyday by employing a series of forms that traverse both architectural expressions and the abstract language of weaving.
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Ishmael Randall-Weeks. Biombo (Tizas) III, 2025. Sculpture, steel, bronze, acrylic and chalk made from different Peruvian clays and minerals 59 x 39 x 15.7 in. Courtesy: Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo
EFG Latin America Art Award, now in its fifteenth year, was created to support a Latin American artist whose work is pre-selected through a juried process in Latin American contemporary art fairs throughout each year. The award aims to promote Latin American visual arts production and increase awareness of regional fairs among collectors worldwide, with Liaisons’ strategic support.
This year, the nominated artists will be selected at the fairs: SP Arte, São Paulo; Pinta Lima, Lima; arteba, Buenos Aires; Ch.ACO, Santiago de Chile, and ArtBo, Bogotá.
As in prior years, once each of the finalists in the participating Latin American art fairs has been nominated, the winning artist and artwork will be announced at Pinta Miami during Art Basel Week in Miami. EFG Capital will acquire a work of art from the winning artist. The EFG Latin America Art Award collection is on permanent display at EFG Capital’s Miami offices.
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