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Eduardo Stupía.

Eduardo Stupía has been in the public eye ever since his first solo show held in 1972 at the legendary Lirolay gallery. Writer Ricardo Piglia (Argentina, 1941), whose most recent novel, Blanco nocturno (Anagrama, 2010) obtained the Dashiell Hammett Award, the National Critics’ Award (Spain), the Rómulo Gallegos and the Casa de las Américas awards, has kept a private diary for more than fifty years.

By Victoria Verlichak
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Eduardo Stupía.

By Victoria Verlichak

Eduardo Stupía has been in the public eye ever since his first solo show held in 1972 at the legendary Lirolay gallery. Writer Ricardo Piglia (Argentina, 1941), whose most recent novel, Blanco nocturno (Anagrama, 2010) obtained the Dashiell Hammett Award, the National Critics’ Award (Spain), the Rómulo Gallegos and the Casa de las Américas awards, has kept a private diary for more than fifty years.

May 11, 2012
Fernanda Laguna

Fernanda Laguna, a paradigmatic artist of the 1990s whose artistic talent was many times pushed into the background by her brilliant role as a cultural manager, is presenting the brief retrospective “Don’t trust what you see” at Nora Fisch Gallery.

By Ana Martinez Quijano
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Fernanda Laguna

By Ana Martinez Quijano

Fernanda Laguna, a paradigmatic artist of the 1990s whose artistic talent was many times pushed into the background by her brilliant role as a cultural manager, is presenting the brief retrospective “Don’t trust what you see” at Nora Fisch Gallery.

April 26, 2012
Color – instructions for use

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.

By Victoria Verlichak
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Color – instructions for use

By Victoria Verlichak

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.

April 26, 2012
Miguel Rothschild

According to the Gospels, after Jesus’ death and resurrection he appeared before his disciples. Thomas was not present on that occasion and he did not believe when the other apostles told him what they had seen.

By Victoria Verlichak
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Miguel Rothschild

By Victoria Verlichak

According to the Gospels, after Jesus’ death and resurrection he appeared before his disciples. Thomas was not present on that occasion and he did not believe when the other apostles told him what they had seen.

April 25, 2012
Erica Sogbe

I became very interested in the seriousness and the rigor of the work of Erica Sogbe (Venezuela, 1979), her analytical capacity at the time of proposing new reading strategies for the construction of the relationship between form and the formless;

By María Luz Cárdenas
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Erica Sogbe

By María Luz Cárdenas

I became very interested in the seriousness and the rigor of the work of Erica Sogbe (Venezuela, 1979), her analytical capacity at the time of proposing new reading strategies for the construction of the relationship between form and the formless;

April 24, 2012
Alexandre Arrechea

As a foretaste of what will be displayed at the Havana Biennial as of May, Magnan Metz has assembled the latest – and perhaps the most audacious – works of Alexandre Arrechea.

By Laura F. Gibellini
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Alexandre Arrechea

By Laura F. Gibellini

As a foretaste of what will be displayed at the Havana Biennial as of May, Magnan Metz has assembled the latest – and perhaps the most audacious – works of Alexandre Arrechea.

April 19, 2012
Labor

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños), founded almost forty years ago, is a research-based institute with a vast and invaluable collection of materials documenting Puerto Rican life and culture in New York.

By Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D.
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Labor

By Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D.

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños), founded almost forty years ago, is a research-based institute with a vast and invaluable collection of materials documenting Puerto Rican life and culture in New York.

April 17, 2012
Iran do Espirito Santo

Iran 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.

By Claire Breukel, New York
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Iran do Espirito Santo

By Claire Breukel, New York

Iran 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.

April 11, 2012
Milton Becerra

Many times − and this occurs in the visual arts − we are presented with a complex narrative, occasionally anachronistic, or with a synthesis that verges on minimalism and forces us to imagine that which has not been depicted, or conversely, to depict the unimaginable.

By Patricia Avena Navarro
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Milton Becerra

By Patricia Avena Navarro

Many times − and this occurs in the visual arts − we are presented with a complex narrative, occasionally anachronistic, or with a synthesis that verges on minimalism and forces us to imagine that which has not been depicted, or conversely, to depict the unimaginable.

February 09, 2012
Ricardo Alcaide

As of at least 2002, when he began his series of street dwellers in London city, collectively titled Sitters, the work of Ricardo Alcaide (Caracas, 1967) explores the borderline character of the skin; it penetrates into the metaphorical richness of membranes (whether they be walls, blankets, plastic sheets, fences, or the skin itself) that separate the interior from the exterior, that divide one world from another world that is its obverse, its opposite.

By Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, Sao Paulo
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Ricardo Alcaide

By Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, Sao Paulo

As of at least 2002, when he began his series of street dwellers in London city, collectively titled Sitters, the work of Ricardo Alcaide (Caracas, 1967) explores the borderline character of the skin; it penetrates into the metaphorical richness of membranes (whether they be walls, blankets, plastic sheets, fences, or the skin itself) that separate the interior from the exterior, that divide one world from another world that is its obverse, its opposite.

February 09, 2012
Felipe Ehrenberg

In an interview with Felipe Ehrenberg (Mexico City, 1943) included in the catalogue of his exhibition, Manchuria, Visión Periférica (Manchuria, Peripheral Vision) (2006), Guillermo Gómez-Peña calls the indefinable artist (furiously Mexican in the first place, and then, universal) who prefers to call himself − like his father, Duchamp − an “artisano” (a play with words combining artisan/artist and “sano”/healthy), although his actual profession is that of “neologist”, inventor of logical systems of thought, that is, of languages, "my conceptual goD.F.ather."

By Adriana Herrera, Miami
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Felipe Ehrenberg

By Adriana Herrera, Miami

In an interview with Felipe Ehrenberg (Mexico City, 1943) included in the catalogue of his exhibition, Manchuria, Visión Periférica (Manchuria, Peripheral Vision) (2006), Guillermo Gómez-Peña calls the indefinable artist (furiously Mexican in the first place, and then, universal) who prefers to call himself − like his father, Duchamp − an “artisano” (a play with words combining artisan/artist and “sano”/healthy), although his actual profession is that of “neologist”, inventor of logical systems of thought, that is, of languages, "my conceptual goD.F.ather."

February 09, 2012
Leopoldo Torres Agüero

A musician and painter, concerned with the human figure and the landscape, mural art and spontaneous symbols, the effects of light and the vibration of nuances, Leopoldo Torres Agüero was, in all the stages of his production, an artist inclined to experiment with form and color.

By Cristina Rossi*
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Leopoldo Torres Agüero

By Cristina Rossi*

A musician and painter, concerned with the human figure and the landscape, mural art and spontaneous symbols, the effects of light and the vibration of nuances, Leopoldo Torres Agüero was, in all the stages of his production, an artist inclined to experiment with form and color.

February 08, 2012
Alfonso Castillo

Undoubtedly, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, photography - although also cinema - has contributed to configure the identity profile of the major large cities of the world, which are privileged objects of its shots.

By Jorge Zuzulich
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Alfonso Castillo

By Jorge Zuzulich

Undoubtedly, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, photography - although also cinema - has contributed to configure the identity profile of the major large cities of the world, which are privileged objects of its shots.

February 07, 2012
David Maggioni

The sculpture in white tissue paper by David Maggioni from Santa Fe (Argentina, 1988), which inundates the new space of Ruth Benzacar Gallery, resembles a great and soft, peaceful white cloud.

By Victoria Verlichak
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David Maggioni

By Victoria Verlichak

The sculpture in white tissue paper by David Maggioni from Santa Fe (Argentina, 1988), which inundates the new space of Ruth Benzacar Gallery, resembles a great and soft, peaceful white cloud.

February 07, 2012
Máx Gómez Canle

Max Gómez Canle (Argentina, 1972) creates a magical atmosphere with marvelous paintings, unexpected volumes and delicate voids in Chambre Mentale, a show with a setting design that induces the visitor to observe all the works at the same time from a distance, verifying at first sight the outstanding amalgam.

By Victoria Verlichak
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Máx Gómez Canle

By Victoria Verlichak

Max Gómez Canle (Argentina, 1972) creates a magical atmosphere with marvelous paintings, unexpected volumes and delicate voids in Chambre Mentale, a show with a setting design that induces the visitor to observe all the works at the same time from a distance, verifying at first sight the outstanding amalgam.

February 07, 2012
Gods, rites and trades of Pre-Hispanic Mexico

The splendid exhibition “Gods, rites and trades of Pre-Hispanic Mexico” displays over 150 beautiful antique pieces from the cultures of the Gulf of Mexico.

By Victoria Verlichak
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Gods, rites and trades of Pre-Hispanic Mexico

By Victoria Verlichak

The splendid exhibition “Gods, rites and trades of Pre-Hispanic Mexico” displays over 150 beautiful antique pieces from the cultures of the Gulf of Mexico.

February 07, 2012
Patrick Hamilton/Group Show

It is an often told story that the Nazis confiscated gold during their pursuit of Jews in 1930s Germany and later detoured all the wealth they could amass to South America, hiding the valuable metal in the parts of tractors and even in submarines en route to countries like Chile.

By Teodoro Ferrer
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Patrick Hamilton/Group Show

By Teodoro Ferrer

It is an often told story that the Nazis confiscated gold during their pursuit of Jews in 1930s Germany and later detoured all the wealth they could amass to South America, hiding the valuable metal in the parts of tractors and even in submarines en route to countries like Chile.

February 07, 2012
Jac Leirner

Seen from far away, one of the pieces at Jac Leirner's retrospective show now on at Estação Pinacoteca in São Paulo looks like an all white minimalist composition, a Robert Ryman of sorts, discrete and almost about to disappear against the immaculate wall of the museum.

By Teodoro Ferrer
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Jac Leirner

By Teodoro Ferrer

Seen from far away, one of the pieces at Jac Leirner's retrospective show now on at Estação Pinacoteca in São Paulo looks like an all white minimalist composition, a Robert Ryman of sorts, discrete and almost about to disappear against the immaculate wall of the museum.

February 07, 2012
 Ana Mercedes Hoyos

For several decades now, Ana Mercedes Hoyos has focused her attention on the cultural influence that a social minority, in particular the one of San Basilio de Palenque, can exert on our national identity as Colombians.

By Camilo Chico Triana
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Ana Mercedes Hoyos

By Camilo Chico Triana

For several decades now, Ana Mercedes Hoyos has focused her attention on the cultural influence that a social minority, in particular the one of San Basilio de Palenque, can exert on our national identity as Colombians.

February 07, 2012
 Beatríz González. Comedy and tragedy. Retrospective 1948-2010.

Governed by four thematic axes, the retrospective Comedy and tragedy 1948-2010 by Beatríz González, was presented at the Ciudad del Río venue of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín.

By Camilo Chico Triana
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Beatríz González. Comedy and tragedy. Retrospective 1948-2010.

By Camilo Chico Triana

Governed by four thematic axes, the retrospective Comedy and tragedy 1948-2010 by Beatríz González, was presented at the Ciudad del Río venue of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín.

February 07, 2012
Chema Madoz

The first impression when viewing Chema Madoz’s (Spain, 1958) images is one of surprise and perplexity. Then we will identify this impression with the surrealist touch in her work. At a later stage, we will dwell on the warmth of the grain and the compositional purity of the nuances ranging from white to black.

By Beatriz Sogbe
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Chema Madoz

By Beatriz Sogbe

The first impression when viewing Chema Madoz’s (Spain, 1958) images is one of surprise and perplexity. Then we will identify this impression with the surrealist touch in her work. At a later stage, we will dwell on the warmth of the grain and the compositional purity of the nuances ranging from white to black.

February 07, 2012
 Oscar d’Empaire

The term assemblage is derived from the French assemblage, which means to gather together, unite. So making an art of assemblage is a sort of act of love, inasmuch as objects of different natures are fused. And just like in any human corporal relationship, things will make sense if the mixtures work. Thus the artist of assemblage arises as a magnificent alchemist that processes wastes to turn them into art.

By Beatriz Sogbe
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Oscar d’Empaire

By Beatriz Sogbe

The term assemblage is derived from the French assemblage, which means to gather together, unite. So making an art of assemblage is a sort of act of love, inasmuch as objects of different natures are fused. And just like in any human corporal relationship, things will make sense if the mixtures work. Thus the artist of assemblage arises as a magnificent alchemist that processes wastes to turn them into art.

February 07, 2012
Panorama of Young Venezuelan Artists

The institutional spaces to divulge the work of young artists are becoming progressively scarcer in Venezuela. For this reason we welcome the initiatives where new proposals can be shown. Sala CAF is sponsored by the Latin American Development Bank.

By Beatriz Sogbe
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Panorama of Young Venezuelan Artists

By Beatriz Sogbe

The institutional spaces to divulge the work of young artists are becoming progressively scarcer in Venezuela. For this reason we welcome the initiatives where new proposals can be shown. Sala CAF is sponsored by the Latin American Development Bank.

February 07, 2012
Luis Tomasello

In the book-object Negro el 10, the last collaboration between Julio Cortázar* and Luis Tomasello, the writer accurately describes the artist’s creative procedure. He states that “…

By Adriana Lauria**
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Luis Tomasello

By Adriana Lauria**

In the book-object Negro el 10, the last collaboration between Julio Cortázar* and Luis Tomasello, the writer accurately describes the artist’s creative procedure. He states that “…

February 07, 2012
Karina Peisajovich

Karina Peisajovich’s recent exhibition, entitled “The eyes, sometimes”, features in the manner of an exploration of the intimate process of creation, the three possible scenarios: the studio, the encounter with nature, and the experience itself as a space for reflection.

By Amalia Caputo
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Karina Peisajovich

By Amalia Caputo

Karina Peisajovich’s recent exhibition, entitled “The eyes, sometimes”, features in the manner of an exploration of the intimate process of creation, the three possible scenarios: the studio, the encounter with nature, and the experience itself as a space for reflection.

February 01, 2012
Aurora Molina

The critical attitude towards the establishment and towards the power to hurt of some photographs based on an equivocal notion of aging and beauty define, on the whole, the view conveyed by Aurora Molina’s work.

By Eduard Reboll
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Aurora Molina

By Eduard Reboll

The critical attitude towards the establishment and towards the power to hurt of some photographs based on an equivocal notion of aging and beauty define, on the whole, the view conveyed by Aurora Molina’s work.

February 01, 2012
Radical Optimism, 2

Like the first exhibition bearing the same title, which we could visit in 2010 and with which this show shares a contradictorily paradoxical spirit, the present exhibit opens with a series of graffiti leading to the gallery entrance. As in the previous show, we are overcome by a feeling of being in the presence of something that is not consistent − the words optimism and radical do not seem to work very well together.

By Laura F. Gibellini
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Radical Optimism, 2

By Laura F. Gibellini

Like the first exhibition bearing the same title, which we could visit in 2010 and with which this show shares a contradictorily paradoxical spirit, the present exhibit opens with a series of graffiti leading to the gallery entrance. As in the previous show, we are overcome by a feeling of being in the presence of something that is not consistent − the words optimism and radical do not seem to work very well together.

February 01, 2012
Cristina Lei Rodríguez

Decadence is, without a doubt, one of the most defining traits of contemporary society. This feeling of deterioration which, in the opinion of Fredric Jameson , is a premonition of Post-Modernism itself, invalidates our capacity to predict with any certainty in what direction we are moving.

By Janet Batet
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Cristina Lei Rodríguez

By Janet Batet

Decadence is, without a doubt, one of the most defining traits of contemporary society. This feeling of deterioration which, in the opinion of Fredric Jameson , is a premonition of Post-Modernism itself, invalidates our capacity to predict with any certainty in what direction we are moving.

February 01, 2012
Magdalena Fernández

The installation 2iPM009, 2009, by the Venezuelan artist Magdalena Fernández (1964) is currently being shown at the Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, after its tour of the 10th Cuenca Biennial, and it will later travel to the Museum of Latin American Art in California.

By Amalia Caputo
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Magdalena Fernández

By Amalia Caputo

The installation 2iPM009, 2009, by the Venezuelan artist Magdalena Fernández (1964) is currently being shown at the Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, after its tour of the 10th Cuenca Biennial, and it will later travel to the Museum of Latin American Art in California.

February 01, 2012
An Other Place

Although the works range from painting to video installation, and although the artists are from Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, “An Other Place” reverberates a collective sense of displacement.

By Claire Breukel
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An Other Place

By Claire Breukel

Although the works range from painting to video installation, and although the artists are from Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, “An Other Place” reverberates a collective sense of displacement.

February 01, 2012
 Jesús Soto

The exhibition “Soto. Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970” curated by Estrellita Brodsky, brings together twenty years of work by the Venezuelan master painter Jesús Soto (1923-2005).

By Laura F. Gibellini
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Jesús Soto

By Laura F. Gibellini

The exhibition “Soto. Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970” curated by Estrellita Brodsky, brings together twenty years of work by the Venezuelan master painter Jesús Soto (1923-2005).

February 01, 2012
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