Criteria
Curator Miguel von Hafe
Galeria do Torreão Nascente de la Cordoaria. Lisbon
From January 30 to April 21
Opening: January 30 at 6pm
Hay cosas encerradas dentro de los muros que, si salieran de pronto a la calle y gritaran, llenarían el mundo. (The walls enclose things that, if they suddenly burst into the street and shouted, would fill the world). Latinoamérica en las Colecciones CA2M y Fundación ARCO
Curator Manuel Segade
Sala Alcalá 31. Madrid
From February 26 to April 21
Opening: February 25
Fundación ARCO, established by IFEMA in 1987, aims to promote collecting and the research and dissemination of contemporary art. Since its inception, it has actively participated in the advancement of collecting in Spain, modernising it and opening it up to new possibilities beyond the traditional domestic market. The Fundación ARCO Collection, today with more than 300 pieces, brings together artworks acquired annually at ARCOmadrid and it is currently on loan at the CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo in Móstoles in the Madrid Autonomous Region.
Lisbon will host the Criteria exhibition starting on January 30, made up of a selection of pieces from the Fundación ARCO/IFEMA Collection. It can be visited until April 21 at the Galeria do Torreão Nascente de la Cordoaria, a venue managed by Galerias Municipais / EGEAC.
Curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez, the exhibition will feature a total of 37 pieces by 33 artists, all of them acquired at different editions of ARCO. The exhibition will host pieces by Portuguese artists such as Ana Jotta; Carlos Bunga; Filipa César; Francisco Tropa; Gil Heitor Cortesão; Helena Almeida; Jorge Molder; Miguel Palma; Pedro Cabrita Reis; Rui Toscano; Vasco Araújo, and Von Calhau!, and will be placed in an international context alongside works by artists such as Ângela Ferreira; Antoni Muntadas; Arnulf Rainer; Babi Badalov; Christian Boltanski; Danh Vō; Elmgreen & Dragset; Francesc Ruiz; Giuseppe Penone; Gwenneth Boelens; Ibon Aranberri; Jarbas Lopes; John Chamberlain; Lucia Koch; Marlena Kudlicka; Miguel Regina; Ryan Gander; Thomas Ruff; Wolfgang Tillmans; Yinka Shonibare and Yorgos Sapountzis.
The Câmara Municipal de Lisboa's invitation to Fundación ARCO to create the Criteria exhibition is part of its private collection exhibition programme, and will serve to strengthen ARCO and IFEMA's ties with Portugal even further, as well as to continue promoting the work of Fundación ARCO in the furtherance of collecting and the appreciation of contemporary art, especially on the Portuguese scene.
Meanwhile, the Sala Alcalá 31 in the Madrid Autonomous Region is hosting the exhibition titled Hay cosas encerradas dentro de los muros que, si salieran de pronto a la calle y gritaran, llenarían el mundo. (The walls enclose things that, if they suddenly burst into the street and shouted, would fill the world). Latin America in the CA2M and the Fundación ARCO collections, curated by Manuel Segade, director of the CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo.
A sample, with pieces from the Fundación ARCO Collection acquired in Latin American galleries participating in ARCO, which seeks to celebrate the continent's contemporary culture from the 50s to the present day with the work of artists such as Jesús Soto, Leonor Fini, Damián Ortega and Jorge Macchi, coexisting with young creators like Éder Oliveira, Jorge Satorre or Fernanda Laguna. The exhibition also maintains ties with the local scene, as in addition it includes Latin American artists living in Madrid, such as Teresa Margolles, Los Carpinteros, Patricia Esquivias and Andrea Canepa, as well as European artists who have developed their careers in Latin America, such as Francis Alÿs.
Participating artists: Damián Ortega, Los Carpinteros, Ricardo Basbaum, Wilfredo Prieto, Amalia Pica, José Antonio Hernández-Díez, Rubens Mano, Jose Dávila, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Jorge Pedro Núñez, Rometti / Costales, Armando Andrade Tudela, Jorge Macchi, Arturo Herrera, Jesus Soto, Leda Catunda, Francis Alÿs, Gabriel Orozco, Magdalena Jitrik, Teresa Margolles, Ana Mendieta, Artur Barrio, Carlos Garaicoa, Gabriel Kuri, Raimond Chaves & Gilda Mantilla, Severo Sarduy, Sandra Cinto, Nelson Leirner, Óscar Muñoz, Eduardo Abaroa , Ana Mendieta, Alexander Apóstol, Juan Araujo, Patricia Esquivias, Yoshua Okón, Mariana Castillo Deball, André Komatsu, Martín Legón, Mario García Torres, Jorge Satorre, Eder Oliveira, Milena Bonilla, Andrea Canepa, Fernanda Laguna, Gabriel Acevedo, Days & Riedweg, Daniel Jacoby, Ivan Grilo, Juan Pablo Echeverri, Martín Sastre and Leonor Fini.
