Argentina Plataforma / ARCO

Argentina touches down in ARCOmadrid 2017 to present one of the most active art

contexts on the content. An intense and profound curatorial endeavour by Inés

Katzenstein will make it possible to discover this presence, meticulously prepared for the

occasion. Argentina Plataforma / ARCO, a section that enjoys the collaboration of the

Argentine Ministry for Culture and arteBA, will be one of the highlights of this edition of

the Fair. In support of the Argentine galleries, the president of Argentina, Mauricio

Macri, and his wife Juliana Awada, will attend the ARCOmadrid inauguration

ceremony next 23 February.

A total of 12 Argentine galleries have been selected by Inés Katzenstein, director and

founder of the Art Department of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, to

take part in the Argentina Plataforma / ARCO programme.

Of the 12 galleries participating in this section, all from Buenos Aires, two will be

attending the Fair for the first time: COSMOCOSA and ISLA FLOTANTE. In addition to

these, there are also others that already participated last year, including BARRO; DEL

INFINITO; HENRIQUE FARIA BUENOS AIRES; IGNACIO LIPRANDI; JORGE

MARA LA RUCHE; NORA FISCH; RUTH BENZACAR and SLYZMUD; as well as

another two returning galleries: MITE and VASARI.

Continuing ARCOmadrid’s focus on presenting artists solo or in dialogue, the galleries of

Argentina Plataforma / ARCO will also present the work of one or two artists, selected

by Inés Katzenstein. The curator’s selection will present 23 internationally renowned

artists, including Alberto Greco; Eduardo Stupia and Mirtha Dermisache, along with

others yet to be discovered by the general public, such as Diego Bianchi, Pablo Accinelli

and Sol Pipkin, thus consolidating ARCOmadrid as a space for discovering and

extending knowledge of creators.

Moreover, the new Dialogues programme will have a special bond with Latin America

thanks to the participation of some Argentine artists handpicked by Inés Katzenstein, in

coordination with the curatorial team, such as Irene Kopelman; Eduardo Navarro; Tomás

Saraceno and David Lamelas, in addition to Victor Grippo; Analia Saban and Julio Le

Parc.

The extensive Argentine presence is evident throughout the Fair. From the country’s

artists represented by international galleries including Leandro Erlich; Eduardo

Basualdo; Claire de Santa Coloma; Guillermo Kuitca; Jorge Macchi; Fabian Marcaccio;

Sebastián Díaz Morales; Adriana Minoliti; Marie Orensanz; Edgardo Antonio Vigo;

Aimée Zito Lema and Mercedes Azpilicueta, to the participation of Argentine galleries in

other programmes such as Aldo De Sousa; Document Art; Maria Calcaterra and Rolf

Art, to take part in the General Programme. Similarly, Ruth Benzacar; Ignacio Liprandi;

Jorge Mara – La Ruche and Barro will also have a space in this section, while Slyzmud

will also participate in Opening, aimed at galleries with a maximum track record of seven

years.

The spatial architecture of the Argentina Plataforma / ARCO galleries, located in

pavilion 7 of the Fair, is based on a museal design by the Argentine architectural firm,

Estudio Clusellas –Mariano Clusellas and Tomás Rowinski-, which proposes an

exhibition space that both respects the autonomy of the guest galleries and the Fair’s

identity while also ensuring sufficient integration for it to be visited as a whole.

In addition to the twelve galleries present in the Argentina Plataforma / ARCO, the Guest

Country will have an institutional pavilion organised by the Argentine Ministry for

Culture. This area will offer a programme, coordinated by Mercedes Pérez Bergliaffa,

that includes round tables relating to collecting and the art market in Argentina and

Latin America, with the participation of Patricia Pearson, Hugo Sigman, Ella Fontanals

de Cisneros, among others, as well as public interviews of fundamental artists in the

history of this country, including Julio Le Parc, and intergenerational and education

workshops in contemporary art, designed with the collaboration of MediaLab Prado.

Cultural dialogue and exchange

The country’s art scene is also reflected at ARCOmadrid in the Forum, which constitutes a

platform for reflection and exchange between the guests and the galleries. Eminent curators,

critics and collectors from Argentina will head up the calendar of the upcoming edition,

including Juan Vergéz; Joaquín Rodríguez & Abel Guaglianone and Alec Oxenford.

In addition, on Friday, 24 February, the ARCOmadrid Forum will dedicate two talks to

the Argentine artists in a round table directed by Agustín Pérez Rubio, art director of

MALBA, Buenos Aires, on Writing, graphism and visual arts, with the participation of

Leticia Obeid and Eduardo Stupia, and a second directed by Manuel Segade, director of

CA2M, Madrid, responsible for Bodies, sexuality and performance with Dudu Alcon

Quintanilha; Marcelo Pombo and Mariela Scafati, both sessions organised by Argentina

Plataforma / ARCO. On the other hand, David Lamelas will be present at the Pacific

standard time: LA/LA talk, to be held on Thursday the 23rd.

The Argentine presence at ARCOmadrid will be completed with the presentation of a

prestigious distinction, the ‘A’ Awards for Collecting bestowed by the Fundación ARCO,

on Eduardo Costantini for his work in spreading Latin American art in the world, and

particularly for the creation of the Museo MALBA de Buenos Aires.

Madrid turns the spotlight on Argentina

Argentina will also enjoy a major deployment throughout Madrid in the shape of various

exhibitions which, under the curatorship of Sonia Becce -independent curator -, will

spread the country’s contemporary art to various spaces in the city. This will all make it

possible to analyse Argentina’s excellent artists while also gaining an overview of the

country’s gallery context, collecting, curating and critics.

One of the highlights will be the group exhibition En el ejercicio de las cosas, curated by

Sonia Becce-Mariano Mayer, with over 50 artists from different generations in 8 venues

in the city: Casa Museo Lope De Vega; Casa de Vacas; Conde Duque; Tabacalera;

Museo Cerralbo; Casa de América; Biblioteca Nacional, and Alimentación30.

Additionally, there will also be other exhibitions such as the Colección Costantini, at the

Real Academia de San Fernando; Diego Bianchi and Luis Garay at Matadero Madrid;

Nicolás Robbio, at La Casa Encendida; Jorge Macchi, at CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de

Mayo, co-organised by MALBA and curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio; Leandro Erlich, in

the Espacio Fundación Telefónica, along with other shows in Caixa Forum, Museo

Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, among others.

To complete its programme in Madrid, apart from screenings in Plaza de Callao and

artist-in-residence programmes in El Ranchito, Casa Velázquez and Media Lab Prado,

there will also be ´Escenas Argentinas`, a cycle of theatre, film and music, organised with

the collaboration of Marcelo Panozzo, set to include the DOMO ARGENTINA

PLATAFORMA ARCO initiative, in Plaza de Colón, with musical performances by

artists such as Juan Gatti + Fangoria; Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas; Adrian Iaies

Drumless Trio + Eduardo Stupía, and Entre Rios – Cuadro Fulldome 5.1 Live Show.

LIST OF GALLERIES #ArgentinaPlataformaARCO

GALLERY CITY ARTISTS

BARRO* Buenos Aires Diego Bianchi / Marcelo Pombo

COSMOCOSA Buenos Aires Luis Frangella / Marcia Schvartz

DEL INFINITO Buenos Aires Alberto Greco

HENRIQUE FARIA

BUENOS AIRES* Buenos Aires Ricardo Carreira / Mirtha Dermisache

IGNACIO LIPRANDI* Buenos Aires Pablo Accinelli /Cecilia Szalkowicz

ISLA FLOTANTE Buenos Aires Leticia Obeid / Mariela Scafati

JORGE MARA LA RUCHE* Buenos Aires Kasuya Sakai / Eduardo Stupia

MITE Buenos Aires Laura Codega / Dudu Alcon Quintanhilla

NORA FISCH Buenos Aires Elba Bairon / Juan Tessi

RUTH BENZACAR* Buenos Aires Fabio Kacero / Valentina Liernur

SLYZMUD** Buenos Aires Faivovich & Goldberg / Sol Pipkin

VASARI Buenos Aires Juan José Cambre / Alejandro Kuropatwa

*Galleries also participating in the General Programme

**Also participating in Opening

Argentina Plataforma / ARCO Institutional Pavilion

Architect: Gerardo Caballero

Project selected in a national competition through the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos.

In addition to the twelve galleries present in the Argentina Plataforma / ARCO, the Guest

Country will have an institutional pavilion organised by the Argentine Ministry for

Culture. The artistic and cultural programme of this stand will be presented by the

President of the Nation, Mauricio Macri, and the Minister for Culture of Argentina,

Pablo Avelluto.

To accompany the institutional presentations, this space will host various round tables

on collecting and the art market in Argentina and Latin America, as well as public

interviews of fundamental artists in the history of this country. In line with this, one of

the stand’s first activities will be a public interview of the Argentine artist based in

France, Julio Le Parc. The Swinging Pampa session on Argentine art and artists also

stands out. It consists of manifestos revolving around “Desmitificar el arte” (Manifiesto de

Julio Le Parc, 1968); a dialogue between Julio Le Parc and Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro -

director and chief curator of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC, NY), and

curator of the next Bienal de São Paulo, in 2018-.

Another important point within this programme will be the creative, educational

workshops and activities, aimed at an intergenerational public. Thus, a first,

unprecedented collaboration between the Argentine Ministry for Culture and MediaLab

Prado will take place with a view to establishing a regular agreement. It will consist of

citizen workshops and laboratories for the experimentation, production and research of

cultural practices. The educational activities around Argentine art scheduled for

ARCOmadrid have been jointly created by both institutions.

The conceptual axes on which practically all the space’s activities are to revolve will be

the Argentine art manifestos and writings by artists, such as the “Manifiesto blanco” by

Lucio Fontana, the “Manifiesto Madí” and “Desmitificar el arte”, by Julio Le Parc, and

the construction by the public of group manifestos within the space of the Argentina

stand.

Finally, the notion of utopian constructions, as well as the possibility of designing

innovative citizenships and cities -in close connection with the proposals present in the

“Hydrospatial City” by the Czech-Argentine artist Gyula Kosice and the cities of the

Argentine artist Xul Solar- will be reflected in the permanent activities and educational

workshops that will take place at the stand.

An interesting conversation about Argentine artists will unfold in “Societies of artists,

clans and communities”, relating to the varied ways and means in which contemporary

artists organise themselves to coexist and create together.

Various performances by contemporary Argentine artists around the Argentine Art

Manifestos will also take place during the Fair.

PROGRAMME

Programme by Mercedes Pérez Bergliaffa

WEDNESDAY, 22 February

4 pm. |Official presentation of Argentina Plataforma / ARCO

Institutional presentation of the complete Argentina Plataforma / ARCO programme at

the Fair and in the city.

5.30 pm. | Public interview of Julio Le Parc

By: Roxana Olivieri, art historian and gallery director.

THURSDAY, 23 February

4 pm. | Swinging Pampa

Dialogue between Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro -Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, NY-,

and Julio Le Parc.

6 pm. |The elastic worlds

Round table on Argentine and Latin American art collecting.

Participating collectors: Patricia Pearson (Argentina), Hugo Sigman (Argentina), Ella

Fontanals de Cisneros (USA).

Moderated by: Mercedes Pérez Bergliaffa

FRIDAY, 24 February

2.30 to 4.30 pm. | Import / Export

Round table on the international circulation of works of art.

5 pm. | Ontological hit

Participants: Jorge Mara (Jorge Mara-La Ruche gallery), Facundo Gómez Minujín (Vice-

president of the Fondo Nacional de las Artes, and ex-president of arteBA), Orly Benzacar

(Ruth Benzacar gallery).

Moderated by: Roxana Olivieri

SATURDAY, 25 February

4.30 to 6.30 pm. | Societies of artists, clans and utopian communities

Participants: Melina Berkenwald (URRA, Argentina), Pablo Caligaris (La Ira de Dios,

Argentina), Paula Otegui (intern for Argentina, Casa Velázquez, España), Matilde

Sánchez (writer, Argentina).

Coordinated by: Roxana Olivieri

FRIDAY 24th, at 12.30 pm | SATURDAY 25th and SUNDAY 26th from 2.30 to 4.30 pm.

Experiencia Educa: intergenerational and educational contemporary art workshops:

Workshops in flyer, inventionist and community art

Workshops in galactic and urbanistic art

Programme designed between MediaLab Prado (Madrid) and the Ministry of Culture of

Argentina. Directed by Sara San Gregorio and Francisco Díaz (MediaLab Prado).

WEDNESDAY 22nd, at 5pm. | THURSDAY 23rd, at 3pm. | FRIDAY 24th, at 12.30 and 7

pm. | SATURDAY 25th, from noon to 2.30 pm. |SUNDAY 26th, from noon to 2.30 pm.

and from 4.30 to 6.30 pm.

CLUB DE LA PELEA. Performances on artist texts and manifestos on Argentine art.

Directed by Mercedes Vivacqua, Natasha Jajam and Rafael Cippolini. Script: Mercedes

Pérez Bergliaffa-

PERMANENT STAND ACTIVITIES

Every day, from noon to 8pm.

CREATE YOUR OWN MANIFESTO: Construction of a group mural together with the

public. Creative writing exercise linked to fragments of Argentine art Manifestos.

PERMANENT EXHIBITION AT THE STAND: Selection of Argentine videoart. It

includes works by renowned artists –such as Leandro Katz- and others by younger

generations –including Reina Escofet, Cristina Coll and Leonardo Gracés, among others.

Parallel Programme

Exhibitions of Argentina Plataforma / ARCO in Madrid

Curated by Sonia Becce

The parallel programme of Argentina Plataforma / ARCO, put together by the

independent curator Sonia Becce, will spread throughout 17 iconic venues in Madrid and

will include the work of over 60 artists from all disciplines; an unprecedented display of

contemporary Argentine art in Spain.

INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMME

General Curator: Sonia Becce

CA2M. CENTRO DE ARTE 2 DE MAYO (Avenida de la Constitución 23-25, Móstoles)

JORGE MACCHI: PERSPECTIVE.

Artist: Jorge Macchi

Curator: Agustín Pérez Rubio.

Exhibition co-organised by the CA2M and the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires

(MALBA)

From 18 February to 10 June, 2017.

CAIXAFORUM (Paseo del Prado, 36)

JORNADA DE ARTE Y LITERATURA

Coordinator: Graciela Speranza.

With the participation of Alan Pauls, Fabio Kacero and Patricio Pron.

25 February 2017 (6pm)

CYCLES OF VIDEOS.

Artists: Liliana Porter, Sebastián Díaz Morales, Jaime Davidovich.

Curator: Sonia Becce.

22-27 February 2017

PANTALLA DE CALLAO (Plaza de Callao)

Artists: Adriana Bustos, Eugenia Calvo and Sebastián Díaz Morales.

Curator: Sonia Becce.

22-26 February 2017

LA CASA ENCENDIDA (Ronda de Valencia, 2)

EJERCICIOS DE RESISTENCIA.

Artist: Nicolás Robbio

From 16 February to 23 April, 2017

MATADERO MADRID. LAS NAVES DEL ESPAÑOL (Paseo de la Chopera, 14)

UNDER DE SÍ.

Directors: Diego Bianchi and Luis Garay.

22, 24 and 25 February, 2017 (8:30pm)

MUSEO CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFÍA (Santa Isabel, 52)

LA WAGNER

Director: Pablo Rotemberg

20 and 21 February, 2017 (8pm)

EINE BRISE

Composition: Mauricio Kagel

Director: Fabián Panisello

23 February 2017 (8pm)

L'OFFICINA DELLA RESURREZIONE

Composition and direction: Fabián Panisello

Video: Leticia Obeid

23 February 2017 (8pm)

MUSEO THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA (Paseo del Prado, 8)

ULTRAMAR. FONTANA, KUITCA, SEEBER, TESSI.

Curator: Sonia Becce

16 February to 16 May, 2017

REAL ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES DE SAN FERNANDO (Alcalá, 13)

ARTE LATINOAMERICANO. UNA MIRADA A LA COLECCIÓN COSTANTINI.

Curator: Estrella de Diego.

21 February to 2 April, 2017

MATADERO MADRID. NAVE 16 (Paseo de la Chopera, 14)

WELCOME: MEETING WITH ARGENTININE ARTISTS

24 February 2017 (9.30pm)

EN EL EJERCICIO DE LAS COSAS (multiple venues)

Curators: Sonia Becce-Mariano Mayer

14 February to 16 April, 2017

VENUES:

ALIMENTACIÓN 30 (Doctor Fourquet, 30)

ESTE CONFUSO PAISAJE, EL EQUILIBRIO.

Artists: Erica Bohm, Fabio Kacero, Leandro Katz.

BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA (Recoletos, 20-22)

REALIDAD DISTRAÍDA.

Artists: Alan Courtis, Cecilia Szalkowicz, Claudia del Río, Eduardo Costa, Nicolás

Mastracchio.

CASA DE AMÉRICA (Paseo de Recoletos, 2)

LAS DECISIONES DEL TACTO.

Artists: Bruno Dubner, Carlos Huffmann, David Lamelas & Hildegarde Duane, Eduardo

Costa, Eduardo Navarro, Humberto Rivas, Karina Peisajovich, Mariana Ferrari, Marie

Orensanz, Mariela Scafati, Miguel Mitlag, Paola Vega, Sofía Böhtlink and Tiziana

Pierri.

CASA MUSEO LOPE DE VEGA (Cervantes, 11)

FLOTANTE.

Artists: Federico Manuel Peralta Ramos, Fernanda Laguna, Gastón Pérsico, Lux Lindner.

CENTRO CULTURAL CASA DE VACAS (Parque de El Retiro)

DONDE NUNCA ESTOY, DONDE NUNCA FUI

Artists: Carlos Ginzburg, Irene Kopelman, Jaime Davidovich, Martín Legón, Marula Di

Como, Valentina Liernur.

CENTRO CULTURAL CONDE DUQUE (Conde Duque, 9)

LA BELLA SINTAXIS.

Artists: Agencia de Viajes (Alejandro Ros+Pablo Schanton), Alberto Goldenstein, Daniel

Joglar, Eduardo Costa, Laura Mema, Matías Duville and Nicolás Gullotta.

MUSEO CERRALBO (Ventura Rodríguez, 17)

ES ELLA UNA ENCANTADORA COSA.

Artists: Alfredo Londaibere, Jorge Gumier Maier, Rosana Schoijett, Marcela Sinclair.

TABACALERA PROMOCIÓN DEL ARTE (Embajadores, 53)

SABER SIN MÍ.

Artists: Carlos Herrera, Eduardo Costa, Marcelo Galindo, Mariana Tellería, Nicanor

Aráoz, Osías Yanov, Paula Castro, Santiago De Paoli and Santiago García Sáenz.

ESCENAS ARGENTINAS

Coordinator: Marcelo Panozzo

TEATROS LUCHANA (Luchana, 38)

THEATRE PROGRAM

Plays: Piedra sentada pata corrida, Actriz, Un trabajo, La lechera, Bufón, Medea sé Sonal,

Representación nocturna del Marqués de Sebregondi, La vida Breve and Tus excesos y mi

corazón atrapado en la noche.

21-26 February, 2017

CÍRCULO DE BELLAS ARTES (Alcalá, 42)

FILM PROGRAMME BY HUGO SANTIAGO AND ALEJO MOGUILLANSKY

22-26 February 2017

DOMO ARGENTINA PLATAFORMA ARCO (Plaza de Colón)

MUSIC PROGRAMME

Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas

Jazz trio: Adrian Iaies Drumless Trio + Eduardo Stupía

Entre Rios – Cuadro Fulldome 5.1 Live Show

Psychedelidome –Juan Gatti + Fangoria

22, 23, 25 and 26 February, 2017

CENTROCENTRO CIBELES (Plaza de Cibeles 1)

INVENTARIO DE INVENTOS INVENTADOS

Authors: Eduardo Berti and Monobloque.

21 February to 16 April, 2017

OTHER EXHIBITIONS

ESPACIO FUNDACIÓN TELEFÓNICA (Fuencarral, 3)

EPHEMERAL CERTAINTIES

Artist: Leandro Erlich

Exhibition organized by Espacio Fundación Telefónica

22 February to 23 April, 2017

MUSEO CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFÍA (Santa Isabel, 52)

DAVID LAMELAS. TIME AS ACTIVITY (1969-2916) VIDEOS.

Curator: Chema González

Sample organized by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

24 and 25 February, 2017

TABACALERA PROMOCIÓN DEL ARTE (Embajadores, 53)

LEANDRO KATZ. EL RASTRO DE LA GAVIOTA

Curator: Berta Sichel

Exhibition organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport

16 February to 16 April, 2017

OTHER PROGRAMMES

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMME

Argentine artists selected via national public competition

Coordination: Fondo Nacional de las Artes

February 2017

EL RANCHITO-MATADERO MADRID – URRA / LA IRA DE DIOS (Buenos Aires)

Santiago Gasquet, Lucrecia Lionti, Rodolfo Marqués and Santiado Poggio

MEDIALAB-PRADO (Alameda, 15)

Leonardo Solaas and Juan Pablo Sorrentino

CASA VELÁZQUEZ (Paul Guinard, 3)

Gaspar Acebedo, Agustina Crespo, Susana Gamarra and Paula Marcela Otegui