Award Finalist
Future Generation Art Prize, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev 2014
PinchukArtCentre announced 21 artists nominated for the 3rd edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. The art prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in 2009 is a major international competition for artists up to 35 with a Main Award of $100.000 to discover and provide long-term support for a generation of emerging artists, wherever they live and work.
Following the open, free and democratic online application procedure, the 7 members of the Selection Committee, competent and global art-professionals nominated by the Jurors of the Prize, have arrived to Kyiv, Ukraine, and selected 20 artists from more than 5 500 applications coming from 148 countries, divided over all continents.
The 21st nominee for the Future Generation Art Prize 2014 is Zhanna Kadyrova, the winner of the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2013, a national contemporary art prize awarded to young Ukrainian artists up to 35.
The shortlist of the Future Generation Art Prize 2014 includes: Neïl Beloufa, 29 (France), Rossella Biscotti, 35 (Italy), James Bridle, 33 (UK), Kudzanai Chiurai 33 (Zimbabwe), Cécile Evans, 31 (USA), Aslan Gaisumov, 23 (Russia), Ximena Garrido-Lecca, 34 (Peru), He Xiangyu, 27 (China), Jia Aili, 34 (China), Nikita Kadan, 31 (Ukraine), Zhanna Kadyrova, 32 (Ukraine), Mauricio Limón, 34 (Mexico), Adrian Melis Sosa, 28 (Cuba), Nástio Mosquito, 32 (Angola), Carlos Motta, 36 (Colombia), Jon Rafman, 32 (Canada), Cally Spooner, 31 (UK), Pilar Quinteros, 26 (Chile), Allyson Vieira, 35 (USA), GCC (Arabian Gulf region) and Public Movement (Israel).
The nominees for the Prize represent 17 different countries of birth. In terms of the continents 7 artists represent Europe; 5 - North America; 4 – Asia; 3 – South America; and 2 - Africa.
The exhibition of 21 shortlisted artists will open at the PinchukArtCentre on October 25, 2014.
Raphael Chikukwa, Chief curator of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Future Generation Art Prize 2014 Selection Committee chairman: “It was quite an experience looking at many images, videos and information of artists from around the world and to come out with 20 shortlisted artists in two days. As a result our process came out with the twenty finalists not based on geographical location but on merit. Future Generation Art Prize is a great opportunity for young artists to enter and be recognized for their outstanding works in the global art world.”
Bjorn Geldhof, Deputy Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre, Selection Committee member: “The third edition of the Future Generation Art Prize revealed not only a raise in a number but especially an amazing raise in the quality of the artists who applied. It showed the importance of the prize for a young generation of artists and emphasized the seriousness of our work, selecting only 20 positions. The final shortlist, after two days of intense discussions, represents a wide range of innovative and advanced artistic practices revealing a Future Generation.”
The respected international jury will choose and announce the winner of the main prize who will receive a generous prize ($60,000 in cash and $40,000 toward production of a new work) at the Award Ceremony in December 2014 in Kyiv (Ukraine). An additional $20,000 from the Foundation will be allotted to fund artist-in-residency programs to the special prize winner.
Seminar
Curatorial Intensive in Mexico City, ICA at Museo Jumex, July 3, 2014
Fecha del Programa: Junio 30–Julio 7, 2014
Fecha límite para enviar la aplicación: Abril 21, 2014
Este Junio, ICI en colaboración con la Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo presentará el Intensivo Curatorial en Ciudad de México, el tercer programa desarrollado completamente en español. El Intensivo Curatorial es el primer programa corto de formación para curadores sobre conceptos, logística y organización de exposiciones, eventos públicos y otros formatos discursivos. Los temas a discutirse incluirán el desarrollo del campo curatorial y el rol del curador, a la par que explorará iniciativas investigativas, proyectos independientes, colecciones y desarrollo institucional, nuevas arquitecturas financieras, entre otros temas.
El Intensivo Curatorial está diseñado para sumergir a los participantes en un riguroso cronograma de seminarios y presentaciones que apoyan el proceso de desarrollo de una idea a una propuesta completa de programa o exposición. El taller está dirigido a individuos proactivos, que trabajan de manera independiente o en instituciones, y que se beneficiarán de una semana de intensas conversaciones en torno a los temas y preguntas que involucran regularmente la práctica de la curaduría.
El programa ofrecerá a curadores de habla hispana la oportunidad de encontrarse con colegas de todo el mundo, compartir ideas de cómo ampliar los parámetros de sus prácticas y construir una red para futuras colaboraciones. Los aspirantes a participar deberán poseer un manejo fluido del español, dado que los seminarios y las discusiones serán sólo en este idioma.
El Intensivo Curatorial incluirá seminarios, visitas a instituciones culturales locales, reuniones individuales, y mesas de discusión dirigidos por un grupo de profesionales internacionales entre los que se incluyen: Bruce Altshuler (Director, Program in Museum Studies, New York University), Magalí Arriola (Curadora, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Ciudad de México), Manuel Borja-Villel (Director, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid), María del Carmen Carrión (Directora Asociada de Programas Públicos e Investigaciones, ICI, Nueva York), Patrick Charpenel (Director, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo), Juan A. Gaitán (Curador, 8th Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo de Berlín), Julieta González (Curadora, Museo Tamayo, Ciudad de México), Inés Katzenstein (Directora, Departamento de Arte, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires), Carlos Motta (artista, Nueva York), y Daniela Pérez (curadora independiente y co-fundadora, de_sitio, Ciudad de México).
Group Exhibition
Apocryphal Colony. Images of Coloniality in Spain, MUSAC, June 21 , 2014 -January 6 , 2015
Apocryphal Colony: Images of Coloniality in Spain is an exhibition that questions the visual meaning of images, and reflects, specifically, on how colonial images are constructed, disseminated and interpreted. Colonialism, in simple terms, is a political, economic and cultural system designed to enable one territory to profit from another. Even if the occupation is purely military at first, the exploitation extends to many other spheres as time goes by. In other words, colonialism uses social sciences such as history, scientific disciplines such as anthropology, religious dogmas such as the gospel, or even artistic styles such as orientalism, to legitimise its discourse of domination. Starting from these concepts, Apocryphal Colony is presented as a space for rethinking the processes and cultural practices of the Hispanic colonial imaginary in the symbolic space of territory.
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), Spain
June 21 , 2014 -January 6 , 2015
Curatorship: Juan Guardiola
More info here
Group Exhibition
Bellos Jueves, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, June 26, 7:30pm
¡Luego del gran éxito de los Bellos Jueves del 24 de abril y del 22 de mayo, el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes los invita a disfrutar de la tercera edición del ciclo, el 26 de junio a las 19.30hs! Bellos Jueves es un ciclo de intervenciones de artistas contemporáneos en la planta baja y terraza del Museo, que se realiza un jueves por mes. Artistas, músicos y publicaciones conviven en las salas junto con las obras de su patrimonio.
Bellos Jueves concreta el interés del MNBA de pensar su acervo en constante metamorfosis: toda producción contemporánea altera y modifica las obras del pasado. El Museo sostiene la idea de que las obras de su colección no mantienen un monólogo soberano, sino un diálogo permanente. Los vamos a estar esperando este 26 de junio a las 19.30hs.
Artistas y músicos
Otero, Máquina de Lavar, Florencia Bohtlingk, Horacio Butler, Lux Linder, Adriana Minoliti, Carlos Motta, Mariela Scafati, Los Hermanos McKenzie, El Remolón & VJ Matias Bianchi, Melmann & Lucas DM
Group Exhibition
Under the Same Sun, Guggenheim Museum, June 13–October 1, 2014
Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative Presents Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today
Curator Pablo León de la Barra Investigates Contemporary Art Practices in Latin America in Exhibition of Artists from 16 Countries
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York will present the exhibition Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, which marks the second phase of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative. Organized by Pablo León de la Barra, Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, Latin America, the exhibition features contemporary works by 37 artists and collaborative duos from 16 countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico (United States), Uruguay, and Venezuela. Following its presentation in New York, Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today will travel to two additional venues.
Featuring nearly 50 works including installations, mixed-media works, paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, and works on paper, Under the Same Sunsurveys the most significant contemporary art practices in Latin America today. This presentation is the second of three exhibitions that form part of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative. The artworks in the exhibition, along with others acquired as part of the initiative, will become part of the Guggenheim's permanent collection under the auspices of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund.
more info here
Solo Exhibition
Nefandus by Carlos Motta at El Túnel Arte Alternativo, Cuenca, Ecuador
Opening, May 22, 7pm
more info here
Text
Queer Time & Place, Frieze Magazine, May 2014
‘What does it mean to make queer art now?’
Paul Clinton asks artists and writers Catherine Lord, Carlos Motta, Charlotte Prodger, James Richards, Prem Sahib and A.L. Steiner to respond.
read survey here
Conference
The Queer Art of the Counter-Archive, a/p/a NYU, Saturday, April 12, 10:50-11:50am
Panel Discussion: The Queer Art of the Counter-Archive, Saturday, April 12, 10:50-11:50am
Harrison Apple, Andy Campbell, and Ryan Conrad. Moderated by Carlos Motta
