'Global cooling lamp' (2006) by Olafur Eliasson
1. constellations , by Irene Grau (PONCE+ROBLES Gallery, 9D15) . Irene Grau (Valencia, 1986) suggests that we forget about borders. The forty pieces that make up the set Constellations represent each of the days of the GR route 11, or what is the same, the Long Distance trail that crosses the Pyrenees ** from the Cantabrian Sea (Cape Higuer) to the Mediterranean Sea (Cape Creus) **. “The proposal consists of removing from it all the elements except the symbols, in this way, eliminating all the data that contribute to the interpretation and recognition of a specific space, what remains is a map without reference or territory. An abstraction that allows a certain idea of a natural border to be sensed but that obviates any political limit ”, She explains on her website. In days of walls and barriers, we are left with this firmament at ground level.
Detail of the installation 'Constelaciones' by Irene Grau
two. The works of **Iván Navarro at Baró Galería (9E10)**. The work of this Chilean artist currently residing in Brooklyn is marked by a childhood under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Navarro works with glass geometry, bright neon, incandescent and fluorescent as symbols of power. His sculptures are charged with a sociopolitical commitment.
'Bomb' (2016), by Iván Navarro
3. William Srodek-Hart in Kuckei + Kuckei (9G14). The work of this photographer from Buenos Aires travels through the rural areas of Argentina. Away from those lists (in which we also sometimes fall in Traveler) that accustom the eye to what is known, what is expected, what is precooked and packaged to consume. In his Stories series, Srodek-Hart explores since 2004, after the death of his grandfather, what we leave behind, what does not appear on maps and travel guides. “ It was clear to me that the passage of time was erasing these beautiful and mysterious places, and with them, the stories of their owners. . A generation of men and women whose identity is viscerally connected to what they do is slowly fading away along with their stores and shops. Those places that still survive stand as living monuments to a vanishing way of life. They are emblems of the past doomed to failure. They are the last ones standing ”, He explains on his website.
"91" Butcher Shop, by Guillermo Srodek-Hart, 2006
Four. The Flower Fair by Núria Güell (2016) at ADN Galería (9G08). With six photographs, a video and ten methacrylate pieces, Güell contrasts the work of the most international paisa artist, Fernando Botero, with the silhouettes of minors engaged in prostitution in the city of Medellin . A reflection on the consequences of mass tourism on women and the effects of male desire on the female body with the history of art as a backdrop. The methacrylate pieces reproduce a WhatsApp conversation of a man who wants to rent the body of a minor, while the moving and static images focus on the patriarchal vision that dominates culture and society in general.
The Núria Güell Flower Fair (2016)
5. Global cooling lamp (2006) by Olafur Eliasson in Elvira González (9A11). Olafur Eliasson's works explore surprise through light and water. If last June you wanted to go to Paris to see its incredible artificial waterfall at the Palace of Versailles this time you will be able to observe the greenish presence of him in ARCO. A visual game with 35 halogens fixed inside a hemispherical geodesic frame. The outer halves are transparent while the inner halves reflect the whole. Warning: this sculpture is the perfect point for the posing-selfie moment.
'Global cooling lamp' (2006) by Olafur Eliasson
6.**Salon Leibniz in Hall 9 (G01)**. One of the surprises at ARCO is this small literary salon, coordinated by Giulietta Speranza, in which artists, writers and poets They will dialogue and experiment on the limits of the arts. A great success of this edition. Check your schedule here.
7. dialogues, led by the commissioners Mary of Corral, Lorraine Martinez de Corral Y Catherine Lozano . Eleven foreign galleries create synergies between pairs of artists. It will be the perfect starting point to explore the Argentine presence, guest country of this edition.
8. Condé Nast's beacon of artistic creativity (7I02 #VivirConArte ) could not miss the appointment. Step into a cover of AD, the most stylish magazine and website in the design landscape. With AD and #montalban11 by @KnightFrank you can be the protagonist of your own cover and get carried away by the AD universe.
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* In addition, this year ARCO has official transportation. On any round trip you will be discounted **15% of your trip in Cabify ** (it is automatically paid) and if it is your first time, with the code ARCO6 You will have six euros discount.