7 – 10 luglio 2011, Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Aperta oggi la fiera d’arte del New Mexico, Art Santa Fe, giunta all’edizione numero 11, quest’anno raccoglie quasi una trentina di espositori con partecipazioni estere da Europa e Giappone. Ad Art Santa Fe si affianca inoltre un’altra significativa manifestazionel’International Folk Art Market, nata nel 2003 per dare spazio e visibilità agli artisti che propongono arte folcloristica e tradizionale.
L’undicesima edizione di ART Santa Fe si svolge dal 7 al 10 luglio, un weekend all’insegna dell’arte in una delle città più attive nel mercato dell’arte. La manifestazione si apre giovedì 7 luglio con un Gala inaugurale dalle 17 alle 20 che servirà a raccogliere fondi per il New Mexico Museum of Art. La fiera è ospitata nel nuovissimo Santa Fe Convention Center, nel cuore della città patrimonio dell’Unesco, in un edificio a basso impatto ambientale che vanta una superficie di 22.000 mq di cui 13.000 dedicati alla fiera.
I Visitatori di ART Santa Fe hanno l’opportunità di conoscere arte, gallerie e artisti in un ambiente raccolto che permette di parlare in tranquillità con il venditore e gli artisti e allo stesso tempo di toccare con mano una grande varietà espressiva di arte e di differenti qualità.
La città del New Mexico con il suo unico mix che mescola antico e moderno, i suoi ristoranti di alta cucina, lo spirito di frontiera, il polo culturale è nota come “The City Different” ed offre uno scenario perfetto per la manifestazione fieristica.
Oltre al percorso tra le gallerie espositrici ART Santa Fe quest’anno offre interessanti progetti d’artista installati in occasione della fiera, tra questi tre in particolare si preannunciano molto coinvolgenti: ‘dreamteam’ dell’artista tedesca Regine Schumann e del fotografo Alberto Frei, e la partecipazione speciale di Peter Weber. La cui opera sarà installata sul pavimento della manifestazione, così chè le impronte dei visitatori rimangano impresse dietro al loro passaggio. Alla conclusione della fiera, Weber in un cerimoniale srotolerà il lavoro, mostrandone il risultato. Hugo Garcia Urrutia, originario della città tristemente nota di Juarez, in Messico, presenta un’opera visceralmente accattivante, dal titolo: The Mexican Tsunami. Un muro di oltre 50 metri di altezza per 40, composto da più di un migliaio di sacchi di sabbia gialli
sospesi al di sopra dello sguardo dello spettatore che si incurva in cima dando la sensazione di onda che sbilancia e sta per cadere. Il lavoro di Garcia Urrutia è un omaggio al fratello, vittima della violenza indiscriminata che flagella il Messico.
comunicato stampa
Experience Matters – and for the 11th installment of the acclaimed international art fair ART Santa Fe, this phrase means an exciting week-end in the country’s second largest art market.
ART Santa Fe runs from July 7-10, 2011. It all starts with the excitement of the cork-popping Gruet champagne Gala and Vernissage, 5-8pm on July 7, with proceeds benefitting the New Mexico Museum of Art. The fair is located in the heart of Santa Fe, a UNESCO world heritage city, at the eco-smart building, the Santa Fe Convention Center. Santa Fe, with its unique mix of modern and ancient, haute cuisine, pioneer spirit, and high culture, is known as “The City Different” and is home to this boutique fair.
Visitors to ART Santa Fe have the opportunity to engage with art, galleries, and artists in a setting that simultaneously allows for variety and quality. In addition to gallery exhibitions ASF offers three fascinating installations this year: dreamteam, by German artist Regine Schumann and photographer Alberto Frei, and the participatory Footprints by Peter Weber. Weber’s piece will be placed strategically on the venue floor, so that visitors will leave their footprints behind them. At the end of the fair, Weber will ceremonially un-fold his piece, revealing the surprising results. Hugo Garcia Urrutia, from Juarez, Mexico, presents a viscerally arresting piece called The Mexican Tsunami. Standing at 16 by 12 feet, a wall of over a thousand yellow sandbags heaves up off the floor and looms over the viewer, curling at the top like a wave that is about to fall. This piece is a tribute to Urrutia’s brother, a victim of the rising tide of violence sweeping across Mexico.
Once again, ART Santa Fe features How Things Are Made. Fine-art glass-makers Bullseye Glass Company will demonstrate their process of kiln-fired glass-making techniques. New this year will be paper-making demos by Korean artist, Yu-Ra Lee. How Things Are Made gives visitors a rare opportunity to peak behind-the-scenes and see the inner-workings of what goes on in the creation of a work of art.
Friday, July 8th, 2:00-3:30pm, Coroonado Room, there will be a panel discussion, sponsored by David Richard Contemporary, titled, Southern California Painting, 1970s: Painting Per Se, led by Peter Frank, with Artists Judy Chicago, Tony DeLap, Maxwell Hendler, Jerrold Burchman, and others.
ART Santa Fe Presents lecture series hosts keynote speaker, Lawrence Weschler, Pulitzer Prize nominee and author of over a dozen books and countless articles on art, culture, politics and their intersections. The evening’s program is titled, “Toward a Unified Field Theory of Cultural Transmission (Seriously!) By Way of a Typology of Convergences.” He will be speaking at the New Mexico History Museum, July 9th, at 6:30pm. Tickets are $10.00
This year ASF has partnered with the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, offering shuttle service between the venues to allow visitors the best of both cutting-edge contemporary and traditional folk arts. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, readers were recommended to “Take Monday Off” to experience the “unparalleled sense of renewal” offered by Santa Fe. Where else in the world could you see world-class art in the morning, hike a mountain in the afternoon, and sip wine on a sunset-tinted patio at evening?
With galleries from Europe, Asia, and the Americas, ART Santa Fe gathers together the very best of what the contemporary art world has to offer, once again proving that – Experience matters.
ELENCO GALLERIE PARTECIPANTI
Aprique Gallery, Richmond, VA
Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Decorazon Gallery, Dallas, TX
EDEL, Osaka, Japan
Linda Fairchild Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Hamamjian Modern, San Francisco, CA
Hembrough Gallery, Madison, WI
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Osuna Art, Washington, DC
Park Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
Gallery M, Denver, CO
William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX
Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
S.C.A.P.E., Corona Del Mar, CA
Gallery SUDOH, Odawara City, Japan
Robert Turner Photographs, Del Mar, CA
Westbrook Galleries, Carmel, CA
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
ISTITUZIONI
The Frostig Collection , Pasadena, CA
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM
SITE Santa Fe , Santa Fe, NM
PROGETTI SPECIALI
Artist Project: Claire Ashley, Chicago IL
Artist Project: Pablo Luzardo
Artist Project: Regine Schumann: Dreamteam, Cologne, Germany
Artist Project: Amy Sealove, Galisteo, NM
*Koyanagi Shozo, Golden barrel cactus, 2011, inchiostro, acrilico, vernice oro su carta giapponese, 15.8 x 22.7cm, courtesy EDEL, Osaka, Japan
informazioni utili:
ART Santa Fe 2011
7 Luglio 2011 fino al 10 Luglio 2011
Art Santa Fe
Santa Fe (USA)
200 W. Marcy Street, Suite 101
tel +1 505 988 8883
www.artsantafe.com
OPENING NIGHT GALA VERNISSAGE: Thursday, July 7, 5 – 8 PM
FAIR HOURS:
Friday, July 8, 11 AM – 7 PM
Saturday, July 9, 11 AM – 6 PM
Sunday, July 10, 11 AM – 6 PM
TICKET PRICES:
One-day ticket to Art Santa Fe: $10
Three-day pass to Art Santa Fe: $18
Vernissage ticket: $100 Profits from the Vernissage benefit the New Mexico Museum of Art
VIP Pass: $125 The VIP Pass is valid for admission to: the Vernissage, Art Santa Fe on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the invitation-only Art in America party, Friday evening, the Art Santa Fe Presents keynote lecture, Saturday evening.
