The one hundred most outstanding artists during the last one hundred years in Colombia constitute a comprehensive collection to be presented on Wednesday, February 25 at 18:30 h local time. The selection of this privileged list of artists making up this book was carried out by international experts such as María Wills Londoño, co-curator ARCO Colombia; Lilly Scarpetta, a collector; Nohra Haime, a gallery owner; Celia Birbragher Sredni, Art Nexus director; Solita Mishaan, a collector; César Gaviria, a Colombian politician and gallery owner; and Carlos Urroz, ARCOmadrid director.
This initiative, led by the Fusionarte Association, recognizes 100 distinctive features that have placed Colombia among the ten best countries related to the contemporary art. Also, the ARCO takes the advantage of this context to show the great moment of international visibility for the Colombian art through this unprecedented proposal.
The publication is like a map of the Colombian art, in which not only representative artists are included, but artists from all the regions of the country, with their respective creative routes.
Alejandro Obregón, Ana Mercedes Hoyos, Débora Arango, Fernando Botero, Leo Matiz, Juan Antonio Roda, Nadín Ospina, Luis Caballero, Doris Salcedo, Libya Posada, Lorenzo Jaramillo, María José Arjona, Oscar Murillo and Luz Ángela Lizarazo are part of the wide art through the 300 pages of the book: Colombia: 100 años, 100 artistas.
The publication is accompanied by essays of José Roca, a Latin American art curator at the Tate Modern in London; Álvaro Medina, historian of art, art critic and independent curator, and Jaime Cerón, a teaching researcher, art critic, independent curator and cultural manager.
About Fusionarte Association
Fusionarte Association was founded in 2007 in Madrid. Since its foundation, it has been featured by a strong social commitment and a strong vocation for work in favor of the general interest. It is really convinced that art and culture are two powerful tools to promote the integral development of people. Fusionarte Asociation promotes the integration of migrants, their development and co-development in Latin America through cultural and artistic projects, and from various publications which seek to raise awareness among the population in general. The Fusionarte work is reflected in the different projects managing and they are the following: Mimarte, Nuevos Rostros de Madrid, 100 Latinos, 100 Latinos Miami,Un hecho, tres miradas, Un Hogar Lejosde la Patria, A Ambos Lados del Ecuador, 100 Colombianos, 100 Mexicanos and 100 Españoles.
Colombia. 100 years, 100 artists
PRICE: €35
336 pages
Points for sale: ARCO 2015 and www.100latinos.com
PRESENTATION Colombia. 100 años, 100 artistas
February 25, 18:30 h local time
ARCOmadrid, institutional STAND of COLOMBIA, Pavilion number 9 STAND H13 /
INSTITUTIONAL PROJECTS
Speakers: Fernando Carrillo, José Roca, Carlos Urroz and Veronica Duran
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