Art Toronto is pleased to announce FOCUS: LATIN AMERICA

Founded in 2000, Art Toronto is Canada’s international contemporary and modern art fair, located at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in the city’s downtown core. Providing unique access to the Canadian art market, the fair is one of the most important annual art events in Canada. Now in its 16th year, Art Toronto presents important artwork from leading Canadian and international galleries combined with PLATFORM, our engaging series of lectures and panel discussions from prominent art world figures, curated projects, an extensive VIP Program, and top-tier cultural offerings throughout the city.

FOCUS: LATIN AMERICA

Curatorial Project

Inheriting the artistic concerns of the second half of the twentieth century, where artists began to challenge the integrity of the two-dimensional work of art, the traditional painting on canvas, and its frame[1], the selected artists for this presentation explore the limits of traditional disciplines such as painting, sculpture, drawing, to go beyond them. They take the concept and experiment with the physical nature of the canvas, the frame, the paint and other materials and in doing so challenge the viewer to negotiate a new relationship with the works. The curatorial concept envisioned is inspired by artists whose language presents a dialogue between art and architecture, a questioning of reality, expansion of the traditional languages and a demand that the viewer engage more closely with the works. The presentation is more a display of six solo artist presentations that share concerns about the artistic process and the need to go beyond the traditional artistic techniques. These artists leave behind the folklore, going beyond the stereotypes that sometimes is associated with the work by artists from Latin American and simply focus on their practice.

This presentation will exhibit works by Eduardo Basualdo (ARG), Matías Duville (ARG), Max Gómez Canle (ARG), Catalina León (ARG), Mateo López (COL) and Milena Muzquiz (MEX).

About the Curator

Abaseh Mirvali is an independent curator based in Mexico City and Berlin and has worked on projects across Latin America. Notably, she spearheaded the program development of the 2013 Biennial of the Americas and served as CEO, Executive Director and Curator from 2011 to 2013. In addition to the Art Toronto curatorial project, Mirvali is concurrently working on exhibitions to debut in Rome and Colombia in 2016.

In addition to the curatorial project, FOCUS: LATIN AMERICA includes the participation of 8 galleries from across Latin America as well as an extensive series of lectures and panel discussions by leading international artists and curators as part of the PLATFORM Lecture Series and the Power Talks presented by The Power Plant. FOCUS: LATIN AMERICA is presented in partnership with Americas Society, New York.
 

Dates:
October 23 – 26, 2015

Location:
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
North Building
255 Front Street West