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says only that “the show costs less than meets the eye”. 6 | THE AFRICAN ARTIST ROMUALD HAZOUMÉ FROM BENIN REPUBLIC, DIANA WECHSLER,
Finally selecting artists hangs between a democratic call ARTISTIC-ACADEMIC DIRECTOR OF THE BIENALSUR, THE ARTIST CAROLINA WOLMER,
for projects by public notice - of 2500 received, about ANIBAL JOZAMI, DIRECTOR OF THE BIENALSUR, ARTIST VOLUSPA JARPA, BERTRAND
300 were approved - for invitations to shows that already IVANOFF, SEIF ILHESCA, BIENNIAL ORGANIZER JOURNALIST MARLISE ILHESCA AND
circulating in art institutions, like “Take me (I’m yours´). THE BRAZILIAN EDUARDO SRUR
Designed originally by Julia Peyton-Jones, Andrea Schlieker
and Hans Ulrich Obrist, in 1995, following the fashion, she ARTFAIRS ARTBO | PAGES 26 AND 27
Boltanski, and since then comes circling the globe, from New COLOMBIAN FAIR
resurfaced in 2015, in France, with the help of Christian
York to Milan, where it is also now. The concept is simple: GROWS WITH LATIN
consists of multiples from artists, such as postcards, t-shirts,
posters and buttons, that can be taken by visitors for free. AMERICAN COLLECTING
“We brought that show because this idea has to do with the
concept of the biennial. Here, as it occurs in a free location,
TH
we had to put everything back much more quickly than in IN ITS 13 EDITION ARTBO BRINGS TOGETHER SHOWS WITH MUSEUM
other cities”, tells Jozami. QUALITY AND PUBLIC PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY PABLO HELGUERA,
Here it is explicit one of the contradictions of the Bienalsur ARTOON CRIATOR
which, if on the one hand seeks an academic ballast on the
other appeal to Obrist, the most stellar of thecurators o BY FABIO CYPRIANO, IN BOGOTÁ
f contemporary circuit , which uses your celebrity to be
everywhere, evendo with the same shows. Such strategy ART FAIRS TEND increasingly to search specific niches,
reminds the applicant need for validation of the Latin American which focus on regional and thematic collecting. So, Art
countries by the countries of the North. Unnecessary. Basel Miami Beach, for example, since it emerged, has
Anyway, within a spectrum so broad, Obrist diluted in Buenos been consecrated as a space for Latin American collecting,
Aires, where 26 other spaces host exhibitions and projects reflecting the characteristics of the host city itself. In a way,
related to Bienalsur, bringing together museums, such as the same is happening with the fair Arco in Madrid, using
the Malba and Belas Artes, cultural centers, such as the the colonialist bonds of the old Spanish Empire.
newly opened CCK (Cultural Center Kirchner). In Latin America, however, where is the origin of this
There is everything, and from this diversity appears to be collecting, two fairs have been strengthening with the local
born the strength for this event: from a manifesto fashion scene: ARTBO, in Bogotá, and arteBA, in Buenos Aires.
show of Ronaldo Fraga, using Latin themes in unconventional I’ve been in Colombia, six years ago, to know ARTBO at
models, the giant pet bottles of Eduardo Srur, that resemble the seventh edition. At that time, a great curatorship by
the complaints of ecological movements like the Greenpeace. Octavio Zaya was seen in an exhibit in the fair, but the whole
Between these two examples, there are shows about infrastructure still had a somewhat precarious character
collecting - of the five axes of biennial, one is named Collection and there was not a qualitative representativeness of
of Collection - such as “Art to Think the New Reason in the international galleries. From Brazil, for instance, were present
World”, with recent acquisitions of Spanish Reina Sofia only Vermelho and Luisa Strina.
Museum, in general with high political voltage. The other In just six years, it’s amazing the ARTBO change. This
axes of the biennial are: Art in the urban space; Art in the time, still 57 galleries are there, but now seven of them are
Borders; Art and Social Action, and Bienalsur Curatories. Brazilian: from celebrated Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Vermelho
The title that the Spanish writer Enrique Vila-Matas and Luisa Strina to recent debutants like Blau Projects.
dedicated to your book on the (d)OCUMENTA 13 could There were also some of the most influential galleries of
be use to describe the Bienalsur: “there is no place Latin America, as Ruth Benzacar, from Buenos Aires, and
for logic in Buenos Aires”. It is certain, however, that Luis Adelantado, of Mexico. From Spain came respected Elba
an action of contemporary art as wide and inclusive, Benitez and I do not mention the Colombians, for obvious
present from historical museums to border areas and reasons. Several others are missing specially Mexicans, but
plenty of controversy, is essential to oxygenate the sad the fact is that in six years, ARTBO has gone from a provincial
times of conservative advance on the planet. And Jozami environment, for a truly representative fair.
guarantees: there’s more coming in 2019. This change has much to do with another brand of large
fairs, which are parallel sections: curated shows, debates,
1 | IVAN GRILO, NADIE HA DEJADO DE EXISTIR events, artist books.
2 | 2017, TWO 100 CM X 25 CM PLATES, BRONZE In this edition, ARTBO features an exhibition that really has
3 | “TAKE ME (I’M YOURS ´), LEVE-ME museological character, “Referentes” in charge of Colombian
4 | ALICE CREISCHER (1960), ANDREAS SIEKMANN (1961), THE WORKERS OF BRUKMAN, Sylvia Suárez, which deals with the production of engraving,
INSTALLATION COMPOSED OF TEN COSTUMES SEWN AND DIGITAL DRAWINGS ON PAPER especially in Colombia, from the end of the Second World War to
5 | MARION BARUCH, RUMANIA, 1929, PORTRAIT 4, 2013, SILK, 19CM X 140 CM, MAMCO the fall of the Berlin wall. Depicting issues that transiting between
COLLECTION the violence of drug trafficking to the issues of genres, artists