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like the Peruvian Tereza Burga, Mexican Ulises Carrión and the DON’T DO A LINEAR TEXT to talk about Wesley Duke Lee,
Colombians Miguel Angel Rojas and Beatriz Gonzalez, are among multifaceted artist, full of territorial narratives, inventor of
those selected. Without doubt, this was the highlight of the fair, multiple identities fragmented, which has always provoke
to encompass an exhibition complex and with so many artists. controversy. The aristocratic style, already present in
Already the debate section, named Relaciones Publicas, the name, accompanies him to death in 2010. Son of an
was in charge of none other than the Mexican artist Pablo American conservative father, in 1951 Wesley turns the
Helguera, recognized by your Artoons series, where he table, decides to be an artist, attends the drawing lessons
mocks the art circuit in images. Among his guests were in the MASP and, the following year, he enrolled in Parsons
Cuban artist Coco Fusco, the Mexican curator Cuauhtémoc School of Design in New York.
Medina, and the Venezuelan curator Gabriela Rangel. Painting, xerox, collage, sculpture, printmaking, book artist,
Another section of great visibility was cured by brazilian Kiki computer graphics, little remained out of the creativity of
Mazzucchelli, Contra el Olvido (Against Oblivion), composed Wesley, pioneer of pop language in Brazil. In 1963 adheres
by 15 artists, dealing with current issues like the lack of to magic realism and teaches artists such as Carlos Fajardo,
attention to the world kickback of social achievements. Frederick Nasser, José Resende and Luiz Baravelli, with
There was the Brazilian Rosana Paulina, one of the few which works intensively for two years. A few years later,
artists in the country to address violence against blacks. In your work comes out of the plan and win the 3-dimensional
this section were also prints from the Argentine Marcelo space. Works such as The Trapezius or Confusion (1966)
Brodsky, depicting social movements in various parts of the and The Helicopter (1967) already working as environments.
world, from France to the United States, including Brazil. As a rescue of an essential artist production it’s undeniable
Beyond the own strengthening of the fair, the art scene of the contribuition of Wesley Duke Lee Art Institute, created
the Colombian capital lives a positive period, with excellent in 2015 by gallery owner Ricardo Camargo with the artist’s
shows in institutional spaces, as the retrospective of the niece, Patricia Lee, in an annex space to the Ricardo’s
Cubans Los Cubanos, in the Museo del Banco de la Republica, gallery , in Jardim Paulistano. A visit to the Institute puts
in addition to a special exhibition of the duo in NC-art space; the public in touch with the everyday life of the artist, full of
and an excellent shows in University space Claustro de San unique pieces, such as the famous bar where he uses to eat,
Agustin, entitled Selva Cosmopolita Reunida, with works as well as personal objects such as brushes, books, discs,
that deal with the Amazon forest, of poetic drawings of Abel and also paintings, prints, drawings, and lots of pictures. The
Rodriguez, present at the recent documenta 14, in Kassel; the central issue is to understand a production that bothers,
videoinstallation Selva Juridica, from Ursula Biemann and violate, not let be domesticated, and that now is accessible,
Paulo Tavares, seen at last Bienal de São Paulo, Incerteza Viva. scaled-down, almost a replica of the charming House/
Alternative spaces, like Jose Roca’s FLORA ars + natura, Studio of AV. João Dias, space of seductives originality
also showed your vitality, with a recent expansion, enabling and creativity .
more than a dozen artists residencies at the venue, all With access to the public, Wesley Duke Lee Art Institute
taken during the fair. was created, in the design of Camargo, as a space for
It all led to the Bogota large number of Latin American those who want to have contact with the magical realism,
collectors, including a group of Brazilians. Is a synergy through the library, organisation of objects on the walls
leading the fairs to become spaces of irradiation, which go and the database with 6,000 documents. One of the goals
far beyond the market. of Wesley Duke Lee Art Institute is to produce a catalogue
raisonné, for preservation and authenticity of your work.
1 | CARLOS ARIAS (BORN IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE, 1964), LEGACY, 1995-2014, EMBROIDERY The production of Wesley is timeless and transits between
IN COTTON CANVAS, 175 X 355 CM the origin of man, sexuality, death, eroticism and has the
2 | ENTRANCE TO THE FAIR WITH THE WORK OF VENEZUELAN JESUS SOTO (1923-2005) density as strong as your cosmopolitanism lived between
The journalist Fabio Cypriano travelled at the invitation of the Organization of ARTBO Brazil, United States, Europe and Japan.
Now, during Miami Art Basel, a specialized audience, coming
FAIR MIAMI ART BASEL | PAGES 28 TO 33 from the four corners of the planet, may have contact with
THE WORK OF WESLEY some work and furnitures from , the effective participation
of the Almeida & Dale gallery. Camargo is committed to the
DUKE LEE PRESENT IN THE exhibition that occupies a stand of 36 square meters in S3
sector where the Exhibitor may display only one artist. “We
GREATEST AMERICAN FAIR chose Wesley and we will show nine works beyond your
easel, a main supporting Mobile Studio, the mask when he
won the prize at the 8th Japan Biennial, 1969, pictures,
PAINTINGS, COLLAGES, DRAWINGS,FURNITURE AND OBJECTS FROM among other items.
HIS STUDIO ARE IN EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY THE INSTITUTE THAT The choice of works of multiple phases provides an
BEARS HIS NAME overview of the production of Wesley, as the Master
Khyrurgos’Helmet, 1962 the oldest among the works in
BY LEONOR AMARANTE this show, which marks the birth of two strong trends in