ESTE ARTE ANNOUNCES FURTHER DETAILS FOR
2016 FAIR INCLUDING STAND HIGHLIGHTS
(L) Francis Bacon, Triptych, 1987 – 1989 © LpF_2015. Courtesy Le point Fort
(R) Daniela Antonelli, Sem título, 2015. Courtesy Mul.ti.plo Espaço Arte
ESTE ARTE
5 - 8 JANUARY 2016
2016 HIGHLIGHTS
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Work by leading international artists including Daniel Buren, Cildo Meireles, Carlos
Garaicoa, Antony Gormley, Joana Vasconcelos and Pablo Picasso
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First time Francis Bacon works have been shown in Uruguay
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Work by young, emerging artists such as Marlon de Azambuja, Mathieu BernardReymond, Benoît Billotte, Anni Leppälä and Juan Hein
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Programme of talks including The fiction of architecture or the architecture of fiction
and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Gallerist* (*But Were Afraid to
Ask)
ESTE ARTE announced today further details of its second edition which will take place 5 - 8 January
2016. ESTE ARTE is an international contemporary art fair in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, South
America’s premier luxury travel destination. After a successful first edition in 2015, the 2016 fair will
bring together 20 of the best local galleries from Uruguay and a selection of leading galleries from
around the world.
Directed by Laura Bardier, ESTE ARTE is a fair that presents a tailored selection of leading local and
international galleries, giving collectors the opportunity to experience quality on a comfortable scale.
Set against the backdrop of the vibrant city of Punta Del Este, the quality of collectors and visitors that
ESTE ARTE attract demonstrates how the fair represents an important moment in the international art
world calendar when the South American art systems can meet, exchange ideas and thrive.
ESTE ARTE STAND HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights of the galleries presenting work at ESTE ARTE 2016 include Carroll/Fletcher’s
presentation of works by Richard T. Walker and Eulalia Valldosera. This will include Eulalia
Valldosera’s work Construction and Deconstruction (I1VII) that documents a performance during
which the artist draws the female form using cigarette ends and ash. This striking piece illustrates the
reclaiming of the nude by a female artist and appropriations of non-western artistic practices. Galleria
Continua will present a group show by world renowned artists Daniel Buren, Carlos Garaicoa, Antony
Gormley, Leandro Erlich, Jorge Macchi, Giovanni Ozzola, Cildo Meireles and Hans Op de Beeck. Le
point Fort will display a group show by Sinyoung Park, Axel Gouala and Colin Guillemet. Le point
Fort will also display drawings by Francis Bacon which will represent the first time that Bacon’s work
will be shown in Uruguay.
Factoría de Arte Santa Rosa will display a group show by Chilean artists Ismael Frigerio, Carlos
Ramos, Robinson Mora, Carlos Fernandez and Roberto Matta. Brazilian gallery Mul.ti.plo Espaço
Arte will display works by Daniela Antonelli, Antonio Dias, Cabelo, Waltercio Caldas, José Pedro
Croft, León Ferrari, Elizabeth Jobim, Fernanda Junqueira, Gabriela Machado, Marco Maggi, MariaCarmen Perlingeiro, Eduardo Sued, Antoni Tàpies, Angelo Venosa and Carlos Cruz-Díez who
currently has a major retrospective entitled Cruz-Diez Bidimensional Research 1959-2015 at Espace
Expression, Miami. Photology will present a group show by international artists including Jorgen
Angel, Mario Cresci, William Eggleston, Luigi Ghirri, Anni Leppälä, Leo Matiz, Tazio Secchiaroli and
Richard Tuschman. Reginart Collections will present a diverse range of artists including AD
SYSTEMS, Alberto Biasi, Victor Brauner, Pierre Buraglio, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Enrico Castellani,
Larry Johnson, Turi Simeti, Pablo Picasso and Joana Vasconcelos who represented Portugal at the
th
55 Venice Biennale.
Black Gallery will display a group show by three Uruguayan artists Julia Castagno, Pati Fernández
and María Freire and Galería Sur will present work by renowned Uruguayan artists Eduardo
Cardozo, Wifredo Diaz Valdez, Ignacio Iturria and Marcelo Legrand. Galería Sur will also showcase
work by Lithuanian artist José Gurvich. Heinzer Reszler will exhibit a new video work Relative I by
French artist Mathieu Bernard-Reymond alongside the work of Sophie Bouvier Ausländer, Sylvain
Croci-Torti and Adrien Couvrat. This will be the first time that French artist Adrien Couvrat’s work has
been displayed in Latin America. Studio 488 will present work by Argentinean and Brazilian artists
including Juan Hein, Gaby Herbstein, Maja Lescano, Rosana Simonassi and Natali Turbenchlak.
1/9unosunove will also display a solo exhibition by internationally renowned Italian artist Sergio
Lomabrdo. Swiss gallery Studio Sandra Recio are to display works by Benoît Billotte, Fernanda
Fragateiro, Yaima Carrazana, and one of Brazil’s strongest emerging artists Marlon de Azambuja.
Xippas Galleries will present a site-specific installation by internationally renowned Uruguyan artist
Ricardo Lanazarini. Xippas Galleries will be opening a space in Punta del Este on 26 December
2015. In addition, a newly opened artist run gallery based in Punta del Este, La Pecera will present a
group show by Martin Pelenur and Santiago Aldabalde at ESTE ARTE 2016.
ESTE ARTE 2016 | PROGRAMMES
The second edition of ESTE ARTE will be held in a new venue and location of La Barra, on the
Southeast coast of Uruguay. ESTE ARTE 2016 will present talks programmes and panel discussions
during the fair. The ESTE CHARLA talks programme considers public and private collecting, art
education methods and art funding strategies. This programme will include a talk on The fiction
of architecture or the architecture of fiction with Argentinean artist Leandro Erlich and Paraguayan
architect Gloria Cabral. The ESTE CHARLA programme will also include Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About the Gallerist* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) an intimate discussion with gallerists,
Renos Xippas, Mario Cristiani and Jonathon Carroll.
The ESTE TERTULIA programme will include a series of discussions with artists and presentations of
their work, such as Brazilian artist Cao Guimarães, Uruguayan Sculptor Pablo Atchugarry and
Eduardo Cardozo. ESTE SONIDO will incorporate a programme of public sound art performances
including Suite para piano y pulso velado by Uruguayan-French musician Luciano Supervielle. ESTE
GUIA, a series of public guided tours, will return for the 2016 fair. ESTE ARTE will also present their
ESTE BOLETIN, a published journal which will include profiles of the exhibitors, introductory essays
and critical texts focused around the artwork exhibited at the 2016 fair. ESTE BOLETIN will also be
published as a supplement of the major national newspaper El País on 3rd January 2016.
For further information on the all the programmes at ESTE ARTE 2016, please click here.
The 2016 fair will be supported by the committee of the ESTE AMIGOS, an essential group of local
collectors and friends of the fair and local institutions including the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of
Tourism and Ministry of External Relations in Uruguay.
Listings Information
ESTE ARTE
Dates: 5 - 8 JANUARY 2016
Location: Camino del Cerro Eguzquiza, La Barra
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Opening Times: 5:00pm – 11:00pm
Website: www.estearte.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ESTEarteFeria/
Instagram: @esteartefair
Twitter: @EsteArteUy
Notes to Editors
About ESTE ARTE
ESTE ARTE is an international contemporary art fair that will take place from 5-8 January 2016 in
Punta Del Este, Uruguay. After a successful first edition in 2015, this year’s fair will bring together a
range of the best local galleries from Uruguay, alongside a selection of leading galleries from around
the world. The fair brings together an artistic offering that ranges from historical avant-gardes to
emerging and contemporary art. ESTE ARTE represents an important moment in the international art
world calendar when the South American art system meets, exchanges ideas and thrives.
About Laura Bardier, Director ESTE ARTE
Laura Bardier is the Director of ESTE ARTE and is based in Geneva (Switzerland). Since 2009, she
has worked with the Estrellita B. Brodsky private art collection as manager and curator. In 2002,
Laura Bardier collaborated with the Municipality of Naples to develop their first civic center for
contemporary art, PAN | Palazzo delle Arti Napoli. Laura has also curated many shows including
Richard Garet: non-Euclidean spaces at the EAC – Espacio Arte Contemporáneo, Uruguay and a
group show Los Impolíticos at PAN | Palazzo delle Arti Napoli.
Gallery List for ESTE ARTE 2016
Black Gallery (Garzón)
Carroll/Fletcher (London)
Diana Saravia (Montevideo)
Factoría de Arte Santa Rosa (Santiago de Chile)
Galería de las Misiones (Montevideo, Punta del Este, José Ignacio)
Galería SUR (Punta del Este)
Galleria Continua (San Gimignano, Beijing, Les Moulins, Havana)
Heinzer Reszler (Lausanne)
La Pecera (Punta del Este)
Le Point Fort (Strasbourg)
Marte (Montevideo)
Mul.ti.plo Espaço Arte (Rio de Janeiro)
Pabellon 4 (Buenos Aires)
Photology (Bologna, Noto, Garzón)
Piero Atchugarry Gallery (Garzón)
Reginart Collections (Paris, Geneva)
Studio 488 (Buenos Aires)
Studio Sandra Recio (Geneva)
Unosunove (Rome)
Xippas (Paris, Geneva, Montevideo, Punta del Este)
For further information, interview requests or images please contact SUTTON:
Jenny McVean
[email protected]
+44 (0) 207 183 3577
+44 (0) 7595 217650
Emma Morgan
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