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ART AGORA
An Exhibition of El Museo’s Bienal:
The (S) Files 007
On View
September 13, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Opening Reception: September 13, 5:00 pm at Instituto Cervantes
NEW YORK, NY – September 2007 – Instituto Cervantes New York will host Art Agora from September 13, 2007 – January 6, 2008, as part of El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 007, the exhibition on view at El Museo del Barrio through January 6, 2008. January 6, 2008. Eight of the 51 artists participating in El Museo’s Bienal, a survey of emerging Latino and Latin American artists working in the New York metropolitan area, will present work in Art Agora. This 5th edition of the bienal is the most expansive to date, extending beyond El Museo del Barrio and into the galleries of Instituto Cervantes, bringing the most immediate contemporary Latino art to bridge these two cultural institutions. The exhibitions have been curated by Elvis Fuentes, Associate Curator, El Museo del Barrio, and E. Carmen Ramos, Assistant Curator for Cultural Engagement, The Newark Museum, NJ.
Corresponding with the mission of Instituto Cervantes, whose commitment is rooted in bridging Spanish-speaking audiences worldwide, Art Agora explores the fragility and fluidity of language. The exhibition, whose title references the ancient Greek forum, or place for gathering for debate, investigates the public dimension of art and the ways in which art intervenes with issues of public interest. Several of the works included in Art Agora emphasize the precariousness inherent in translation, and other work communicates through iconography, style and form to establish dialogues within art history.
Works Included in Art Agora:
Melissa A. Calderón (1974; New York, NY; Puerto Rican), Cock (Gallo), 2007
Eduardo Gil (1973; Caracas, Venezuela), Lip reading (Lectura de labios), 2006
Jessica Lagunas (1971; Managua, Nicaragua; raised in Guatemala), Ai spik ínglish, 2005
Norma Márquez Orozco (1966; Chicago, IL; Guadalajara, Mexico), Horizon (Horizonte), 2005
Andrea Nacach (1975; Buenos Aires, Argentina), Seven environments (Siete ambientes), 2007
José A. Ruiz (1975; Lima, Peru), Descendants of Ascension (DWG) (Descendientes de la Ascensión - DWG), 2007
Germán Tagle (1976; Santiago, Chile), From the series Graphic Interventions (De la serie Intervenciones gráficas), 2005-2006
Sandra Valenzuela (1980; Mexico City, Mexico), From the series Still Life: Breakfast Giorgio Morandi (De la serie Naturaleza muerta: Desayuno Giorgio Morandi), 2005
Art Agora has been made possible thanks to the exclusive support of BBVA. Lead support for El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 007 presented at El Museo del Barrio has been provided by Altria Group, Inc., the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust, Bloomberg LP, The Greenwall Foundation, Peter Norton Family Foundation, and by Angel Collado Schwarz/Fundación Voz del Centro. Free admission to El Museo’s Bienal and related programs has been made possible by MetLife Foundation. Additional support has been provided by Mary McCaffrey, latincollector, National Endowment for the Arts and El Museo’s Contemporary Art Circle. Exhibition programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts. Media sponsors for El Museo’s Bienal are Univision 41 / Telefutura 68.
About Instituto Cervantes
Instituto Cervantes is a worldwide non-profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. It is the largest organization in the world concerned with the teaching of Spanish, and it maintains a presence in over twenty different countries throughout 54 centers devoted to the Spanish and Hispanic American culture and Spanish Language.
The mission of Instituto Cervantes is to promote the teaching, study, and use of Spanish as a second language and to contribute to the advancement of the Spanish and Hispanic American cultures throughout non-Spanish speaking countries. The Institute is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature. In New York City, Instituto Cervantes works in collaboration with other institutions in organizing cultural activities such as lectures, book presentations, concerts, art exhibitions, The Spain Film Festival and Festival of Flamenco. Instituto Cervantes at Amster Yard is located at 211-215 East 49th Street in Manhattan and has more information available on their website, http://nuevayork.cervantes.es. The gallery is open Tuesday - Friday 12:00 - 6:30 pm and Saturday 10:00 am - 1:30 pm.
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