UNSEEN
September 19-22, 2024 l Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS.
The proposal begins within the meeting and the collaborative work of three spaces: VF Art Projects (Luxembourg), ABRE Art Gallery (Argentina) and DIGALLERY (Spain), with the common goal of promoting the Ibero-American Art, and the interest on developing a crossroads and exchange of visions and experiences within the framework of UNSEEN.
The two multidisciplinary artists selected for this proposal come from same generation: Dionisio Gonzalez (1965, Spain) and Hugo Aveta (1965, Argentina), and both address thematic productions linked to architecture, the ways in which people inhabit spaces, how the spaces carry with them time, memory and meaning, the relationships people establish with the social and natural environment, among others. The two artists notably establish meeting points in their reflections and also in certain technical procedures. They share a fascination with creating the fiction of space, the game between reality and imagination, the idea of simulation. In their operations they build models that they then photograph.
In the case of Aveta, its models are in some cases reconstructions of spaces that no longer exist but that had a political and tragic history. By reconstructing them, Aveta evokes the memory of their ghosts and horrors of it, or presents with the ruins and vestiges of a theater with its empty stage in: The Chamber of Wonders: “Theatre as a microcosm in which the macrocosm is sifted, a mechanism like the classic theatrus mundi, to see,remember by observing and understand reality.”
In the case of Dionisio Gonzalez, the artist works on real territories, almost always in conflict, “a designer's work with a more purposeful than substitutive spirit,” he points out. The artist's thoughts and research are influenced by philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein. He developed his work from isolation and solitude with the purpose of study and observation. In the series: “Wittgenstein's Aviary” Dionisio González reflects on flight and voluntary exile. Escape can involve leaving a social, domestic or relational model, or only out of desire or need. The prototypes developed by the artist and inserted in solitary spaces, propose a tiny habitat conducive to that state of silence, contemplation and reflection.
The works selected for UNSEEN establish a dialogue between the two artists, highlighting the encounters in their practices while highlighting the conceptual and aesthetic singularity of their productions.
DIONISIO GONZALES (SPAIN)
http://www.dionisiogonzalez.es
HUGO AVETA (ARGENTINA)
About HUGO AVETA (CORDOBA, ARGENTINA. 1965)
Internationally recognized Argentine artist. He originally studied film and architecture, to dedicate himself later to photography. Many of the works of this multimedia artist track the memories and the traces of the difficult situations experienced by his country. Using photography and film, he also addresses the more universal themes of memory and its transmission.
Aveta is also fascinated by material and by fault lines. His work evokes struggling forces, uncertainties, risks, failures, but also dreams and hopes that are fragile and shaken yet still standing.
His most recently exhibitions were "Invisible Gods" at Museo Inmigrantes in Buenos Aires, Argentina; “The fascination of the fault” at Kuzzam Palace in Saudi Arabia, and “The fascination of the fault” at MACVAL Museum of Contemporary Art in Paris, France.
His work has been exhibited in the most recognized institutions and museums such as: J.P. Museum. Getty in Los Angeles, Quai Branly Museum Paris, Jeu de Paume Paris, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona; MUNTREF, Buenos Aires; SESC; University Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico, National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museum of Contemporary Art. Cleveland, Bourdeaux, Museum of Contemporary Art Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain (MNCARS), Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá (MAMBO), Folkwang Museum Essen, Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCCA) in Toronto, Museum of Contemporary Art (KIASMA) in Helsinki, Heilderberg Kunstverein, MAAT Museum of Art Architecture and Technology in Lisbon, (MARTA) Hedford Museum in Germany, Center George Pompidou in Metz. etc
He has participated at the Biennial of the End of the World, Argentina, Mercosur Biennial, Brazil, PhotoQuai Biennial, France, Curitiba Biennial in Brazil, BIENALSUR; and several Art Fairs fairs like Paris Photo, Loop Barcelona, Unseen, Amsterdam, etc.
PUBLIC and PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina
Museo de Arte Moderno, Rosario, Argentina.
Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Córdoba, Argentina.
Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Emilio Caraffa;
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Salta;
Musée du Quai Branly de Paris
Museum of Latin American Art de California, USA;
Fondo Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo (FNAC), France
in addition to private collections in Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Spain, France and Germany.
About DIONISIO GONZÁLEZ. (GIJON, SPAIN. 1965)
Visual artist of recognized international prestige whose work explores, in a purposeful way, the housing problems faced by vernacular and irregular architecture and the great, failed, constructive utopias of the second post-war period. In short, those architectures exposed to collapse and blurring.
His work has been exhibited in the most recognized institutions and museums in the world such as: Museum of Contemporary Art. Cleveland, Bourdeaux Museum of Contemporary Art, Reina Sofía Art Center Museum. (MNCARS) in Madrid, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá (MAMBO), Folkwang Museum Essen, Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCCA) in Toronto, Museum of Contemporary Art (KIASMA) in Helsinki, Heilderberg Kunstverein, MAAT Museum of Art Architecture and Technology in Lisbon, (MARTA) Hedford Museum in Germany, Center George Pompidou in Metz. Etc
Likewise, his artistic work has been seen in different Art Biennials such as: the 54th Bienalle di Arte di Venezia, Italy, X and XVII Bienalle di Architectura di Venezia, Italy, Biacs, International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Spain, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea, Miami Biennale, USA, Le Havre Biennale in France, Kwang Ju Biennale Art Fair in South Korea, Shenzhen Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Shenzhen, China, XIV Architecture and Urbanism Biennial in Santander Spain, etc
He has multiple awards such as: Pilar Juncosa Award and Sotheby's, Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation, Arendt Award for European Photographer, D'Achtall Observatory Photography Prize, National Engraving Award, Off PhotoEspaña Festival Award, Patronage of the María Cristina Masaveu, Peterson Foundation, Leonardo Scholarship, BBVA, etc.
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum, Madrid
ING Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Center National D’Art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
The Margolies Collection, Miami, USA
Caldic Collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands
IL SHIN Culture. Foundation. South Korea
Societe Generale, Paris, France
West Collection, Oaks, USA
Rubell Family Collection, USA
Tom Fenner Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Arendt and Medernah, Luxembourg
Center of Photography, University of Salamanca
Le Centquatre. (CPCC). Paris. France
Reinbeckhallen Contemporary Art Collection Foundation. Berlin
Himalaya Collection,Museum of Contemporary Art of Villanueva de los Infantes.Real city
Artium, Alava
Collection Neuflize Vie, Paris, France
Song Eun Art Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
The Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
MACUF, Unión Fenosa Museum, La Coruña
Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art, Seville
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAS). Santander City Council.
Madrid's community
City of Madrid
Alcobendas Art Center
Caja San Fernando, Seville
CAM, Mediterranean Savings Bank, Alicante
Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation, Mallorca
Ordóñez Falcón Photography Center Foundation, San Sebastián
DA 2, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca
IVAM, Contemporary Art Collection, Valencia
CAC Málaga, Contemporary Art Center of Málaga
Provincial Council of Cádiz
Malaga Provincial Council
Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias. Oviedo.
Jovellanos Birthplace Museum, Gijón City Council
Youth Institute, Department of Social Affairs, Junta de Andalucía
Congress Palace, Seville
Unicaja Collection, Malaga
Monte de Piedad Foundation Collection, Seville
Prosegur Collection
García Purification Collection
Vázquez Díaz Foundation, Huelva
CAB, Caja Burgos Art Center
Pamplona City Council.
Cristina Masaveu Foundation
Coca-Cola Foundation
Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid
Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engraving, Marbella
BES Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
Aeana Arte Foundation, Madrid
DKV Collection
Junta of Andalusia, Spain.
About VF ART PROJECTS + DIGALLERY + ABRE Galería de Arte
VF ART PROJECTS
VF ART PROJECTS is an art production company with more than 15 years experience, based in Luxembourg and acting in different countries, that designs, directs and organizes artistic and cultural projects such as exhibitions, installations, performances or conferences, in the field of the museums or cultural centers, public spaces or galleries, hand in hand with important artists and directors. The development of the Ibero-American art in all its expressions is promoted, fostering the relationship between artists and entities, in order to support national and international exchanging and cultural diversity.
DIGALLERY
From the Andalusian capital, Sevilla, DI Gallery works immersed in the most current contemporary art, with the aim of promoting Spanish artists, supporting emerging artists with international projection as well. Because of its experience and professionalism some big names as Dionisio Gonzales are within their represented artists. Di Gallery is also known by the management of cultural projects of social and private significance, including projects in public spaces.
ABRE
The gallery specializes in the diffusion of contemporary art and in the formation of new audiences.
The curatorial line proposes a careful selection of artists in which their work manifest conceptual density, as aesthetic and poetic value in a diversity of formal languages. They accompany the positioning and dissemination of their works, projects and publications through the programming and production of exhibitions, participation in fairs and the management of acquisitions of public and private collections.
In 2023 they inaugurate ALMACEN ABRE, a fusion of the gallery with the interior design studio BAP. Gallery artists and guests are exhibited and marketed in this new space. And alliance with BECKEN properties is also part of this project, which is structured as a proposal between art, interior design and real state to explore the effects of the first on the second, thus generating a synergistic impulse that not only gives added value, but also contributes to the circulation and commercialization of works art.
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