WINNERS OF THE DES PACIO 2011 ARTS EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED

Last December I was invited to be one of the judges/selectors for the Des Pacio 2011 exhibition award, which consists on a solo exhibition at Des Pacio Gallery in San Jose Costa Rica. After reviewing more than 100 applications and portfolios (of which at least 40% were of good quality work), the jury composed of curator Clara Astiasarán, artist Federico Herrero, and myself, jointly decided on the following:

The Des Pacio 2011 Exhibition selected artists were:
Angélica Teuta (Colombia)
Alberto Rodríguez Collía (Guatemala)
Levi Orta (Cuba)

Special Mentions were given to:
Francesco Bracci (Costa Rica)
Fabiola Carranza (Costa Rica-Canadá)
Adrian Mellis (Cuba)
Kate Newby (Nueva Zelanda)
Oscar Pavón (Venezuela)
David Perez (República Dominicana-Guatemala)
Simón Vega (El Salvador)

http://www.des.pacio.org/


Angelica Teuta, 'Interior Forest' (Forest for inside
4 overhead projectors, paper templates, cellophane, basic engine, computer fans (16x6x4 meters aprox.), 2009


Alberto Rodríguez Collía, 'La Invasion' (shanty house constructed out of rubbed etched drawings done from remains of existing shanty houses), 2008


Levi Orta, 'Modelos' 2007 (design and fabrication of fashionable clothing using the tshirts and materials distributed by the Cuban government during marches and political demonstrations)


Simón Vega, 'Sub-Tropical Cargo' and 'Enredadera Marginal', 2010


Fabiola Carranza, 'BEST', 'As Sheep a Trick' and 'The Tropics at Hand', 2010


Kate Newby, 'Crawl out your window', 2010


Francesco Bracci, 'Marea Plastica', 2008


Adrian Mellis, 'Value of Absence' (Excuses of workers for not going to work), 2010


David Perez, 'Estructura Completa', performance/video, (a blind Dominican person carries a handicapped Haitian), 2010

LA OTRA, ART PROCESSES IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA: PROJECTS BY DESPACIO, OFICINA #1 AND BURO DE INTERVENCIONES PUBLICAS, INVITED BY PABLO LEON DE LA BARRA

Hotel Continental, Bogota, location of La Otra 2010
La Otra website: http://laotraferia.com/

Des.pacio, Costa Rica



Despacio from Costa Rica showing work by Naufus Figueroa and Federico Herrero


military boots and fireworks sculpture by Naufus Figueroa


Naufus Figueroa video in which he kisses Ronald McDonald


video of Naufus Figueroa dressed as a pyramid for his performance at the exhibition 'Incidents of Travel...' that I curated last April...

Naufus website: http://www.naufus.com
Despacio website: http://www.des.pacio.org/

Oficina #1, Caracas



floor and wall sculptures by Oscar Abraham Pabon, photographs by Juan Pablo Garza
Oficina #1 website: http://oficina1.multiply.com/

Buro de Intervenciones Publicas, Guatemala






Buro de Intervenciones Publicas, hammocks interventions in the public spaces of Hotel Contiental shopping center and in the public space of the city of Bogota

Buro de Intervenciones Publicas website: http://elbipbip.com/