'PANAMERICANA' BY JENS HOFFMANN: TROPICAL LANDSCAPES, GOLD COINS, COLONIAL STATUES, AZTEC IDOLS, PYRAMID, OP-PONCHO, CHICHARRON AND PANCHO PANTERA

Federico Herrero, 'Patio', 2010, Acrylic paint



Diego Pérez, 'Esquemas para una oda tropical', 2006, Parking hindrances, plastic bucket, and plants



Mateo López, 'Moneda Panamericana (Pan)', 2010, 20,000 golden chocolate coins


Alexandre Da Cunha, 'Panamericana-flag 1', 2009, Digital print, 400 x 713 cm (157.48 x 280.71 inches)


Beatriz Santiago, 'Esto es un mensaje explosivo', 2010, HD Video, 18:00 min


Juan Araujo, Gio Ponti in Venezuela paintings, 2007-2008


Carla Zaccagnini, 'Sobre la igualdad y las diferencias I: casas gemelas', 2005/2008, Inkjet print on cotton paper


Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck (fragment), 'Pan de azúcar, 1849-2009; (Museographical Version). From the series Modern Entanglements', 2004-2010, Self-adhesive vinyl, pedestal, sweet bread and narrative label


exhibition view, Mariana Castillo, Eduardo Basualdo


exhibition view, Gabriel Sierra, Eduardo Basualdo, Adrian Esparza


Adrian Villar Rojas, in collaboration with César Martins, Alan Legal y Mariano Marsicano, 'The Death Of The General Lavalle (The eternal butterflies)', 2010, Wood, clay, concrete, fosiles, rocks, plastic and glass installation: 450 x 400 x 500 cm (177.17 x 157.48 x 196.85 inches)


Yoan Capote, 'In, Out, Before and After', 2010, Digital print of plastic sheet in light box, 60 x 90 x 13 cm (23.62 x 35.43 x 5.12 inches) each


Mariana Castillo Deball, 'The stronger the light your shadow cuts deeper/Mientras más intensa es la luz están tus sombras más hondo' (from the series "Entre tú y la imagen de ti que a mí llega"), 2010, Paper cut, 300 cm (118.11 inches) diameter


Mariana Castillo Deball, 'Tu movimiento junta una estatua ficticia (de la serie "Entre tú y la imagen de ti que a mí llega")', 2010, Fiber glass sculpture from a cast of the original Catlicue Statue, shown at the Anthropology museum in Mexico City, 250 x 160 x 160 cm (98.43 x 62.99 x 62.99 inches)


exhibition view, Adriana Lara, Juan Capistran


Adriana Lara, 'Indice / Index', 2010, Silkscreen on canvas, 60 x 90 cm (23.62 x 35.43 inches)


Juan Capistran, 'Sympathy for the Devil (Eat the Rich), or 13 Point Program to Destroy America', 2009-2010


Eduardo Basualdo, 'Razón o Fuerza', 2010, Two wooden poles, one light bulb (1,000 watts), one black aluminum screen, one electric motor and one pulley


Gabriel Sierra, 'Untitled (Abstract Elephant)', 2010, Wooden structure 400 x 300 x 9000 cm (157.48 x 118.11 x 3543.31 inches)



Adrian Esparza, 'Here and now', 2010, Wood, nails, wool thread and zarape, 304.8 x 487.7 cm (120 x 192 inches)


Adriana Lara, 'Sin título (Latina (Agustina (Malvina))), 2010, Silkscreen on plastic, 100 x 150 cm (39.37 x 59.06 inches)


Wilfredo Prieto, 'Cuba libre' (remains), 2010, Rum and Coca-cola, Variable dimensions


Cinthya Soto, 'El cruce', 2007,Set of 4 analog C-Print, 101 x 101 cm (39.76 x 39.76 inches)





exhibition views


Panamericana
curated by Jens Hoffmann
From July 14th to September 11th, 2010
open Wednesday - Thursday, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday - Saturday, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Inspired by the 200th anniversary of Latin American independence and the political concept of Pan-Americanism, Panamericana brings together a large number of emerging artists from throughout Latin America.

Its inspiration is historical, but Panamericana is a thoroughly contemporary exhibition, offering a look at a wide range of visual art being produced today. It is also a highly subjective exhibition, formed by the curator’s own experiences in the region, his observations of its cultures, and a personal examination of his own Latin American heritage.

The exhibition looks at the individuals, questions, and issues that are crucial to Latin America’s current cultural and political climate. Panamericana points toward the enormous wealth of, and relevance of, Latin American culture while acknowledging that it is ultimately impossible to offer a single, definite thesis on such an infinite subject.

The participating artists represent a younger generation of Latin American artists who have in recent years begun to contribute significantly to the cultural landscape of their countries and the region as a whole. While there are certainly connections among their forms, materials, and ideas—including the subject of identity, and its fluidity as a concept—these artists from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Cuba, the United States, and beyond do not represent a single artistic style or a hermetic system of visual communication. One of the objectives of Panamericana, rather, is to bring together these diverse voices and introduce them to one another in order to foster a closer dialogue surrounding the visual arts in Latin America and to make that dialogue visible beyond the region.

The exhibition is curated by Jens Hoffmann, director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco.

Participating artists:
Adrián Esparza, Adrián Villar Rojas, Adriana Lara , Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck , Alexandre da Cunha , Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Carla Zaccagnini, Cinthya Soto, Diego Pérez, Eduardo Basualdo Federico Herrero, Gabriel Sierra, Juan Araujo, Juan Capistran, Luis Carlos Hurtado, Marcelo Cidade, Mariana Castillo Deball, Mateo López, Nicolás Paris Vélez, Nuria Montiel, Wilfredo Prieto y Yoan Capote.

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PEDROSA AND HOFFMANN APPOINTED CURATORS OF THE NEXT ISTANBUL BIENNIAL

Pedrosa and Hoffmann joint speech at the last Lyon Biennale.


Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann appointed curators of the 12th International Istanbul Biennial

The 12th International Istanbul Biennial is set for 17 September-13 November 2011, under the curatorship of Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann.

Adriano Pedrosa, born in 1965 in Rio de Janeiro, is an independent curator, editor and writer based in São Paulo. He has published in Artforum (New York), Art Nexus (Bogota), Art+Text (Sydney), Tate etc (London), Exit (Madrid), and Frieze (London), among others. Pedrosa curated F[r]icciones (with Ivo Mesquita, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2000), was adjunct curator and editor of publications of the XXIV Bienal de São Paulo (1998), co-curator and co-editor of publications of the 27th Bienal de São Paulo (2006), curator of Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (2001-2003), curator of InSite_05, San Diego/Tijuana (2005), curator of 31st Panorama da Arte Brasileira (Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 2009), and artistic director of the 2nd Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan (2009). He was a juror of the UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts (Istanbul Biennial, 2001), of the Prêmio EDP Novos Artistas (Museu Serralves, Porto, 2003), and of the Hugo Boss Prize (Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2004). Pedrosa is on the editorial board of The Exhibitionist: A Journal for Exhibition Making and is the founding director of Programa Independente da Escola São Paulo.

Jens Hoffmann, born in 1974 in San José, Costa Rica, is a writer and curator of exhibitions based in San Francisco where he is the Director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. Hoffmann has worked for a number of art institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; KIASMA -- Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne; The Hugh Lane Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; DIA Center for the Arts, New York, Kunstverein in Hamburg; Kunst-Werke, Berlin; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles; Museum Kunst-Palast, Düsseldorf as well as for exhibitions such as Documenta X (1997), the 1st Berlin Biennial (1998), and the 9th Lyon Biennial (2007). He was the Director of Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London (2003--2007) and co-curator of the 2nd Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan (2009). He is currently co-curating, with Harrell Fletcher, the 1st People's Biennial, taking place in five US museums in 2010. Hoffmann is senior lecturer at the Curatorial Practice Program of the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, a guest professor at the Nova Academia di Bella Arti in Milan and an adjunct faculty member of the Curatorial Studies Program of Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the founding editor of The Exhibitionist: A Journal on Exhibition Making.

The curators of the 12th International Istanbul Biennial were appointed by the Advisory Board of the International Istanbul Biennial. The advisory board consists of the artistic director of dOCUMENTA (13) Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, contemporary artist Ayşe Erkmen, art consultant Melih Fereli, director of Exhibitions and Public Programs and chair of the Exhibitions and Museum Studies Program at San Francisco Art Institute Hou Hanru and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation and Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem Jack Persekian.

The conceptual framework of the 12th International Istanbul Biennial will be announced by a press conference to be held in autumn 2010 by the curators; Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann.

http://www.iksv.org/bienal/english

'THE EXHIBITIONIST', JOURNAL ON EXHIBITION MAKING

The Exhibitionist: Journal on Exhibition Making

The Exhibitionist, a new journal made by curators, for curators, focusing solely on the practice of exhibition making. The objective is to create a wider platform for the discussion of curatorial concerns – encourage a diversification of curatorial models, and actively contribute to the formation of a theory of curating. It is published by Archive Books and will be distributed internationally, selling at major and specialty bookstores and newsstands.

The Exhibitionist will be published twice a year and will follow a strict editorial structure. In each issue, the Curators’ Favorites section will present three texts in which three curators write a personal essay about an exhibition, contemporary or historic, that has particularly impacted their thinking, followed by Back in the Day – an in-depth look at a historically important exhibition. In Assessments, the core of the journal, four curators will review a significant contemporary exhibition, each from his or her individual point of view. Typologies debates specific exhibition formats. Attitude features a text by a member of the editorial board reflecting on the current state of exhibition making. In Rear Mirror, two curators reflect upon exhibitions they have recently curated. And, finally, Endnote, a brief remark on a notable aspect of curatorial practice. Every fourth issue will include a conversation between some of the contributors about past issues; in this way the journal offers a forum for self-reflexivity.

The Exhibitionist: Journal on Exhibition Making
Editor: Jens Hoffmann
Senior Editor: Tara McDowell
Editorial Board: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Okwui Enwezor, Mary Jane Jacob, Constance Lewallen, Maria Lind, Chus Martínez, Jessica Morgan, Julian Myers, Paul O’Neill, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Adriano Pedrosa, Dorothea von Hantelmann
Editorial Founders: Jens Hoffmann and Chiara Figone

Archive Books is an independent publishing house committed to the development of a range of activities dedicated to contemporary cultural production. Its work explores and conveys art publications as a method to bring art practices into the public discussion. Archive Books aims to produce and distribute printed materials, allowing to create and maintain a dialogue between cultural research and the social sphere.

Archive Kabinett is a platform from where to experiment with formats and concepts related to the field of publishing. Its intent is to investigate art practices in the context of a wider cultural and social environment. Archive Kabinett’s agenda is focused on the shifting cultural values and distribution possibilities, aiming also to encourage a critical discussion around the function of an exhibition. From this starting point, it translates, organizes, and circulates critically invested materials.

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