Fabrice Gygy, Lang/Baumann, Josep-Maria Martín and Gianni Motti, some of the most distinguished artist of the international contemporary art scene, participate in a public encounter on Thursday January 20 at Proa’ s Auditorium. Most of these artist, will visit Buenos Aires for the first time in occasion of Of Bridges & Borders, the exhibition who will open next Saturday January 22.

The artists will dialogue with Sigismond de Vajay, exhibition curator, on the processes of work production and the diverse formats they use: installation, sculpture and minimal objects, performances, site-specific and multidisciplinary projects. Beyond the diverse subjects they tackle, their non-traditional processes break from the idea of the artist trapped in his studio.

Of Bridges & Borders is an art project who started with an homonymous publication that assembled important artists, musicians, architects and intellectuals from 17 different countries, in order to account for –in words of de Vajay, curator for the exhibition and editor of the publication- “a global and contemporary memory”. In this new stage, Of Bridges & Borders adopts the form of an itinerant exhibition. Its first exhibition will take place at Proa from January 22. Besides Gygi, Lang/Baumann, Martín y Motti, the exhibition will also present artists Thomas Hirschhorn, Carlos Garaicoa, John Bock and Jorge Macchi.

With the support of:
Swiss Arts Council PROHELVETIA
Swiss Embassy in Argentina

The artist will talk about his large experience. He lives and work in Barcelona, Perpiñan y Ginebra. Visual artist, that usual colaborates with another profesionals or “Citizens”, that could be on the projects: artists, architects, writters, social workers, designers, doctors, nurses, researchers, etc.

His work consists in open research participatives process in specific contexts searching ceacks on the personal or social systems. He negociates and creates prototypes making a revealing experience in the using of it.

Hi teachs at the Pole Arts Actión, HEAD – Haute École d’Art et de Design, Geneva University of Art and Desing, Suiza, and Pedagogic Responsable of the L’École Superieur de Beaux-Art of Perpiñán, France.

For more information about Josep-Maria Martin, click here

Reservations: recepcion@proa.org