About the exhibition
Education
Exhibition credits
Algunos Artistas / 90 – HOY
Argentine art in the collections of Gustavo Bruzzone / Alejandro Ikonicoff / Esteban Tedescow
Starting on Saturday, April 27 at 5pm, Fundación Proa will present Some Artists / 90 – TODAY, an overview of Argentine art from 1990 to the present.
Theorist Rafael Cippolini has chosen a set of works from the Gustavo Bruzzone Collection that evidences the creativity and diversity of the artistic formulations that emerged during the nineties. The selection attests to the appearance of alternative spaces like Belleza y Felicidad, La Galería del Rojas, Ramona magazine and other exponents of the various tendencies that characterized that decade. A sense of play and beauty, as well as a childlike quality, humor and irony give rise to this history of art, as does the use of objects taken from daily life as the material from which to make art.
The dawn of the 2000s witnessed large-format works that reflect that coherence and maturity of artists like Jorge Macchi, Pablo Siquier and Ernesto Ballesteros who had gotten their start in the 1990s. The works from this decade were selected by Ana Gallardo, an artist and an adviser to collector Esteban Tedesco. Her selection focuses on the early productions of artists like the Grupo de la X, Marina De Caro and Adrián Villar Rojas. The Tedesco Collection is marked by large-scale works and a breadth of rich materials; its holdings encompass the first decade of this century as well as new generations. Since works from different periods by some artists are found in more than one of these collections, it is possible to see how their art has evolved and developed over the years.
The present is represented by works from the Alejandro Ikonicoff Collection selected by artists Cecilia Szalkowickz and Gastón Pérsico. These works’ ethereal presence in the exhibition space, as well as their introspective and subtle nature, requires close observation of details. Photography and drawing are now common media, and there is an emphasis on paper in works like the ones Leopoldo Estol produced on advertising posters. The exhibition closes with an installation by Juliana Iriart, reconstructed here for the first time since 2006.
Some Artists makes reference to the historic exhibition curated by Jorge Gumier Maier in 1992 at the Centro Cultural Recoleta. In that show, Maier exhibited the group of artists clustered around the Rojas gallery: some artists, some works, their first and second steps; now, in Proa, the first and second steps of collectors. Hence, this exhibition formulates a dialogue of many voices—those of the artists and those of the collectors—to reconstruct a moment in recent art history.
Coordinated by Cintia Mezza, the catalogue Some Artists / 90 – TODAY brings together a selection of historical texts, never-before-published essays, photographic documentation as well as an outstanding reproductions of works on exhibit.
The many activities to take place in conjunction with the show are geared to revitalizing discussion about the period it encompasses. As part of the series Artists + Critics, every Saturday major players on the art scene during this period—curators, collectors, critics and the artists in the exhibition—will visit the galleries with the viewing public. The education program will organize guided tours, activities for schools and universities, as well as encounters with educators and institutions, all of which formulate a revision of some of the notions operative in contemporary art. On Proa TV, a wide range of opinions will be broadcast to give shape to a documentary archive of the period that includes the words of artists, collectors and critics.
Some Artists / 90 – TODAY is supported by Tenaris – Organización Techint; its concept, planning and production were developed by Fundación Proa.
Education
Proa’s Education Department has developed a program of visits to the exhibition, workshops, and other activities that address the strictly contemporary nature of the works on exhibit in Some Artists / 90 – TODAY and the way that those works challenge the traditional idea of art. There will be educators in the galleries whenever the museum is open, so it is not necessary to plan a guided tour in advance, though guided tours will also be available to the general public. Workshop-visits form part of an education program geared to students and educators at all levels.
Guided tours
Tuesday to Friday at 5pm. Saturday and Sunday from 3pm to 5pm.
Tuesdays for students and teachers
Admission free of charge for students and teachers, with educational material that delves into the concepts developed in the show available at the bookstore.
Program for schools and universities
Visits designed specifically for each educational level, with different perspectives and degrees of complexity for joint work with students and teachers.
Workshop-visits
A twofold activity: a visit to the exhibition focused on works made using materials and objects taken from daily life; a workshop in which participants make original productions considering those works in the exhibition and the processes they entail.
For more information on guided tours, museum hours and activities for schools and institutions, see the education section of the website / educacion@proa.org / +54 11 4104 1041
Exhibition credits
Algunos Artistas / 90 – HOY
Argentine art in the collections of Gustavo Bruzzone / Alejandro Ikonicoff / Esteban Tedesco
Selection of artworks
Rafael Cippolini / The Bruzzone Collection
Ana Gallardo / The Tedesco Collection
Gastón Pérsico and Cecilia Szalkowicz / The Ikonicoff Collection
Concept, planning and organization Fundación Proa
Project coordinator Cintia Mezza
Production Cecilia Jaime
Exhibition design and graphics SPIN, London/ Fundación Proa
Conservation Pía Villaronga
Registration of the collections
Roberto Macchiavelli / The Bruzzone Collection
Ana Gallardo / The Tedesco Collection
Luciana Zaglio and Victoria Ghergo / The Ikonicoff Collection
Installation Pablo Zaefferer / Soledad Oliva
Installation team: Matías Dinenzon / Marcela Galardi / Alexis Minkiewicz / Diego Mur / Marcela Oliva / Jorge Opazo Ellicker/ Hernán Soriano /Hernán Torres / Nicolás Vasen / Ezequiel Verona
Docomentation Fundación Espigas and its Centro de Documentación para las Artes Visuales en la Argentina / Personal archives of the collectors and the artists
Education Paulina Guarnieri / Rosario García Martínez / Camila Villarruel
Educators: Agostina Gabanetta / Mariano Gilmore / Mercedes Longo Brea / Laia Ros Comerma
Press Andrés Herrera / Alejandro Grimoldi / Jesica Eberbach