Ângela Ferreira: Oubour | Traveser – MARSEILLE / ALGER / GHARDAIA
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Art Basel | Meet the artists: Chiharu Shiota
Art Basel | Meet the artists: Chiharu Shiota
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Ângela Ferreira: “The State of Things”
Ângela Ferreira’s lecture “The State of Things” at Moderna Museet Malmo
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Pipo Hernández Rivero: Este puede ser el lugar.
Pipo Hernández Rivero and Israel Galván on Este puede ser el lugar. Tea Tenerife.
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Laura F. Gibellini: Roma, Siempre Roma.
Laura F. Gibellini: Roma, siempre Roma. Mujeres de la Academia en las Artes Visuales at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.
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VARIATION/ Madrid. Raphäel Denis
ENDLESS COLLAPSE V, Raphaël Denis.
VARIATION/ Madrid
Raphaël Denis graduated from the Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs de Paris (ENSAD), he was born in 1979 in Paris. He livres and works between Paris and Brussels. His works are part of the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, of the Musée d’art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme in Paris, of the FRAC Alsace, of the Francès Collection and Laurent Dumas – Emerige collection in Ile de France, of the Frédéric de Goldschmidt collection in Brussels, of the Reiner Speck collection in Düsseldorf, of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva and of the Kunsthaus in Zurich, Switzerland. Raphaël Denis is an artist-researcher who sets historical questioning and the status of the work of art at the center of his work. He is known for his work on the dispossession of Jewish property during the war. By his work, Raphaël Denis’ oeuvre constitutes a commemorative on history of art, and the mechanisms of destruction or of annihilation to which cultural objects as expression of human identities can be subjected. In plastic terms, this reflection emerges from his exploration of materials widely used in the construction of societies – lead, wood, concrete – in tandem with various black binding agents. The artworks presented at NAVE N condense the main elements of “La Loi normale des Erreurs”, a serie begun in 2015, which the artist keeps on developing. This research work was exhibited at the Musée National Picasso and at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, at the Berggruen Museum in Berlin and at the Kunsthaus in Zurich. “La Loi normale des erreurs” centred on artwork plundered from Jewish collectors during the Second World War (black paintings), on destroyed art (“Vernichtet”), on statues or paintings taken by the Nazi administration to French jewish art collectors or influent dealers such as Paul Rosenberg (“Fonds Paul Rosenberg”).
VARIATION is a collaborative project by galerie Sator and NF/ NIEVES FERNANDEZ that aims to broaden artists’ international visibility through solo proposals in Madrid and Paris. After NOLI ME TANGERE by Clara Sánchez Sala (October 2022, Paris), ENDLESS COLLAPSE V by Raphaël Denis is the second edition of VARIATION and will take place in Madrid, in NAVE N, the second space of the gallery NF/NIEVES FERNANDEZ second space, from Tuesday, February 21th until Saturday, February 25th
Calle José del Rio 24, 28019 Madrid
OPENING HOURS
Tuesday 21st February from 4 to 8 pm
Thursday 23rd February on private appointment
Friday 24th February from 10 am to 8 pm with French Champagne Breakfast
Saturday 25th February from 10 am to 6 pm
CALENDAR for ARCOmadrid 2023
During the week of the fair, we also exhibit at the gallery Un fatal descontento de lugar, by Tamara Arroyo, and at Nave N with Galerie Sator the work of Raphäel Denis, in the second edition of VARIATION.
The artists Fritzia Irizar and Tamara Arroyo participate in the exhibitions of Banco de España and Espacio Muelle36, open to the public until Saturday, February 25th.
TAMARA ARROYO: UN FATAL DESCONTENTO DE LUGAR
Un fatal descontento de lugar (A Fatal Discontent of Place) is Tamara Arroyo’s second solo show at NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ. The show presents unpublished but substantial pieces in the artist’s career, ideas that were left on the margins of previous projects and that needed to materialize. Some of them derive directly from other works commissioned for the public space.
The title of the exhibition takes a concept that Jane Jacobs describes in her book “Death and Life of Great Cities”, and in its awkward translation to Spanish becomes very appropriate here: A fatal discontent of a place. Jacobs reflects on the contradictions between monofunctional urban politics and the multiple uses of the city, and argues for a type of urban life that guarantees certain capacities and choices.
Tamara Arroyo’s practice is based on her own experiences as an inhabitant of the city: both in a literal and punctual way (rescuing elements found in her walks and decontextualizing them by introducing them in her works), and in a poetic and subjective way (with allusions to her experiences, her stay in Havana, or the passage of light through the furniture of her street, for example).
Recreating devices used for order and separation, Tamara Arroyo speaks of identity, of the individual, of freedom. Delving into the ornaments, tiling, manual works and grilles that are still present in popular neighborhoods and in the social housing of our cities, the artist fights to recover the diversity that capitalism erases.
This exhibition is a playground, a representation of the city. It is a scenario that demands efforts and adaptations from those who visit it, forcing them to value their own experience in a complex and dynamic environment such as cities. Ultimately, it is a strengthening of personal identity, a manifesto for diversity in times of uncertainty.
46 ANIVERSARIO NF/NIEVES FERNÁNEZ
Queridos amigos y amigas,
¡Hoy NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ cumple 46 años!
Al celebrarlo y mirar atrás, nos ha saltado a la vista que continuamos fieles a la misión con la que Nieves Fernández inauguró Yerba en el año 1977: la de situar el arte y el pensamiento en el centro de nuestras acciones, la de comprender la poesía como un mecanismo de revuelta necesario.
Yerba nació en Murcia con la intención de, además de galería y librería, realizar estudios y dar conferencias acerca de las obras expuestas en cada momento. Deseaba que los profesionales encontrasen en él un lugar para desarrollar diversas actividades culturales que tuvieran interés y que su trayectoria se apoyase en distintas ramas de la cultura.
En 2023 honramos este camino y somos coherentes con él. Trabajamos con artistas fundamentales en nuestros primeros pasos, y con otros igualmente importantes para definirnos y desafiarnos. Su diversidad de trayectoria, lenguaje y procedencia nos ayuda a buscar un nuevo espacio de entendimiento, a poner y a estimular la sociedad en la que vivimos. A los artistas, gracias.
La galería es un espacio dinámico, abierto a la crítica y al encuentro entre creadores y público. Además de las exposiciones, organizamos charlas y presentaciones, y también INTERLUDIO, un programa de muestras cortas para que artistas, representados o no, presenten piezas inéditas que necesitan de un formato distinto de apreciación. El último de los Interludios celebrados fue Cuando todo era nada, del Calixto Ramírez, y pronto anunciaremos el siguiente. La galería también promueve CAMPING, proyecto sin ánimo de lucro que ocupa nuestro espacio con danza, música y performance para potenciar redes de manera permeable y participativa. La semana que viene, los días 27 y 28, tendrá lugar la novena edición de CAMPING, con Poliana Lima y Lucas Condró.
A los que nos acompañáis en esta aventura, gracias.
Además, hemos creado VARIATION junto a la parisina Galerie Sator, la cual nos acogió en su espacio de Le Marais en octubre, y expondrá en el nuestro de Carabanchel entre el 22 y el 26 de febrero. Por otro lado, con la mexicana Arroniz, la colombiana Nueveochenta y la alemana Michael Sturm hace tiempo compartimos recursos en la plataforma experimental cooperativa Noplace.
En las próximas semanas inauguraremos en la galería Un fatal descontento de lugar de Tamara Arroyo, y participaremos en ARCO Madrid con nuestro stand y un solo project de Pipo Hernández Rivero. Además, en primavera presentaremos Autoretrato, una película sobre Jordi Teixidor realizada por Miguel Alvarez, Álvaro Oliveros y Bruno Dozza.
Os invitamos a seguirnos en Instagram para estar al día de toda nuestra programación para este año que empieza. ¡Deseamos que esté lleno de arte, proyectos, colaboraciones y revueltas! ¡Gracias por celebrarlo con nosotras!
Dear friends,
Today NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ is 46 years old!
As we celebrate and look back, we remain faithful to the mission with which Nieves Fernandez inaugurated Yerba in 1977: to place art and thought at the center of our actions and to understand poetry as a necessary mechanism of revolt.
Yerba was born in Murcia with the intention of, in addition to being a gallery and bookstore, carrying out studies and giving lectures about the works exhibited there at any given time. It wanted professionals to find in it a place to develop diverse cultural activities and to have a trajectory that would be supported by different branches of culture.
In 2023 we honor this path and are consistent with it. We work with fundamental artists in our first steps, and with others equally important to define and challenge us. Their diversity of background, language, and provenance helps us to seek a new space of understanding, to put and stimulate the society in which we live. To the artists, thank you.
The gallery is a dynamic space, open to criticism and to the encounter between creators and the public. In addition to the exhibitions, we organize talks and presentations, and also INTERLUDIO, a program of short exhibitions for artists, represented or not, to exhibit unpublished pieces that need a different format of appreciation. The last of the Interludios held was ‘When everything was nothing’, by Calixto Ramírez, and we will soon announce the next one. The gallery also promotes CAMPING, a non-profit project that occupies our space with dance, music, and performance to promote networks in a permeable and participatory way. Next week, on the 27th and 28th, the ninth edition of CAMPING will take place, with Poliana Lima and Lucas Condró.
To those of you who join us in this adventure, thank you.
In addition, we have created VARIATION with the Parisian Galerie Sator, which welcomed us in its space in Le Marais in October, and will exhibit in ours in Carabanchel between February 22 and 26. On the other hand, with the Mexican Arroniz, the Colombian Nueveochenta, and the German Michael Sturm, we share resources in the experimental cooperative platform Noplace.
In the coming weeks, we will open at the gallery ‘Un fatal descontento de lugar’ by Tamara Arroyo, and we will participate in ARCO Madrid with our stand and a project by Pipo Hernández Rivero. In addition, in spring we will present ‘Autoretrato’, a film about Jordi Teixidor by Miguel Alvarez, Álvaro Oliveros, and Bruno Dozza.
We invite you to follow us on Instagram to keep up to date with all our programming for this new year, we hope it will be full of art, projects, collaborations, and revolts! Thank you for celebrating with us!