PINTA 2009: NEW YORK
An Inspired Exhibition for Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art
Sixty galleries from Latin America, the United States and Europe will take part in this Art Fair
Works by the following artist will be exhibited: VÃctor Grippo | Django Hernández |Doris Salcedo | Luis Camnitzer |Regina Silveira | Nicola Costantino | Roberto Jacoby |Henrique Oliveira | Pablo Vargas Lugo | Arthur Lescher | Eduardo Costa | León Ferrari | César Paternosto | ElÃas CrespÃn | Marta Chilindrón | DarÃo Escobar | Sandra Bermúdez | Graciela Sacco | Pepe López | Valeska Soares | MarÃa Fernanda Cardozo | José Gabriel Fernández | Magdalena Fernández | Luis Lizardo | Luis Roldán | Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck | Mauro Giacone | Ernesto Pujol | Alexandre Arrechea | Cao Guimarães | Luiz Hermano | Antonio Manuel | Sebastião Salgado | Alejandro Almanza Pereda | Juan Irribaren | Liliana Porter | Teresa Margolles | Leandro Katz | David Lamelas | Lygia Pape | Lygia Clark | Sergio Camargo | Carmelo Arden Quin | JoaquÃn Torres GarcÃa | Augusto Torres | Caetano de Almeida | Gego | Mira Schendel | Carmen Herrera | Hélio Oiticica | Vik Muniz | Manuel Alvarez Braco | Jesús Soto | Julio Le Parc | José Da Costa | MarÃa Freire.
On November 18th, 2009, the launch event for PINTA Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Fair 2009 will feature DarÃo Escobar, a visual artist born and based in Guatemala City. Escobar will discuss his work and recent projects with Sara Reisman (Director, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs) at Americas Society. The artistʼs most recent group shows include: “Artiglierie dellʼArsenale” (representing Guatemala) at the 53rd Venice Biennial (2009); “The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (2007); and “Poetics of the Handmade”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2007).
The Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street ,
Between 6th and 7th Ave.
New York City, NY 10011
The Altman Building
135 West 18th Street
New York City, NY 10011
