Archive for the 'Interviews' Category

Pablo León de la Barra and his aesthetic revolution

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

For the fifth edition of CIRCA, Artistic Director Celina Nogueras invited renowned curator, gallerist and artist Pablo León de la Barra to conceptualize the CIRCA Labs. Now in its third consecutive edition, the labs presented a completely different concept from previous ones, bringing young galleries from Latin America that offered viewers a quick glance of contemporary artistic production from countries such as Guatemala, Panama and Peru.[...]

Studio Visit: Conversations with Victor Vázquez

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Living between Old San Juan and Paris, it is unusual to find the artist Victor Vázquez around the streets of Old San Juan. When in San Juan, he spends most of his time at his studio; thinking, musing and creating. Victor welcomed me to his studio at San Sebastian street, to talk about his career as an artist, his work and his upcoming show at Seraphin Gallery.[...]

Interview with Wilfredo Prieto

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Wilfredo Prieto - Apolitico

Wilfredo Prieto is an artist living in Havana, Cuba. He has shown his work at PSI MoMA, the Louvre Museum, the VII Havana Biennial and the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. He recently won the 2008 Cartier Foundation Award (Frieze Foundation/Gasworks Residency in London), and was also selected for the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002. Amidst a hectic European travel schedule, I had the opportunity to converse with Wilfredo about his work.[...]

Interview with Aggtelek

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Aggtelek - Polymorphous

The work by Aggtelek (Gema Perales and Xandro Vallés, 1978, Barcelona) proposes new ways of looking at sculpture by exploring and playing with the creative process in a very dynamic way. In their videos, their artwork manifests itself as a direct result of the structural development of their performances, creating narratives that question the traditional notions related to sculpture by means of constructing and deconstructing ephemeral objects and scenarios.[...]