SWAB
(28/09/2017 - 01/10/2017)
http://swab.es/
SWAB
Swab
Barcelona Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
From
September 28th to October 1st 2017, the international
contemporary art fair Swab Barcelona celebrates its 10th anniversary
with a special edition. Consolidating itself as a reference fair in
the independent panorama, it once again gathers international and
local artists and galleries to showcase the most representative of the
contemporary art scene.
Its anniversary edition close to 20,000 visitors, and a
large number of curated projects, collectors programs, prizes, and
activities that venture beyond fair walls to bring art to Barcelona
locals.
Swab Barcelona is a place to discover the artists who are pushing the
boundaries of expression and tracing the course of the art scene for
coming years. The artistic proposals of its curated programs provide
an alternate viewpoint to the current art context:
SWAB SEED / A showcase of 6 experimental
spaces, shining a light on new platforms and artistic proposals that
are shaking the current art scene.
Casa Hoffman, Bogotá
Dienstgebaude, Zurich
La Trastera, Tarragona
Mutt Collective, New York
Projektraum SCOTTY, Berlín
Square Projects, London
ON
PAPER / Reinterprets the new artistic language of
paper as a contemporary technique, exploring its conceptual synthesis.
Curated by Carolina Díez-Cascón.
ADN, Barcelona
Ángeles Baños,
Badajoz
Galerie Anne Barrault
, Paris
Fran Reus, Palma de Mallorca
Leto Gallery, Poland
Mannerheim Gallery, Paris
Moisés Pérez
Albéniz, Madrid
New Art Projects,
London
Nueveochenta, Bogotá
SWAB PERFORMANCE / In collaboration with the
platform Izolyatsia and the Visual
Cultural Research Center, who curate the showcase of 5 young
Ukrainian artists that blur the limits between art, activism and
social criticism.
Petr Armyanovski
Mikhail Koptev
Maria Kulikovska
Victoria Myronyuk
Valentina Petrova
FOCUS MEDITERRÁNEO / After the success of Magreb
on Swab's 2016 edition, curator Xavier de Luca widens the focus to
include the Mediterranean region, giving visibility to independent
platforms that shine a light on the contrasts and links of the region
and its issues.
Collective 220, Argel
Centre des Arts Vivants de Radès, Radès, Tunisia
Waraq Art Foundation, Trípoli, Libya
Artellewa, El Cairo, Egypt
AllArtNow, Damascus, Syria
Mansion, Beirut, Líbano
KIBRIT, Marruecos/Argelia/Túnez/Palestina
JISER Reflexions Mediterrànies, Barcelona/Tunisia
IN/OUT
/ Curated by Imma Prieto and Frederic Montornés, it
questions the meaning of being being in or out, proposing how to bring
into focus that which is outside the field of vision and showcasing
artists represented by galleries that may or not participate in the
fair.
Ana Laura Aláez – Moisés Pérez de Albéniz, Madrid
Ana Teresa Ortega – Espai Visor, Valencia
Francesc Ruiz – Galería Estrany de la Mota, Barcelona
Fito Conesa – Espai Tactel, Valencia
Gloria Martin – Galería Silvestre, Madrid
Joan Fontcuberta – Angels Barcelona, Barcelona
Jorge García – Addaya Centre d’Art, Alaró, Mallorca
Mar Arza – RocioSantaCruz, Barcelona
Marta de Gonzalo & Publio Pérez Prieto – Casa sin fin, Madrid
Rasmus Nilausen – García Galería, Madrid
Regina Giménez – Ana Mas Projects, l'Hospitalet de
Llobregat
MYFAF (My First Art Fair) / Supports
young galleries less than 2 years old, inviting them to participate in
their first international art fair free of charge.
Bombon Projects, Barcelona
Granada Gallery, Buenos Aires
Kunst Edition, Barcelona
EPHEMERAL / Installations inside and outside of
the fair, which play with the ephemeral and thought.
For
its collectors program, Swab Barcelona presents a circuit that merges
the city's artistic activity with that of the fair. BEHIND
THE ARTIST, curated by Omar López-Chahoud, opens the doors
to the workshops of six artists based in Barcelona.
GENERAL
PROGRAM
12-14 Gallery, Viena
3 Punts, Barcelona
Addaya Centre d'Art
Contemporani, Palma de
Mallorca
Beta, Bogotá
Blau Projects, São Paolo
CLIMA, Milán
GBG Arts, Caracas
Km 0, Innsbruck
Lieux – Kiev
Madragoa, Lisboa
Mannerheim, Paris
Michaela Rizzo, Venecia
Motp, Mar del Plata
Montrasio Arte, Milan
Neumeister bar-Am, Berlin
Pabellón4, Buenos Aires
Palma Dotze, Barcelona
Pantocrator, Suzhou
Portas Vilaseca, Rio de Janeiro
Rafael Perez
Hernando, Madrid
Richard Gallery,
Paris
Rincón Projects, Bogotá
Rocío Santa Cruz, Barcelona
Rodríguez Gallery, Poznan
Sasha.D Espacio de
arte, Córdoba.
Argentina
SGR, Bogotá
Sun Art,
Tokyo
Victor Lope, Barcelona
Zipper
Galería, Sao Paolo