ARTEAMERICAS 2009

New art-feelings from Latin American
at Miami's arteaméricas 2009
Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall A
www.arteamericas.com

Leandro Erlich. "The Room (Surveillance I)", 2006.
Courtesy Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection.

MIAMI, FL.- The new and defining trends of contemporary art by Latin American and Caribbean artists will be felt throughout the Miami Beach Convention Center (Hall A), during the four-day art fair, arteaméricas. In its seventh edition, from March 27th to 30th, Miami's leading Latin American art event will display art in its many forms - painting, sculpture, conceptual art, multimedia, and installations - featuring many well known creators, as well as the region's emerging artists, who will showcase the newest developments in the art world that they have embraced.

arteaméricas 2009 will be a platform for young and emerging artists, through areas specially designed for them at the event.

La Habana Pavilion: Two Visions of Cuba
"Past and present, aspiration and nostalgia - this is what currently constitutes the hybrid impressions within the visual representations of Havana," says Cuban curator David Mateo. This project reunites the work of Kadir López and Ernesto Fernández, residents of the Cuban capital. "Caught in a historic moment, the city produces the necessary forms for this movement," says Gean Moreno, the Pavilion's curator. "Much of the current Cuban art, and that which has been made in Havana, 'captures', although sometimes in an oblique form, those un-anthropomorphist urban forces." Moreno also explores the work of Cuban artists in Miami, such as Alexandre Arrechea, Magdiel Aspillaga, Alejandro González, Ernesto Oroza and Manuel Pina.

Buenos Aires Pavilion: Straight from Argentina
Curator Eva Gristein deepens the current artistic scene from Buenos Aires by bringing together four names that have found a place in the formal art market: Matias Duville (Galería Alberto Sendros), Catalina León (Galería Daniel Abate), Manuel Ameztoy (Galería Braga Menendez) and Adriana Minolitti (Galería Ruth Benzacar). "Although very different from each other, these four artists come together through their love for the organic, the landscape, the nature of their strokes, and their romance with culture," explains Gristein. This pavilion is sponsored by the City of Buenos Aires.

Mexican Pavilion: Sublimated Tradition
The Mexican Cultural Institute in Miami will exhibit work from Mexican artists who live in South Florida, such as Alekxey Sabido, Cecilia Rivera, Othón Castañeda, Eduardo Chirino, Ingrid Poch, Jaime Gil, Josafat Miranda, Laura Villarreal, Leni Ibarguengoytia and Patty Mountaudon. A common thread in the work of these artists is their visual language, which travels between two worlds. Their current production is marked by "the tradition of Mexican art that underlies in their icons, techniques and concepts, and Miami's multiculturalism and its intense art scene," says the Pavilion's selection committee, comprised of Edgar Pozos, Nina Torres, Arturo Morell and Othón Castañeda.

Video Box: Latin American Cameras
Curator María Iovino deciphers the visual and perceptive problems common in Latin American video art. According to Iovino, "The political issues and human worries that decisively marked the artistic production of the last decades, have tended to unravel and therefore, create new images and weaves." To bring her idea to life, the curator has selected eight videos from Leandro Lima and Gisella Motta (Brazil), Martin Bonadeo and Leandro Erlich (Argentina), Magdalena Fernández (Venezuela), Andrés Ramirez Gaviria (Colombia) and Alexandre Arrechea (Cuba). The Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center (Washington, DC) is sponsoring this space, where the winning videos and others previously selected for the "IV Edición de la Bienal Interamericana de Video Arte" Awards will be presented. The Bienal Director is Félix Ángel, the director of the IAD Cultural Center (www.iadb.org/cultural/).

Young District: Young and Accessible Art
An area of creativity dedicated to three emerging galleries, where young artists works of art will not exceed USD$2,000.00.

Project Room: Large Sculptures
Art for open and public areas that will, under the perspective of curator Gean Moreno, reunite sculptures and installations from Julio Le Parc, Ronald Moran, Mark di Suvero, Ilan Averbuch, Rogelio Polesello, Cildo Miereles, Ernesto Neto, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Quisqueya Henríquez, Frederich Kunath, Frances Trombly, Ernesto Oroza, Silvana Lacarra and Olafur Eliasson.

A Glimpse of the Works of Alejandro Otero
The Fundación Saludarte will highlight the works on paper of one of the most significant figures of Latin American geometric art, Alejandro Otero.

arteaméricas Talks: Conversations About Art
Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, an art historian and curator, both coordinates and moderates discussions about the role that Latin America plays in the current global art market. Estrellita Brodsky, Julieta González, Rosa de la Cruz, María Bonta de la Pezuela and Cecilia de Torres, among others will be participating. The talks are sponsored by MiamiDadeCollege.

Exhibitors at arteaméricas 2009
Galleries from Latin America, Germany, Spain and the United States will be presented: Aldo de Sousa (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Alonso Art (Miami, Fl.); Arte Berri (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic); Arteconsult Aleman y Grimberg (Panama, Panama); Art Formz (Miami, Fl.); Bourbon Lally (Petion Ville-Haiti); Cernuda Arte (Miami, Fl.); Cremata Gallery (Miami, Fl.); Diana Lowenstein Fine Art (Miami, Fl.); Dot fiftyone (Miami, Fl.); DPM Gallery (Miami/Guayaquil-Ecuador); Durban Segnini Gallery (Miami, Fl. - Caracas, Venezuela); Fundación Torres Agüero Rozanes (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Galeria El Museo (Bogota, Colombia); Galeria Fernando Pradilla (Madrid, España); Galerie Marassa (Petion Ville, Haiti); Galeria Sextante (Bogota, Colombia); Galerie Tantow (Berlin, Alemania); Ginocchio Gallery (Mexico D.F., México); Hardcore Art Contemporary Space (Miami, Fl.); Henrique Faria Fine Art (New York, NY.); Ideobox (Miami, Fl.); Juan Ruiz Galeria (Maracaibo, Venezuela); La Carniceria Arte Actual (Caracas, Venezuela); La Galeria (Lima, Peru); Latin Art Core (Miami, Florida); Lurie-Kavachnina Gallery (Miami, Fl.); Lyle O. Reitzel (Miami - Dominican Republic); Pabellon 4 (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Pan American Art Projects (Miami, Fl.); Praxis International Art (Miami, Fl.); RDZ Fine Art (Miami, Fl.); Ruiz-Healy Art (San Antonio, Texas); Sammer Gallery (Miami, Fl.); Toca Galeria (Mexico D.F., Mexico); Terreno Baldio (Mexico D.F., Mexico); The Americas Collection (Miami, Fl.); Van Eyck Galeria de Arte (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Via Margutta Arte Contemporaneo (Cordoba, Argentina).

Museums in arteaméricas
Renowned museums and institutions from Miami will also offer a glimpse into their collections and programs during the fair: Miami Art Museum, Bass Museum of Art, Frost Art Museum at FIU, Lowe Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art/MOCA (North Miami), Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation/ CIFO and El Centro Cultural Español. The Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center/ IDB Cultural Center (Washington) and The Museum of Latin American Art/ MoLAA (Long Beach) will also be present.

Art in the Classroom
Five new artists, selected from their graduating classes, will be presented by three well-respected art academies of Florida: New World School of the Arts / MDC, School of Art & Art History de Florida International University/FIU, y AI/ Miami International University of Art & Design.

Art Books
The renowned independent bookstore Books&Books will bring to the art fair an outstanding collection of art books.

arteaméricas is directed by Leslie Pantín, serving as the fair's President; Emilio Calleja as Vice President; and Diego Costa Peuser, publisher of Arte al Día Internacional and director of PINTA Art Fair in New York, as Fair Director of arteaméricas.

The fair's sponsors include American Airlines, FedEx, AvMed Health Plans, Bacardí, Radio Caracol and The Miami Herald / El Nuevo Herald. arteaméricas is also made possible with the support of the Miami Beach Visitor & Convention Authority and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitor's Bureau, as well as its media partners: Arte al Día, Art Nexus, Art Circuits, América Economía, Casa & Estilo, Hispanic Magazine, Latin Trade, Miami Monthly, Selecta, Social Affairs, Wynwood Art Magazine, Vanidades and Vista Magazine.

Friday, March 27 12 PM - 9 PM
Saturday, March 28 12 PM - 9 PM
Sunday, March 29 12 PM - 7 PM
Monday, March 30 12 PM - 5 PM

Visit arteaméricas online at www.arteamericas.com for more information.

Public Relations Director: Liana Pérez, liana@artcircuits.com, 305.661.0511
Press Contacts: Lauren Garcia, lauren@thinkbsg.com, 305.206.5858 / Carolina Ledezma, contacto@artcircuits.com, 347.901.6641