1–4 October 2015
Italian Pavilion (Z.6)
Fira Barcelona
Solo Swab
Curated by Direlia Lazo and Carolina Ariza, this program preserves the individual format with presentations of Latin American artists and special attention to those artistic practices marked procedural and documentary.
El Apartamento (Havana), Yornel Martínez
Galería de la Oficina (Medellín), Fredy Alzate
Galerie ALAIN GUTHARC (Paris), Estefanía Peñafiel
JosédelaFuente (Santander), Arturo Hernández Alcázar
Lokkus Arte Contemporáneo (Medellín), Santiago Vélez
Martin Van Zomeren (Amsterdam), Oscar Abraham Pabón
Nube Gallery (La Paz, Santa Cruz), Alejandra Alarcón
Swab Forum in collaboration with De Appel Arts Centre D’Amsterdam
A new program where two ex-alumni of the Curatorial Program of de Appel Arts Centre, Javier Villa and Lara Khaldi, will select and create a dialogue between six artists and works selected from the programs of different galleries participating in Swab Barcelona 2015.
Zhōngguó: New Photography From China
Curated by Na Risong and Susana Sanz, this presentation includes a group of photographers that bring us to where future and past could coexist, in the country that owns the fastest economic growth rate in the world: Zhōngguó (China). Participating artists represented by Inter Art Center: Bo Mu, Ju Duoqi, Jin Ping, Liu Jianan and Zhong Weixing.
Swab Gate by Fundació Lluis Coromina
Solo presentations of African and Caribbean artists, with a strong focus on painting. Curated by Eva Barois De Caevel.
Angalia Art Gallery (Meudon), Steve Bandoma, Kinshasa
First floor gallery (Harare), Wycliffe Mundopa, Zimbabwe
Maëlle galerie (Paris), Sébastien Jean, Haïti
Van de Weghe Fine Art (Antwerp), Hamid El Kanbouhi, Morocco
Drawing Applications
Curated by Mónica Álvarez Careaga, this exhibition includes eight individual artistic projects that demonstrate the transformation in artistic matters of the traditional uses of drawing.
Addaya Centre d´Art Contemporani, Paula Rubio Infante
Ethall Dibujo Contemporáneo, Luís Macías
Galería Alegría , Juan Escudero
Galería Altamira, Cristina Fernández
Galería Ángeles Baños, Laura González Cabrera
Galería Javier Silva, Theo Firmo
Galería Siboney, Gómez-Bueno
Galería Sicart, Gonzalo Elvira
Performing Swab
Directed by the curator Juan Canela, this is a program of performances, actions and specific interventions. With Mercedes Azpilicueta, Elena Bajo, Ely Daou, Alicia Frankovich, Lara Khaldi & Yazan Khalili and Claudia Pagès.
Swab Seed by Focus EngelHorn
David Armengol will present a space of visibility and debate focused on independent proposals. The program includes El Palomar (Barcelona), Arts Coming (Barcelona), me & the Curiosity (Barcelona), La Galería Encantada (Barcelona), Halfhouse (Barcelona), The Green Parrot (Barcelona), Salón (Madrid), FirstJune Gallery (Berlin).
General program
3 Punts Galería (Barcelona), Alidem (Milan), ALMA Gallery (Athens), Alejandro Gallery, (Barcelona), AP Contemporary (Sheungwan), ARTspaceSWITZERLAND (Rheinfelden) , BERLINARTPROJECTS, (Berlín), Black Square Gallery (Miami) , Cis-Art (Barcelona), Espacio Creativo Alexandra (Santander), Faur Zsófi Gallery (Budapest), Galería Balaguer (Barcelona), Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando (Madrid), Galería Servando (Havana), Galería Silvestre (Tarragona), Galería Trama (Barcelona), Galería Víctor Lope Arte Contemporáneo (Barcelona), Galleria Giovanni Bonelli (Milan), Kalman Maklary Fine Arts (Budapest), Kaplanon Galleries (Athens), JPS Gallery (Hong Kong), N2 Galería (Barcelona), Olsen Irwin (Woollahra), Pabellón 4 (Buenos Aires), Pantocrátor Gallery (Shanghai / Berlín), PORTANOVA12 (Bologna), Prometeo Gallery (Milan), Rocío Santacruz Galería (Barcelona), Rea One day Gallery (Buenos Aires), RES NON VERBA (Buenos Aires), Savina Gallery (Saint Petersburg), Shone Show Gallery (Beijing), Studio Chuan (Beijing), Sun Art Gallery (Tokyo).
MYFAF program
Curated by Rosa Lleó and Zaida Trallero, this program presents Estudi Tigomigo (Barcelona), Galería Tiro al Blanco (Guadalajara, México), and 3K Art (Spain).
Swab Awards
– Banco Sabadell Foundation Award to the best gallery.
– MANGO Award to the best young artist.
– DKV Seguros Award to the best Spanish artist.
– Fundació Lluis Coromina Award to the Best Catalan artist
– Photography Award, the acquisition will be ceded to the MACBA Foundation.
– Idea Art by Marset to the best innovating artwork.
– Collection Diezy7 Award to the best drawing artwork.
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