December 2–6, 2015
Application deadline: August 22
PINTA Miami @ Mana Wynwood
318 NW 23rd St.
Miami, FL 33127
PINTA Miami is an international venue and platform for the exhibition and promotion of Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese art that includes the participation of 50 prominent galleries from the United States, Latin America and Europe. With a focus on the abstract, concrete, neo-concrete, kinetic and conceptual art movements, this carefully curated fair allows for a broader discussion amongst artists, curators and collectors.
This year PINTA Miami will be located at Mana Wynwood, a venue that allows for further cultural collaboration, as it will also be hosting other internationally recognized organizations, including the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, and artists such as James Turrell and Ed Ruscha, the Miami Symphony Orchestra and the International Center of Photography (ICP).
Sections:
PINTA Modern
Curated by Osbel Suarez
There is a modern discourse in Latin America that is particularly associated with geometric art, constructivism and concrete art. The history of this modern volition was originally situated in the south of the continent at the end of the first half of the 20th century. The “other half” with a basin in the Pacific, also echoed this movement, albeit with a slight general asynchronicity. PINTA Modern’s interest and commitment lie in this exciting narration that presents a continent away from its usual stereotype, one much closer to a rational realm and modern utopia.
PINTA Contemporary
Curated by the Curatorial Committee
Collectively curated by the Curatorial Committee, this section gives priority to contemporary artists from Latin America, Spain and Portugal and incorporates artists from Europe and the United States. The Committee is responsible for the research and selection of compelling projects with the objective of creating a dialogue between established and emerging artists who share similar interests within their contexts.
PINTA Photography
Curated by José Antonio Navarrete & Rodrigo Alonso
This section is devoted to Latin American artistic photography produced by emerging artists between the 1920s–30s and the 1970s. This period spans a wide range of proposals, from the ones included within the currents of modern photography to those that, as part of the conceptual practices of the 1960s–70s, are part of the origins of contemporary sensibility. This long period in Latin American photography has had little international visibility, and in the majority of the countries of the region, research into it has progressed only in recent years.
PINTA Drawing
Curated by Roc Laseca
PINTA Drawing will seek to get acquainted with the drawing practices that have developed in Latin America, Spain and Portugal in recent years as radical forms of expression—not necessarily linked to paper—and that come into contact with other disciplines such as installation, sculpture, video or performance. At present, and more than ever, expanded drawing sheds light on the huge variety of critical approaches of the new artistic practice to this discipline, traditionally informed by painting and writing.
PINTA Project: Time Sensitive
Curated by Jesús Fuenmayor
This section explores the incorporation of time in the work of art, focusing on works that are sensitive to the relation between the temporal and the spatial. Here, the incorporation of time in the artwork is essential since it functions as a trigger that makes the fair’s public sensitive to its perceptual conditions and the paradoxes that govern this context. The selection of artists also aims to question reductive geopolitical distinctions that project an a priori identity onto art.
PINTA Forum
Organized by Roc Laseca, this section consists of a series of talks and panel discussions that allow PINTA Miami to be used as a platform to link artists, curators and collectors.
Applications must be completed online by August 22
To complete your application, click here.
For further information about the application process, please contact the PINTA Miami team:
Alexandra Morales: alexandramorales [at] pintamiami.com
Ana Clara Silva: anaclarasilva [at] pintamiami.com
