Fair & talks 2019: artists’ film & video

For its 17th edition, LOOP Fair is very pleased to announce the participation of more than 40 galleries and artists proceeding from 20 different countries that will offer an overview of the current moving image panorama, while touching upon cogent issues that are at once social, conceptual and formal. Among galleries and artists selected are Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, with Péter Forgács Rembrandt Morphs. Esther Schipper, Berlin, with Tao Hui (tbd). galerie Sator, Paris, with Romain Kronenberg Rien que de la terre, et de plus en plus sèche. Galeria Presença, Porto, with Nikolaj Larsen Quicksand. BERG Contemporary, Reykjavík, with Dodda Maggý Madeleine. narrative projects, London, with Taus Makhacheva Baidà. Gandy gallery, Bratislava, with Vendula Knopova Tutorial. GRIMM, Amsterdam, with Claudia Martínez Garay I WILL OUTLIVE YOU. Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen, with Thao Nguyen Phan Tropical Siesta. Art On İstanbul, Istanbul, with Oddviz Acqua Alta. WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery, Cape Town, with Athi-Patra Ruga Over the Rainbow. andriesse—eyck galerie, Amsterdam, with Rory Pilgrim Software Garden. Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Wien, with Agnieszka Polska The New Sun. Osnova Gallery, Moscow, with Yelena Popova This certifies that. A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu, with Chen Qiulin City Manager. Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, with Melanie Smith Maria Elena. KUBIKGALLERY, Porto, with Pedro Vaz Terra Firme. Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix, London, with Radouan Zeghidour Voyage au bout de la nuit. tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, with Hamza Halloubi (tbd). Vanguard gallery, Shanghai, with Hsu Che-yu Re Rupture. Galerie Eric Mouchet, Paris, with Louis-Cyprien Rials Mogadishu. Jarvis Dooney, Berlin, with Maija Tammi & Aapo Huhta Valkoinen pupu. Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, with Tal Shochat An Other Day. Francisco Fino, Lisboa, with Gabriel Abrantes The Artificial Humors. Rodeo Gallery, London, with Menelaos Karamaghiolis No one will Kill you anymore than if you were a corpse. Galerie C, Neuchâtel, with Polina Kanis The Pool. Galería SENDA, Barcelona, with Adrián Balseca Suspensión I. àngels barcelona, Barcelona, with Cecilia Bengolea Lightning Dance. Galerie Iragui, Moscow, with Olga Chernysheva (tbd). Ag Galerie, Tehran, with Peyman Hooshmandzadeh (tbd). HE.RO, Amsterdam, with Broomberg & Chanarin The Bureaucracy of Angels. Galerie Krinzinger, Wien, with Hans Op de Beeck Staging Silence (3). JosédelaFuente, Santander, with Mathilde ter Heijne Moon Rituals. MyMuseum, Budapest, with Veronika Szendro Initiation. carlier | gebauer, Madrid, (tbd).

More fair galleries and artists to be confirmed soon.

The fair committee, formed by Haro Cumbusyan, Renee Drake, Josée & Marc Gensollen, Isabelle Lemaître, and chaired by Jean-Conrad Lemaître, has valued the strength of the galleries’ programs and the quality of the artists’ works. The fair’s jury for Acquisition Award and Mention of Honor will be formed by Ferran Barenblit (Director, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona), Daniela Zyman (Chief Curator and Artistic Director, TBA21, Vienna), Dirk Snauwaert (Artistic Director, WIELS, Brussels) and Benjamin Weil (Artistic Director, Centro Botín, Santander). Mention of Honor Award will count as well with jury member Andrea Lissoni (Senior Curator, International Art – Film, Tate, London).

LOOP Talks will address the current situation of artists’ film and video, with a visionary roster of professionals through a series of panels and meetings. Among this year’s participants will be Daniela Zyman (Curator, TBA21) with Carlos Urroz (Executive Director, TBA21), Barbara London (Independent Curator) with Han Nefkens Fundation and LOOP Video Art Award winner Thao Nguyen Phan (Artist), Sebastién Gokalp (Director, Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration de Paris) and Romain Kronenberg (Artist) with Sveva d’Antonio (Collezione Taurisano), Tao Hui (Artist), and Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Founder, FSRR) with Carolyn Christov Bakargiev (Director, Castello di Rivoli).

More news on the full talks programme soon.

Venue & registration
Almanac Barcelona
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 619-621

Register for the Professional Pass here.

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