Circula A applauds BUREAU’s Amazing Grace in Material 2016 review
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A Review of art week in Mexico
Yunuen Diaz – February 9, 2016 – Mexico City
(Translated from Spanish using Google)
“While Zona MACO fair is aimed at international collectors and consolidated capital, other spaces have decided to to expand our vision of art. For this piece, I will review other fairs and cultural events that took place in the week of contemporary art.
Material Art Fair. Located in the building of Expo Reforma, this fair opens its doors for the third time, the best yet. The spirit of the show seems to be placed in an intermediate space between art exhibition and festival with hundreds of young people walking through the labyrinthine spaces, floating between pieces of bright colors, music and scintillating pop atmosphere. The fair takes us for a moment to a different Mexico, as if a little piece of Manhattan had been implemented for a few days in our city. Many of the exhibiting galleries came from our American neighbor, perhaps because of the proximity or the need also there, as elsewhere, to open new markets. As the dollar swings dangerously on the edge of twenty pesos per dollar, a trip to our exotic land is attractive to anyone. So the spring break of contemporary art arrived and brought all that bohemia we love; this fair reminds us that art is alive. While it is clear that some galleries just opened their doors with rebellious spirits and have a long career still ahead, other spaces’ emerging projects show the strength of their proposals.”
“BUREAU of CHANGE New Orleans, along with other works, presented a video by [BUREAU of CHANGE] of a black man costumed as Statue of Liberty, with unconcerned American citizens showing discomfort by his presence.”
Read the full article, “El Recuento de la Semana de Arte en Mexico,” in Spanish at Circulo A
12 Feb 2016