Pinta Parc returns: the visual arts fair opens its doors in Lima

How did the pandemic affect the arts system? How did the creators, the gallery owners, the collectors, the institutions respond? What was its impact on the market? The reappearance of Pinta Parc may suggest that the art scene is recovering, and that public interest is increasing. However, the Contemporary Art fair wants to offer direct answers and not evade the debate. “Art serves to reflect, and it is the artists who communicate this reflection. And we can see this in this edition of the fair”, explains Diego Costa Peuser, director of Paint PArC. In fact, both in its scheduled exhibitions and in its role as talk shows, these urgent issues will be addressed in depth.

After two years of pandemic, the ninth edition of PArC, Peru Contemporary Art, integrated into the Pinta universe, returns in person to our city from April 20 to 24 at the emblematic Casa Prado, in Miraflores. The center of this party corresponds to the “Main section”, the main section of the fair, which brings together more than 40 galleries with great local and international experience, among which stand out Livia Benavides (Peru), El Museo Gallery (Colombia), Galería+Ponce Robles (Spain), Pavilion 4 Contemporary Art (Argentina), Younique (France), Piero Atchugarry Gallery (United States / Uruguay), NAC Gallery (Chile) and Nosco Gallery (United Kingdom).

Likewise, the Solo Project section, curated by Oscar Roldán-Alzate, includes the exhibition of six artists represented by their respective galleries. This section is presented as an opportunity to highlight the production of contemporary artists in a deeper and more personal way. Two Peruvians, Augusto Ballardo and Raúl Silva, two Argentines, Hernán Salvo and Federico Cantini, the Cuban Dagoberto Rodríguez and the Colombian Ana González are presented. They propose works on themes related to ecology, the neo-colonial and the environment, between figuration and abstraction. “This selection focuses on contemporary art projects that dialogue with today’s problems, that raise questions and questions in us. They share a peculiarity: their great dedication to the manual, to the invoice of their work, to the commitment to the task. That speaks to us of a return to the exquisite ways of the plastic”, points out the Colombian curator.

Paint Park 2022

Pinta Parc 2022 art fair, which brings together international galleries and artists. For the first time this edition of the event dedicates a space to textile art. Photos: Hugo Pérez/ El Comercio Group.

Paint Park 2022

Pinta Parc 2022 art fair, which brings together international galleries and artists. For the first time this edition of the event dedicates a space to textile art. Photos: Hugo Pérez/ El Comercio Group.

Paint Park 2022

Pinta Parc 2022 art fair, which brings together international galleries and artists. For the first time this edition of the event dedicates a space to textile art. Photos: Hugo Pérez/ El Comercio Group.

Paint Park 2022

Pinta Parc 2022 art fair, which brings together international galleries and artists. For the first time this edition of the event dedicates a space to textile art. Photos: Hugo Pérez/ El Comercio Group.

Paint Park 2022

Pinta Parc 2022 art fair, which brings together international galleries and artists. For the first time this edition of the event dedicates a space to textile art. Photos: Hugo Pérez/ El Comercio Group.

Lima-based curator Florencia Portocarrero is responsible for the NEXT section, which will bring together seven galleries that are committed to making the work of emerging artists visible. The artists presented by the galleries +Arte (Ecuador), Constitución (Argentina), Galería del Paseo (Peru), Platform Art Base (Mexico), Subsuelo (Argentina), Vigil Gonzales (Peru) and NAC (Chile) return to manual work and invite the viewer to immerse themselves in long-term projects.

“Media Point” is a hybrid section of the fair that calls for face-to-face meetings and audiovisual content. Coordinated by Verónica Santalla, its programming includes interviews with artists, gallery owners and collectors, as well as videos dedicated to artists who share their artistic processes. It is complemented by the “Live talks”, organized by the curator Miguel López, who proposes a debate on the changes in the art world after the pandemic, the ethics of collecting, the convergences and divergences between art and design, among other topics. . Among the participants in the talks are Magalí Arriola, director of the Tamayo Museum in Mexico, Sharon Lerner, director of MALI, the visual artist from Lima Iosu Aramburu or Maria Wills, director of Arts and Collections of the Banco de la República, in Bogotá. Likewise, this platform will present the book “Paraguasexistential” by the late Peruvian visual artist Juan Javier Salazar, published by the Planeta publishing house.

This year, as a novelty at the fair, a new space featuring textile art is presented. Curated by Jerson Ramírez, the objective of this section is to recover, highlight and celebrate traditional weaving techniques.

Conferences

• “The photograph. State of the Matter”, a dialogue between the artist Mariano Zuzunaga and the photographic theorist Alejandro León Cannock. Thursday 21st, 5:30 p.m.
• “How do museums narrate their collections?”, a table that pays attention to three museums in Latin America that have undertaken a review of the axes that organize their collections. Thursday 21, 7 p.m.
• “What has changed for the arts after the pandemic?”, a space that will reflect on how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the artistic ecosystem. Friday 22, 4:30 p.m.
• “Ethics of collecting”- A debate on the role of art and art workers. Friday 22nd, 6 p.m.
• Presentation of the book “Stein, open night”. This title covers 10 years of the work of the Argentine artist Pabli Stein. Friday 22, 7:30 p.m.
• “Convergences and Divergences between Art and Design”, by Carlos García Montero, curator and teacher at Corriente Alterna, Joan Jimenez “Entes”, graffiti artist, and multidisciplinary artists Yerko Zlatar and Jerry B. Martin. Saturday 23rd, 4 p.m.
• How has the pandemic impacted the market? Saturday 23rd, 5:30 p.m.
• Presentation of the book “Existential Umbrella” by Juan Javier Salazar. This title brings together more than 200 images that are color reproductions of the author’s work and contains essays by Mirko Lauer, Rodrigo Quijano and Rodrigo Vera. Saturday 23rd, 7 p.m.