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Press Kit Con Link De Descarga Fotos Ron Mueck PRESS KIT Departamento de Prensa [+54-11] 4104 1044/43/29 [email protected] www.proa.org - Fundación PROA Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929 [C1169AAD] Buenos Aires Del 16 de noviembre de 2013 al 23 de febrero de 2014 Woman with Sticks (Mujer con ramas), 2009. Procedimientos y materiales varios 170 x 183 x 120 cm. Colección Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París Concebida por Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París Con la colaboración de la Embajada de Francia en Argentina Con el auspicio de Tenaris – Organización Techint RON MUECK Créditos de la exhibición Exposición concebida por Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París — Curadores Con la colaboración de la Hervé Chandès Embajada de Francia en Argentina Grazia Quaroni — Con el auspicio de Tenaris – Organización Techint Colaboración Embajada de Francia en Argentina — Organización y producción Fondation Cartier pour l´art contemporain, París Ron Mueck Studio, Londres ArteMarca, Sao Paulo Inauguración: sábado 16 de noviembre de 2013 Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires Cierre: domingo 23 de febrero de 2014 — Diseño expositivo Ron Mueck Studio, Londres Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires Departamento de Prensa — Lucía Ledesma Montaje, conservación y registro de obras Ignacio Navarro Ron Mueck Studio, Londres Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires Alejandro Grimoldi Juan Pablo Correa — Prestadores Colección Caldic, Holanda Hauser & Wirth, Suiza Anthony d’Offay Ltd., Inglaterra T [+54 11] 4104 1044/43/29 Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Francia E [email protected] Ron Mueck, Inglaterra — Itinerancia Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París, Francia: del 16 de abril hasta el 27 de octubre de 2013. PROA www.fondation.cartier.com Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fundación PROA del 16 de noviembre 2013 hasta el 23 de febrero 2014 Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929 La Boca, Ciudad de Buenos Aires www.proa.org [+54 11] 4104 1000/1 [email protected] www.proa.org Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. del 19 de marzo de 2014 hasta el 1 de junio 2014 Martes a domingo de 11 a 19 hs www.mamrio.com.br Lunes cerrado – - [email protected] pág 3 [+54-11] 4104 1044 Presentación A partir del 16 de noviembre y hasta el 23 de febrero de 2014, Fundación Proa presenta la primera muestra en Sudamérica del escultor Ron Mueck. Concebida por la Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París, con la curaduría de su director, Hervé Chandès , y de su curadora asociada Grazia Quaroni, la muestra continúa su itinerancia hacia el Museu de Arte Moderna do Río de Janeiro de marzo a junio de 2014. Ron Mueck se inscribe en la tradición escultórica donde es representada la figura humana; aunque los temas, materiales y técnicas que utiliza lo convierten en un autor original, innovador y contemporáneo. Sus esculturas cautivan por el cambio de escala en las dimensiones y el realismo de los personajes, cuyos gestos expresan sutilmente situaciones llenas de vida y misterio. Una madre con su hijo, parejas jóvenes o adultas que oscilan entre la tensión y la calma y un hombre desnudo en un barco a la deriva son algunas de las imágenes que forman parte de la exposición. Obras que encierran una interioridad vital y profunda y, a la vez, expresan la perfección técnica del artista y su obsesión por la verdad. Mueck utiliza materiales como resina, fibra de vidrio, silicona y pinturas acrílicas para reproducir fielmente todos los detalles de la anatomía humana y construir esculturas que tematizan la vida y la muerte. Sus obras evocan un tipo de realismo que es, al mismo tiempo, íntimo y monumental. En diferentes escalas, el artista amplía o reduce extraordinariamente el tamaño de los cuerpos para crear situaciones que conmueven al espectador. “Sus viñetas escultóricas forman parte de situaciones que no tienen ni principio ni fin, sino solo intermedios inciertos, situaciones que no existen por fuera de sus encarnaciones individuales como objetos solitarios”, escribió Robert Storr para el catálogo de la exhibición. La exhibición, concebida por la Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, con el apoyo de la Embajada de Francia en Argentina, cuenta con el auspicio de Tenaris – Organización Techint en Argentina y Brasil. Couple under an Umbrella (Pareja debajo de una sombrilla), 2013. Caldic Collectie, Wassenaar. Cortesía Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París. Foto: Thomas Salva – - – - Ron Mueck pág 4 [email protected] pág 5 [+54-11] 4104 1044 Presentación de la exhibición e itinerancia por Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París En 2013, Ron Mueck fue invitado a presentar sus nuevas esculturas en la Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París. Esa muestra se exhibe ahora íntegramente en Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, y luego se presentará en el Museu do Arte Moderna de Río de Janeiro. Es la primera vez que la obra de Ron Mueck se exhibe en Sudamérica. Además de las seis importantes esculturas recientes, esta muestra agrega tres esculturas nunca antes exhibidas. También se dará a conocer una nueva película sobre la creación de Mueck realizada por Gautier Deblonde para la muestra de París. Al revelarnos al solitario artista en su proceso de trabajo, el film acentúa aún más la sensibilidad y la potencia de las esculturas de Mueck y pone de relieve la particular resonancia que tiene para nuestro tiempo. Una exhibición de Ron Mueck es un evento inusual. Mueck reside en Londres y sus muestras han sido aclamadas en todo el mundo, desde Japón, Australia y Nueva Zelanda, hasta México. Mueck trabaja lentamente es su pequeño estudio Woman with Shopping del norte londinense, y convierte el tiempo mismo en un elemento importante (Mujer con las compras), 2013. de su proceso creativo. El detalle de sus figuras humanas es meticuloso, con Cortesía Fondation Cartier pour sorprendentes cambios de escala que las sitúan tan lejos del realismo académico l’art contemporain, París como del pop art y del hiperrealismo. Foto: Patrick Gries. Tres nuevas esculturas se exhiben aquí por primera vez, después del evento original realidad. Estos trabajos no describen situaciones o personas reales, sino que la en París: dos adolescentes en la calle, una madre con su bebé y una pareja obsesión con la verdad nos habla de un artista que busca la perfección y que es de ancianos en la playa. Parecen congelados en momentos de la vida, y cada agudamente sensible a la forma y la materia. Al empujar la verosimilitud hasta una de ellas captura el vínculo entre dos seres humanos. La naturaleza de la el límite, Mueck crea obras secretas, meditativas y fascinantes. conexión entre ambos se revela en sus acciones, pequeñas, comunes, y a la vez misteriosas. La precisión de sus gestos, la fidedigna representación de la Iluminar las verdades universales. Estos sujetos que parecen tan ordinarios carne, la insinuada suavidad de la piel, les confiere una apariencia de absoluta también irradian una espiritualidad y una profunda humanidad que provocan una respuesta. Apuntando mucho más allá de las tradiciones del retratismo, Mueck revela la sorprendente naturaleza de nuestras relaciones con el cuerpo y la existencia. Ron Mueck ha revitalizado la escultura figurativa contemporánea. Ron Mueck hace uso de una rica diversidad de recursos, como fotos de la prensa, tiras cómicas u obras maestras históricas, recuerdos proustianos o antiguas fábulas y leyendas. Still Life (Naturaleza muerta, 2009) se enmarca dentro de la tradición clásica de ese género; Woman with Sticks (Mujer con ramas, 2008) se inclina hacia atrás bajo un atado de leña y nos recuerda los cuentos de brujas. Drift (Deriva, 2009) y Youth (Juventud, 2009) parecen inspiradas en titulares de los diarios, aunque también evocan obras del pasado. En otras esculturas de Ron Mueck, como el gran autorretrato dormido Mask II (Máscara II, 2002), los sueños eclosionan en la realidad. Su muy reservado proceso creativo se revela en la nueva película de Gautier Leblonde titulada Still Life: Ron Mueck at Work (Naturaleza muerta: Ron Mueck trabajando). Esta película fue producida para la exhibición en la Fundación Cartier. Rodada en el estudio de Mueck mientras producía sus nuevas obras para la exhibición, nos ofrece una oportunidad única de observar al artista sumido en su muy personal proceso creativo. – - – - Ron Mueck pág 6 [email protected] pág 7 [+54-11] 4104 1044 Held: tres nuevas esculturas de Ron Mueck, por Justin Paton * Fragmentos del texto publicado en el catálogo de la exhibición Ron Mueck, [...] Fondation Cartier pour l´art contemporain, París, 2013. La más pequeña de las obras de dos personas de Mueck es la escultura Young Couple, que retrata a un hombre joven parado junto a una joven mujer, a la que Cuando los vi por primera vez en el estudio de Ron Mueck en el norte de Londres, parece estar confiándole algo. Lo más sorprendente en ellos —tal vez lo único al hombre y a la mujer les faltaba mucho para estar terminados. Pero de entrada sorprendente— es lo comunes que son. Las zapatillas de él, las ojotas de ella, quedaba claro que con esas nuevas esculturas ocurría algo inusual. Y no era por el las bermudas de ambos, y esa palidez vagamente anglosajona de londinenses tamaño enorme de las dos figuras, ya que Mueck solía realizar cuerpos colosales que han salido a pasear a principios del verano. Y como miden menos de un en su pequeño espacio, al punto que una vez creó un bebé recién nacido tan metro de altura, son lo suficientemente pequeños como para despertar el grande que tuvo que ser extraído por la ventana del frente. Ni tampoco porque instinto protector del espectador, como si nos convirtiésemos en guardianes que las figuras hubiesen sido moldeadas y realizadas con sorprendente atención a los miran desde arriba a los habitantes de un mundo diminuto.
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