Paint BAphoto 2025the Argentine photography fair, closed its 21st edition in pavilion 8 of La Rural. The new edition, with the contribution of the contemporary art curator Irene Gelfmanstood out for its vision of photography as an increasingly expanded support for art. Unlimited, in some versions. Although, as is known, since the times when Warhol began to screen-print photographic images on his fabrics, the categories became increasingly diffuse and expanded.
Gelfmann presents the well-known but always interesting relationship with nature that he establishes in his works “Fragile Shelters”, Donna Conlonan American artist residing in Panama, a frank invitation to reflect on the subject and analyze new ways of approaching it. In the main sector the works of Carolina Baldoma which uses as a technique, “experimental cyanotype on Japanese paper.”
When describing the process, the artist says that it is closely linked to the natural environment where she lives, the environment of the humid Pampa. “I expose the pieces outdoors, they are revealed with solar radiation and I rinse them with rain or well water. The works are shaped by time, the seasons of the year, the time of day, the type of sky (sun, clouds, rain), as well as by temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, dew point and wind. In this way nature becomes a dynamic object in the work.” These works of Baldomacatch the attention of the photographer based on an island in Tigre, Silvana Muscio.
The curator rescues in the Special Project, a surprising design of Marina de Caro: “Binaries, secret language.” The images, taken by Marcos Lopez and taken to mural format they represent female bodies wrapped in a fabric that the artist identifies with the skin and that boasts the great contrast of black and white.
The design of Expensive It is closely related to fashion, in fact, it was created for a parade that was finally presented at the Banco Patricios Foundation. The artist herself says that when the models tried on these “skins”, they felt so tight to the body that they had to pay special attention to the rhythm of their breathing.
In this way, her works resemble those of the Brazilian Lygia Clarkfulfill therapeutic functions. De Caro expands the limits of design and also fashion, her works challenge notions of behavior, she imagines “the interaction between bodies, builds new formal configurations, moving the unitary form to the binary and the individual body to the collective,” she adds. Gelfmann.
Interest
When Paint BAphoto opened its doors for the first time in the Palais de Glace, it aroused the great interest of collectors and an increasingly large audience. The founder of that first fair, Diego Costa Peuserknew that Argentina is a land of excellent photographers, from those who arrived from the Bauhaus or escaping the war, to their most genuine heirs today.
This year the Tribute Artist Project, led by Francisco Medailis the great Anatole Saderman (Moscow, 1904 – Buenos Aires, 1993), “whose work transformed Argentine photography by combining technical rigor and poetic sensitivity.” The flowers of Saderman published in the book “Wonders of our indigenous plants” (1934) show the influence that he had on him Ansel Adams.
Decades later, Marcos Zimmermann would publish “Native Plants of Argentina” and the quote is just one example of the multiple influences that our photographers weave and interweave. In front of the black and white photos of Sadermana collector confesses to feeling overwhelmed by the proliferation of images generated by digital photography. In response to this saturation, Facundo de Zuviría Keep in mind that all your photos are analog. Choice that demands extra work for digital immediacy.
But From Zuviría He is a scholar in this discipline and to his own works he adds research that is worth rescuing, such as the analysis of the moment in which the photographic image stopped being a documentary record and, with the resources provided by the avant-garde, it became a genuine artistic expression.
At the fair, Diego Costa Peuser perseveres in pursuit of the same objectives, mobilizing the market and awakening interest in knowledge. Yesterday, before closing, he expressed his joy: “We celebrate the continuity of a great curatorial program, where consecrated people and contemporaries coexist kindly, which promotes our contemporary photography scene. We are proud to be the only photography fair in Latin America and fulfill the unavoidable role of turning Buenos Aires into a key point for contemporary photography.”
The Auditorium, during the conferences, was packed from the beginning to the end of the fair. The great step forward for photographers was taken by Sara Facio when she donated a large part of her collection to the National Museum of Fine Arts. Today, the stand of the space that he directed for years, the Photo Gallery of the San Martín Theater, now run by Claudio Larreawas full of visitors.
The reunion with the gallery owners, like the Venezuelan Carmen Araujophotographers like Flavia Da Rin, Juan Travnik and the editor Jean Louis Larivièrewho presented the latest photography books, generated a climate of euphoria. The Larivière Foundation. Latin American Photography Collection opened a beautiful museum in La Boca three years ago. And it’s worth looking at the book from the extensive opening exhibition, “Dreams of Spider Woman,” curated by Alexis Fabry. 200 photographs show the social and political turbulence that still passes through our territory after the end of the dictatorships. The book provides a master class: it includes the big names and the anonymous authors; there are large format and postcard size photos; There are collages, painted and intervened photos, printed and silk-screened.
Among the 51 galleries present, Vasari and Ruth Benzacar stand out, promoters of Argentine photography in the international market. Marina Pellegrini hung two photographs from the “Woman” series in Vasari by the brilliant Alejandro Kuropatwa. One of them was purchased by Victoria Noorthoon, director of the Modern Museum, together with its star curator, Raúl Flores, to increase the collection.
In Cosmocosa, Amparo and Teo Discolithey sold several photographs of Ignacio Iasparra. Another special moment brought the awards. To begin with, they rewarded the setting of Nicola Costantino at The White Lodge, and they awarded another prize to Pompi Gutnisky in the Tramo gallery. Sofía Desuque from the Next section, was nominated for the EFG Latin American Art award Camila Godoy. and Leo Mayer from the Almacén gallery, received the coveted In Situ award. At the Cecilia Caballero gallery, they awarded Agustina Puricelli the same distinction.
Marcel Duchamp said that “art is a game between all men of all times” and in Pinta BAphoto, in the midst of the crisis, they had the luxury of putting it into practice.
Source: Ambito
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