2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

NoguerasBlanchard0/10/8NoguerasBlanchard,Barcelona/MadridAlex NoguerasRebeca BlanchardXuclà 7ES-08001 BarcelonaT +34 93 342 57 21M +34 637 777 257Doctor Fourquet 4ES-28012 MadridT +34 91 506 34 84info@noguerasblanchard.comwww.noguerasblanchard.comShown at LISTE:Anne-Lise Coste, 1973, FRWilfredo Prieto, 1978, CUIgnacio Uriarte, 1972, ESOther Artists of the Gallery:Rafel G. Bianchi, ESLeandro Erlich, ARMarine Hugonnier, FRMichael Lin, JPJuan López, ESFran Meana, ESEster Partegàs, ESShimabuku, JPDavid Maljkovic, HRRubén Grilo, ESAnne-Lise CosteRespire respire, 2012Airbrush andtempera on canvas60 × 48 inCourtesyNoguerasBlanchard,Barcelona/Madrid136 / 137Ignacio Uriarte’s discourse is focused onthe semantic field of the office environment,drawing inspiration from the information,skills and supplies encountered in theworkplace. Anne-Lise Coste is known forher radical approach, in which the creativepotential of her art is articulated througha spontaneity of gesture and what is directlyexpressed. Wilfredo Prieto is distinctivein his conceptual forcefulness, narrativebrevity, absence of superfluous elements,and refined sense of humour. His practiceembraces the poetry of fragmentedthings – as manifested in this work, hints thatinsinuate a circumstance that is not presentin the installation.Fluctuating Folds (2012) by Uriarte is asculptural drawing installation made throughfolding sheets of white A4 paper. The usualstages of folding are slightly modified,allowing a play of light and shadow betweengeometric and organic. The new series oftempera paintings by Coste presents acontinuation of the artist’s interest that goesfrom philosophical-existential questionsin a playful and light-hearted way to a subtlenaïf humour with poems, literary extracts,metaphors and simple drawings. In Fearof The Void (2012), a sculpture madeof bubble wrap, Prieto explores emptinessas a poetry resource. The installationcan be seen as the emergence of an entityinto presence, a new kind of aesthetic,which is hand in hand with a highest senseof poïesis.Uriarte´s wall installation, the series ofairbrush canvas by Coste and Prieto´sground installation are confronting eachother at the exhibition space to bringtogether a special energy of a contemporaryform of poïesis. The way that these artistsformally deal with the forms that arerevealed on the white/blank surface can beseen as a metaphor of the act of poïesis.