GALERIA KURIMANZUTTO.GALERIE CHANTAL CROUSEL, PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. As specific as a birth announcement, it was the first thing you read on the back of the small poster that served as the invitation to an exhibition: "The Kurimanzutto Gallery was founded on August 21, 1999, in Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi , by Monica Manzutto, Jose Kuri, and Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco (b. 1962) is "One of the most influential artists of this decade, and probably the next one too." - Francesco Bonami, Parachute, 1998. He was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and educated in the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas between 1981 and 1984. with thirteen artists to collaborate and represent their work: Minerva Cuevas, Eduardo Abaroa Colonel Eduardo Abaroa (October 13, 1838 - March 23, 1879) (whose last name is also sometimes spelled Avaroa) was Bolivia's foremost hero of the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), which pitted Chile against Bolivia and Peru. , Abraham Cruzvillegas Abraham Cruzvillegas is an artist and sculptor, born in Mexico in 1968 where he studied Philosophy and Fine Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), next to Gabriel Orozco. Abraham Cruzvillegas has exhibited extensively. , Damian Ortega, Philippe Hernandez, Gabriel Kuri, Sofia Taboas, Jonathan Hernandez, Fernando Ortega, Alejandro Carrasco, Luis Felipe Ortega, Rirkrit Tiravanija Rirkrit Tiravanija (b. 1961 and pronounced RICK-rit Tira-VAN-it) is a Buenos Aires-born contemporary artist who divides his time in New York, Berlin and Bangkok. Work Tiravanija's artwork explores the social role of the artist. , Daniel Guzman." Kurimanzutto doesn't have its own space but invents a new situation with each of its interventions. The first such event--there have now been four all told--"Economia de Mercado De Mercado is a Spanish surname. Although its exact moment of appearance is not known, it is believed to have first appeared around the Spanish provinces of Segovia and Valladolid. Its roots are most likely in Old Castile or Andalusia. " (Market economy), lasted only a day: The artists showed their wares, so to speak, at a market stand in Mexico City. The prices of the artworks were in line with those of other consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and for sale at adjacent stands. Tonight, don't forget to buy onions, peppers, olive oil, and a work of art--and why not? Don't galleries offer sustenance from time to time? After orchestrating various other events (including film and video screenings in a movie theater and a party in a carpet shop), Kurimanzutto was transported overseas, to the Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris (from May 13 to June 29), thanks to the initiative of Gabriel Orozco, who also enjoyed a major one-person show this summer at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (see above). In Paris his work could be found alongside that of the thirteen aforementioned artists and a p iece by the enigmatic Dr. Lakra. The result is a cocktail of joyous bric-a-brac spread throughout the gallery space, which opened a few of its usually inaccessible corners to the visitor. Among the twenty-seven works on view were Philippe Hernandez's Gazstation (all works 2000), a rubber mat bearing a simple line drawing of a man filling up the gas tank of his car; Gabriel Kuri's Carretilla 5, an old wheelbarrow filled with gold and silver Christmas tinsel tin·sel n. 1. Very thin sheets, strips, or threads of a glittering material used as a decoration. 2. Something sparkling or showy but basically valueless: the tinsel of parties and promotional events. garlands; and Jonathan Hernandez's Bonnes affaires (Good deals), an installation that combined banners bearing the words "success" (success), "vente massive" (giant sale), "achat vente" (buy sell), and of course "bonnes affaires" with advertisements, cans of dog food, and a video showing a wild crowd of shoppers stampeding to the opening of a department store. At the prompting of Minerva Cuevas, the Chantal Crousel gallery agreed to provide a personalized letter of recommendation to anyone who asked for it (relief for the art world's unemployed?). Union-Separation boasted a hand-cranked, rotating platform on which its creator, Damian Ortega, mounted a camera: A film produced by the activation of this primitive machine was projected on a glass door in the basement of the gallery. But no matter how engaging the individual works, it was the playful spirit of the whole that prevailed over the sum of its parts. Who knows what Kurimanzutto's future will bring--a concert? a soccer match? a press conference? Perhaps even the launching of a few artistic careers. Jean-Pierre criqui is a frequent contributor to Artforum. |
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