Luis Adelantado Valencia is pleased to present once again the artists selected in our XIX CONVOCATORIA (International Call for Young Artists) in an exhibition that will be inaugurated on 29 June at 20.00. This presentation is an excellent opportunity to become familiar with the young contemporary art scene of today. This presentation is an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with the young contemporary art scene of today.
The selected projects belong to fifteen young artists, mostly Spanish, although many of them are expanding their careers abroad. Four foreign works have been chosen, from Brazil, Mexico, Peru and France.
The artists selected for this edition are: the painter Alberto Beltrán (Valencia, 1987), the French artist couple Camille Besson (Nimes, 1990) and Vianney Fivel (Chambery, 1984), who will present an installation, the artist Christian Lagata (Jerez de la Frontera, 1986) with his photographic work, the painter and sculptor Claudia Rebeca Lorenzo (Logroño, 1989), Cristina Mejías (Jerez de la Frontera, 1986) with her installation, the video artist David Ortiz (Alcoy, 1983), the painter Francesc Ruiz (Palamós, 1990), as well as the Mexican artist Francisco Muñoz (Tlaxcala México, 1987). Geray Mena (Medina del Campo, 1989) will present a photographic project, as will Hugo Vásquez (Piura, 1983). José García Vallés (Seville, 1986) will exhibit an installation based on light projections and the painter Julián Cruz (Valladolid, 1989) will show some of his most recent paintings. Spanish photographer Nano Orte (Seville, 1984) will present a mural installation, and Brazilians Luisa Brandelli (Porto Alegre, 1991) and Virginia Herrera (Seville, 1984) will show some of their ceramic sculptures.
This exhibition has been curated to accommodate all media, approaches and perspectives. Following last year’s initiative, for this edition we will also award one of the artists with a solo exhibition space in the Boiler Room of our gallery. The winner of the first edition was Florencia Caiazza (Buenos Aires, 1982), who will inaugurate her exhibition How did you know each other? coinciding with the opening of this year’s CALL.
CALL XIX, 2017
Room 1. General view
CALL XIX, 2017
Geray Mena. 220320151958, 2017. Inkjet on archival paper . 50x70cm.
CALL XIX, 2017
Camille Besson & Vianney Fivel. No Seasons For Metal Flowers, 2017. Carbontubes , aluminium, steel, iron wire . 169 x 185 x 12 cm.
CALL XIX, 2017
Geray Mena. 0520151869, 2017. Inject print on archival paper. 105 x 157 cm
CALL XIX, 2017
Room 2. General view.
CALL XIX, 2017
Francesc Ruiz Abad. Dé-Consr/true/jijiji, 2016. Oil on canvas. 120 × 100 cm
CALL XIX, 2017
Claudia Rebeca Lorenzo. Finales de verano Serie, 2016. Acrylic on paper. 29.7 x 42 cm / cada uno.
CALL XIX, 2017
Virginia Herrera & Jorge Thuillier. Clave del enigma, 2015. Polyaminated and enamelled ceramics
CALL XIX, 2017
Room 3. General view
Cristina Mejías. Fernweh I y II, 2016. Mixed media on polyurethane foam . 50 x 40 cm / cada uno.
CALL XIX, 2017
Julián Cruz. Una zanahoria está tan cerca de lo que un conejo está de un diamante, 2016. Mixed media on canvas. 130 x 162 cm
CALL XIX, 2017
Room 3. General view.
CALL XIX, 2017
Luisa Brandelli. Sem título (pulseiras), 2016. Beads, nylon and pinss. Variable dimensions.
CALL XIX, 2017
Francisco Muñoz. Nuevas constelaciones I, 2016. Ultrachromeprinting. 48 x 72 cm
CALL XIX, 2017
Room 3. General view.
CALL XIX, 2017
Room 3. General view.
CALL XIX, 2017
Room 4. General view
CALL XIX, 2017
Christian Lagata. Isolation #1, #2, #3 y #4, 2017. Pladouble-sided laminated plasterboard, beech wood and digital photography printed on 188 g cotton paper . 60 x 90 cm / each.
CALL XIX, 2017
Hugo Vásquez. Polarizar el paisaje, 2016. Photograph with polarized glass. 100 x 85.71 cm
CALL XIX, 2017
José García Vallés. Quadratura, 2017. Wood, silk and video projection. 130x90x80cm. Bucle de 3’ 00”
CALL XIX, 2017
Room 4. Vista general.
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