MODEL KITS. Thinking Latin America from the MUSAC Collection
Project: MODEL KITS. Thinking Latin America from the MUSAC Collection
Artists: Carlos Amorales , Alexander Apóstol, Julieta Aranda, AVAF,
Fernando Bryce, Erick Beltrán, Iñaki Bonillas, Tania Bruguera,
François Bucher, Luís Camnitzer, Raimond Chaves, José Damasceno,
Dr. Lakra, Matías Duville, Sandra Gamarra, Carlos
Garaicoa, Mario García Torres, Diango Hernández, Juan Fernando
Herrán, Federico Herrero, María Teresa Hincapié, Leonilson, Jorge
Macchi, Gilda Mantilla, Gilda Mantilla y Raimond Chaves, Teresa
Margolles, Hernán Marina, Ana Mendieta, Mujeres Creando, Óscar
Muñoz, Rivane Neuenschwander, Damián Ortega, Álvaro Oyarzun,
Nicolás París, Jorge Pineda, Caio Reisewitz, Rosângela Renno, Pedro
Reyes, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Martín Sastre, Melanie Smith y Rafael
Ortega, Valeska Soares, Javier Téllez, Meyer Vaisman , Carla
Zaccagnini.
Curators: Agustín Pérez Rubio, María Inés Rodríguez, Octavio Zaya
Layout design: Andreas Angelidakis
Coordinator: Eneas Bernal
Venue: Galleries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, MUSAC
Dates: 26 June 2010 – 9 January 2011
Sponsored by AECID. Agencia española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo

From 26 June 2010 to 9 January 2011, within its 5th Anniversary programme, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León will be devoting its entire exhibition space to a major exhibition displaying most of the pieces by over 40 Latin American artists held in the MUSAC Collection. Under the title MODEL KITS. Thinking Latin America from the MUSAC Collection, the show curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio (MUSAC Director), María Inés Rodríguez (MUSAC Head Curator) and Octavio Zaya (MUSAC curator at large), invites viewers to trace their own course through contemporary Latin American art, over a layout designed by architect Andreas Angelidakis. In parallel, all activities scheduled at MUSAC between June 2010 and January 2011 will focus on Latin America, including new projects at Laboratorio 987 and the Showcases, artist workshops, publications, seminars, performances, concerts, etc.

MODEL KITS is the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León’s fourth major exhibition of its Collection works, after Emergencias (April – August 2005), Fusion (December 2005 – April 2006) and Existencias (September 2007 – January 2008). The show will also be the first chance to see many of the MUSAC Collection's latest acquisitions made between 2007 and 2010, all of which are included in the book MUSAC Collection Volume III, to be presented on 26 June.

Para ser construidos (To be Built)
Title: Para ser construidos (To be Built)
Artists: Marcelo Cidade (Sao Paulo, Brasil, 1979), Marcius Galan (Indianápolis, US, 1972), André Komatsu (Sao Paulo, Brasil, 1978), Nicolás Robbio (Mar del Plata, Argentina 1975), Carla Zaccagnini (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1973)
Curator: Agustín Pérez Rubio
Coordinator: Helena López Camacho
Dates: June 26th – October 10th, 2010
Venue: Laboratorio 987 and Outdoor garden MUSAC

On June 26th the MUSAC’s Laboratorio 987 will be presenting the project Para ser construidos (To be Built), a group show whose concept embraces the double conceptual and linguistic aspect of the term “construction” to exemplify a relation with urban factors on the one hand and considerations of identity on the other. The artists participating in this show— Marcelo Cidade (Sao Paulo, Brasil, 1979), Marcius Galan (Indianápolis, US, 1972), André Komatsu (Sao Paulo, Brasil, 1978), Nicolás Robbio (Mar del Plata, Argentina 1975), Carla Zaccagnini (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1973)—arise from the Brazilian context, yet the show is not intended as a vision of the current Brazilian art scene. It is a reflection on the construction of certain concepts of identity, in art as well as in the urban setting. This show is based on the relations between art and society, and therefore between art and politics. Para ser construidos will be on exhibit within the framework of the show Model Kits. Thinking Latin America from the MUSAC Collection, on the occasion of which, June through December 2010, the entire programme of exhibitions and activities at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León will be focusing on Latin America.

Alexander Apóstol
Project title: Alexander Apóstol
Artist: Alexander Apóstol (Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1969)
Curator: María Inés Rodríguez
Book design: Michel Mallard Studio
Coordination: Cynthia González García
Venue: MUSAC, Showcase Project
Dates: June 26th, 2010 – October 12th, 2010

MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, presents, as part of its 5th anniversary programme, the first monographic publication about the work of the Venezuelan artist Alexander Apóstol. This monograph launches the publishing series Doble A, which the MUSAC will be devoting to art and architecture. To introduce this first publication of the series, Apóstol will present a site-specific installation for the Showcase Project that will be on view as of June 26th. This project arises within the context of the show Model Kits. Thinking Latin America from the MUSAC Collection, which comprises a series of exhibitions, seminars, forums and activities to be held from June to December 2010, entirely devoted to the American continent.

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