Iván Argote

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Ivan Argote (born 1983) is a Colombian artist and filmmaker based in Paris. Using humor and staged interventions, his performance pieces and installations challenge dominant political ideologies. [1]

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Biography

Ivan Argote was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1983, and was raised in a family of militants who were heavily involved in the armed conflicts during La Violencia. [2] As a result, he became a human rights activist focusing his artwork on social justice issues. [3] Argote's awareness of historical processes and social policies (particularly in Colombia) are what informs his work. [4] At the age of 22, he worked as assistant director at Colombo Films in Bogotá where he learned about filmmaking, video, and photography. [5] Until 2005, Argote had been living in Colombia where he spent time studying Graphic Design at the National University of Colombia. [6] Soon after graduating, he moved to Paris, and made it his home. [7] The move gave Argote the opportunity to meet Emmanuel Perrotin, a French gallery owner, who inspired him to seek a career in the art world.[ citation needed ] Argote's collaborations with Perrotin started his art career. In 2011, his first collaboration was his first solo exhibition at Galerie Perrotin in Paris called Caliente. [8] Over the years, he has had several show and screenings at Galerie Perrotin, including his 22-minute film As Far As We Could Get (2017) which features people from two antipodes, the town of Palembang in Indonesia and the city of Neiva in Columbia. [9] The resulting work is a commentary on transnational cultural relations. He works primarily in mediums of sculpture, installations, and videography.

Education

Argote studied visual arts and design at the National University of Colombia. He later attended the Beaux-Arts de Paris in Paris, and graduated with his MFA in 2009. [10]

Artwork

Strengthlessness, 2014

In 2014, Argote worked on Strengthlessness, a sculpture created from concrete, wood, and gold leaf. The construction of this sculpture continued his theme of modification of the normal world. It is an obelisk, similar to the one at the Place de la Concorde, but limp, a phallic image turned impotent. [11] In an interview with France 24, Ivan explains the true meaning as "Small fight against images of power." [12]

Barcelona, 2014

The 5 minute video, Barcelona took place in eponymous Barcelona, Spain, and shows Argote's view on colonization. [10] In the conceptual video, a statue of a missionary priest is depicted relation to an indigenous man and Argote lights the statue on fire. [13]

Ideologically Yours, 2017

From 2014-2017, Argote worked on the concrete sculpture which was named Ideologically Yours, one of the many works exhibited at La Biennale Di Venezia. [14] In Ideologically Yours, Argote figuratively and literally brings a shattered world into a new environment by making note of its destroyed features. Using a destroyed black and grey wall, Argote described it as, "piece of a world that was destroyed." [15]

Select group exhibitions

Select solo exhibitions

Collections

His work can be found in the collections of major metropolitan museums including the Guggenheim Museum (New York), Centre Pompidou, CNAP - Centre National des Arts Plastiques, and MACBA. [14]

Honors and awards

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References

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  2. ↑ "Colombia's Civil Warriors ~ Roots of Conflict | Wide Angle | PBS". Wide Angle. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  3. ↑ Monvel, Violaine Boutet de (17 August 2018). "Iván Argote's Intimate Politics | Frieze". Frieze (197). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  4. ↑ "Somos tiernos. La primera exposición individual de Iván Argote en el Museo Universitario del Chopo". Vogue Mexico (in Mexican Spanish). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  5. ↑ Birbragher-Rozencwaig, Francine (June–August 2018). "Iván Argote, Strategist of the Word, Activism and Creativity". Art Nexus. 109: 22–28.
  6. ↑ "Iván Argote | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ↑ Palumbo, Gabriel (2019-01-09). "Todo lo que cabe en una plaza pública". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  8. ↑ "Colombian artist Iván Argote, inaugurates Galerie Perrotin's Lower East Side gallery by Revisiting History". Cultured Magazine. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  9. ↑ Sutton, Kate (September 2017). "Ivan Argote". Artforum.
  10. 1 2 "Ivan Argote – Public Delivery". publicdelivery.org. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  11. ↑ Browning, Frank; author, ContributorParis; Correspondent, former NPR (2014-01-24). "Power Loses Its Erection & Horses Fly Free". HuffPost. Retrieved 2021-05-07.{{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  12. ↑ "Aesthetica Magazine - Review of Ivan Argote: Strengthlessness, Galerie Perrotin, Paris". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  13. ↑ Argote, Ivan (2015-01-13), Barcelona, Iván Argote, 2014, 05'15 , retrieved 2021-04-20
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "IVÁN ARGOTE". Irene Laub. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  15. ↑ Iván Argote, one of 21 artists nominated for the Future Generation Art Prize 2017 , retrieved 2021-04-14
  16. ↑ Lloyd, Kathryn (March 2016). "Iván Argote: An Idea of Progress". Art Monthly. 394: 26.
  17. ↑ Knight, Christopher (February 23, 2019). "For Desert X 2019, I Drove 198 Miles to See 19 Artists Work. Here's the Best". Los Angeles Times.
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