Renowned and emerging artists will participate in the first edition of CAN Contemporary Art Now
The city of Ibiza will be filled with a lot of art from July 13 to 17 with the launch of the first edition of Contemporary Art Now or CAN. It is a contemporary art fair that will bring together the best national and international exponents of contemporary art.
It is a new art fair that aims to become an innovative platform to discover the latest in current creation. Emphasizing the new languages that have emerged or are emerging, but
leaving a gap for the proposals of established artists who have stood out in recent decades.
CAN, Contemporary Art Now, is an initiative of Sergio Sancho, a cultural promoter who already surprised six years ago with UVNT Art Fair (Urvanity). The event is curated by the critic and curator Sasha Bogojev who invited a selection of galleries that, due to their trajectory and programming, are drawing the panorama of current creation.
“These are galleries that are at the forefront of the emerging world art scene. By focusing on emerging and mid-career creators, there is a strong affinity towards figuration among the works on display, which will give the entire fair a very focused and distinctive appeal,” explains Bogojev.
“CAN means ‘house of’ in Ibiza. We aspire to be the hosts of the avant-garde of current creation. That’s why our last name, now. The island is an inexhaustible source of inspiration in many artistic facets, we think that it can also be in art as it is in music, gastronomy, fashion… or hospitality”, explains Sancho.
In its first edition, it will bring together some thirty international contemporary art galleries that will come from Europe, America and Asia. They have already confirmed their participation Nanzuka Underground (Tokyo), Carl Kostyál (London/Stockholm), WOAW Gallery (Hong Kong), M+B Gallery (Los Angeles), 1969 Gallery (New York), Ruttkowski;68 (Cologne/Düsseldorf/ Paris) or Dio Horia (Athens) among others.
On the Spanish side, ArtNueve (Murcia), L21 Gallery (Palma de Mallorca), Galería Alegría (Barcelona), Veta (Madrid) and Polígrafa (Barcelona) are added. In them we will find works by Ana Barriga, Javi Calleja, Jordi Ribes, Pablo Benzo, Stefan Rinck, Christian Rex Van Minnen, Sally Kindberg, Jake Clark, Matt Bollinger, Chechu Álava, CB Hoyo, Marria Pratts, Ryan Travis Christian, Travis Fish, Julio Anaya Cabbanding, James Jarvis, Imon Boy.
On the other hand, this year the Fundación La Nave Salinas inaugurates an exhibition with the Hungarian Eva Clean Up, artist born in Vienna. The exhibition will feature monumental pictorial pieces. Despite the beauty of her works, she speaks of comedy, tragedy, surprise or despair.
Finally, the fair will be held at the fairgrounds (FECOEV), on the outskirts of Dalt Vila, with a careful architectural design where spaciousness and natural light will play a leading role.
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