Latin-American Art Takes Center Stage at the Los Angeles Art Show from January 20-24, 2010 – Guest Country Program Launches and Welcomes Uruguay with 34° 53’ 0” S – 56° 10’ 0” W Exhibition

Visitors interested in Latin American Art should come to the Los Angeles Convention Center between January 20-24. The Los Angeles Art Show welcomes its first Guest Country, Uruguay a special exhibition of national works from Uruguay. Now in it’s 15th year, the Los Angeles Art Show will showcases a number of important galleries from Uruguay, Cuba, Venezuela, Peru & Spain, as well as notable Latin American galleries from the US.

Participating Latin American galleries include; Galeria Del Paseo from Uruguay; Galeria Forum Lima Peru from Peru; Galeria Moro from Venezuela; La Casona Gallery from Cuba; Villa del Arte Galleries from Spain; Tasende Gallery from Los Angeles, CA; Louis Stern Fine Arts from Los Angeles CA; Sullivan Goss from Santa Barbara CA; Couturier Gallery from Los Angeles CA; Jack Rutberg Fine Arts from Los Angeles CA; George Stern Fine Arts from Los Angeles CA; Blue Rain Gallery from Santa Fe NM and Gomez Mulet Gallery from Miami FL.

The inaugural exhibition for the Los Angeles Art Show’s newly announced Guest Country program, the 34° 53’ 0” S – 56° 10’ 0” W exhibition will showcase contemporary paintings and mixed media installations as well as performance video. Organized by the Dirección Nacional de Cultura De Uruguay, Ministero de Educación y Cultura, the exhibition is curated by Gustavo Tabares Coordinator of the Visual Arts Program at the Direccion Nacional de Cultura.

34° 53’ 0” S – 56° 10’ 0” W showcases seven important Uruguayan artists. Four of the selected artists, Ernesto Vilas, Lacy Duarte, Nelson Ramos and Wifredo Días Valdez, are viewed as “Maestros” (Masters), each winning a prestigious Figari Prize. Paired alongside Raquel Bessio, Pablo Uribe and Jan Burgos, the artists participated in the Uruguay Pavilion of the 53rd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. The Uruguay exhibition at the Los Angeles Art Show reflects the diversity of the contemporary arts production in Uruguay and the significance of issues such as identity, globalization, memory and critical reflection in Uruguayan fine arts.

Gustavo Tabares will lead the accompanying lecture titled Contemporary Art of Uruguay. The lecture will discuss Uruguay’s cutting-edge Latin American art including artists Raquel Bessio, Juan Burgos, Wilfredo Diaz Valdez, Lacy Duarte, Pablo Uribe, Ernesto Vila, and Nelson Ramos. The lecture will take place on Thursday, January 21 at 2pm.

Artist Jacqueline Lacasa’s project The Uruguayan will also be on view. A Uruguayan artist herself, Lascas describes her work: “The Uruguayan explores the role of women in a world where life, love and death are the signs of the times. In this environment she dismantles the iconography of modernity in a battlefield where a witness is surrounded by a world at times hostile, defiant, sacred and magic. Recreating the paintings of late XIX century the woman is a survivor in the XXI century where the fight for power is faced by creating new spaces for life.“

The Museum of Latin American Art will curate a special project space.

The LA Art Show will feature 100 galleries from around the world, showcasing more than 10,000 significant paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings and prints on display and available for purchase. The IFPDA’s 25th Annual Los Angeles Fine Print Fair will accompany the Los Angeles Art Show.

The Los Angeles Art Show takes place on January 20-24, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Los Angeles Art Show programming is included with show admission. For additional information about the Los Angeles Art Show, to register for a lecture or purchase online tickets, please visit www.laartshow.com. For additional information about the Opening Night Preview or to purchase tickets, please call the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 323-857-6501. General admission to the Los Angeles Art Show is $20. Opening Night Preview and Gala: Wednesday, January 20, 2010. General Show Dates: Thursday-Sunday, January 21-24, 2010. Media inquiries please contact Agnes Gomes-Koizumi at agnes@agkmedia.com or call 323-937-5488.”

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