Cop de Cor. Juan Aguilar

Juan Aguilar, collector

Relevant voices from the art world share the exhibitions they won’t miss at this year’s Barcelona Gallery Weekend — the ones that captured their hearts at first sight.

[1] Avelino Sala and Regina José Galindo in ADN Galeria:
I love that there is Latin American content in BGW. I’ve seen a couple of Regina José Galindo’s video performances and I really like her strong but delicate approach to a social circumstance.

[2] Eva Fàbregas in Bombon Projects:
One of my favourite artists at the moment, who needs no further presentation or introduction.
She has a very generous capacity to express herself plastically, invading spaces and the imagination. A playful, organic and even erotic proposal, while remaining a serious formal work.

[3] ProjecteSD:
My attention is currently on LUCE, captivated by the wonderful simplicity of his work, where he collects and salvages discarded, forgotten, time-worn objects and gives them new meaning. I wouldn’t miss this show.
Silvia, the gallerist, has a very special eye—without fanfare and often without bold colors. She presents wonderful proposals and artists with extraordinary sensitivity and strong, thoughtful concepts.
This is the case with Hans-Peter Feldmann, who, throughout his artistic career, showed the system that a work should be valued for what it is—for the idea it conveys, not the size of its edition. He had a very unique way of approaching memory: rescuing it, laughing at it, and reimagining it.

[4] Giovanni Ozzola at Suburbia Contemporary:
I believe there’s something nostalgic that draws me to this show. The combination of the ephemeral nature of the objects presented in the images—taken across different geographies—symbolizes life itself: wear, the passage of time.

[5] Marcelo Brodsky at Zielinsky:
I am passionate about the rescue and research work of these gallerists, as well as the fact that they bring non-traditional artists or those who don’t necessarily correspond to their own scene, which is something to be grateful for.

[6, 7, 8, 9…] Javier Pérez at Taché Art Gallery I won’t miss it for anything, I’m curious about Bruno Munari and Mari Chordà‘s show at Chiquita Room, at ethall will be the first show I visit of Itziar Okariz, and it will be a nice opportunity to see the work of the wonderful duo Christo & Jeanne-Claude at Prats Nogueras Blanchard.