Collaborative Laboratory of Contemporary Art in Lima
Led by Martin Gustavsson and Rodrigo Gómez Olivos
Monday, 22 January – Friday, 16 February 2018
Monday to Friday from 10am – 1pm & 3pm- 5 pm
Application Deadline: Sunday, 10 December 2017
Participants Selection: Friday, 15 December 2017
Selected:
– Alejandro Montero Bravo (Stockholm)
– Clara Best (Lima)
– Ginés Frayssinet (Lima)
– Jiefar Del Aguila (Trujillo)
– Juan Oscar Guzman Svensson (Stockholm)
– Julio Urbina Rey (Lima)
– Manuel Limay Incil (Cajamarca)
– Pablo Fernández (Lima)
– Sandra Salazar (Lima)
Proyecto AMIL and the artists Martin Gustavsson and Rodrigo Gómez Olivos are pleased to launch nationally its open call to art students and self-taught artists, to be part of the Collaborative Laboratory of Contemporary Art: HACIENDO CONTEXTO II.
The Escuela de Pintura Cuzqueña serves as thematic backdrop for this year’s laboratory: The school was founded in 1534, after the Spanish conquest, and it is considered the first artistic center that systematically taught European artistic techniques in the Americas. The Cuzqueña paintings were a form of religious art whose main purpose was to convert the Incas to Catholicism. However, soon they became a space for cultural syncretism and symbolic resistance for the Andean worldview.
With a clear focus on art making, throughout the laboratory the Escuela de Pintura Cuzqueña will function as a starting point to reflect and discuss the ways in which colonialism impacts contemporary artist production and how to deal with this legacy from the present.
The collaborative work can take many routes depending on the dynamics and interests of each of the artists in the group. The goal is to build a network and explore the different forms of art making together.
It is essential that the participants commit to the laboratory in terms of time and effort. Proyecto AMIL will cover the domestic flights, accommodation and expenses of the artists coming from Peruvian cities outside of Lima.
PROGRAM
Week 1 – Presentation of portfolios and discussion about the current artistic production in the local and international context
Week 2 – Visits to museums, exhibitions and interviews with curators and professional artists
Week 3 – Production week
Week 4 – Public presentation of HACIENDO CONTEXTO II at Proyecto AMIL
About the Artists
Martin Gustavsson (Sweden, 1964) lives and works in London and Stockholm. Gustavsson attended The Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm, Sweden and Middlesex University, UK. His works have been exhibited in Scandinavia, the UK, Japan, US, and the Middle East. Recent solo exhibitions include: El Mirage (2015), Participant Inc., New York; Indentations (2013), Maria Stenfors, London; In No Particular Order (2010), Maria Stenfors, London, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden; Wrath of God (2007-2008), Oslo Kunstforening, Norway and Brändström & Stene, Stockholm. He is newly appointed Senior Lecturer of painting at Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden, and held the IASPIS residencies in New York (1999-2000) and Stockholm (2007).
Rodrigo Gómez Olivos (Chile, 1986) is a self-taught artist self-exiled in Lima. Some of his latest projects include: He ahí la ejecución, Proyecto AMIL (2017); Acúnandote of Sick! Proyecto AMIL (2016); Saints & Fuckers (Collaborative Installation with Martín Gustavsson and María Abbaddon), Proyecto AMIL (2016); Indumentum, Bellas Artes Lima (2015)
