Curator: Bárbara Golubick and Joaquín Rodríguez
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fair and the 10th edition of this section, this year expands its exhibition space and the number of invited spaces to participate, with the notion of confluence as its curatorial trigger. The proposal brings together projects that form part of the fair’s history alongside new emerging spaces, investigates traditional and experimental techniques, revisits historical and contemporary themes to explore photography as an experimental record of the world, as an analysis of the relationships between memory and archive, or as an intense modulation between the intimate gaze and social reality through the possibilities generated by these intersections.
NEXT | Out of Focus is a platform to promote intergenerational connections, bring together diverse audiences, and share experiences and explorations. This curatorial proposal continues with the aim of giving visibility to the photography of emerging artists and galleries from across the country, where heterogeneity allows for the exploration of the medium's possibilities.
In this anniversary year, the section once again has the support of the In Situ Award, which seeks to highlight productions from our country with financial support for the winners. As part of a strategic alliance between Pinta BAphoto and the award, a gallery or collective project is given a scholarship for participation in this section at no cost.
Participating galleries (click here to browse the microsites of the galleries)
Consultorio, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
CRUDO, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Departamento 112, Martínez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ESAA, Unquillo, Córdoba, Argentina
Grasa Gallery, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
Linse, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
LUOGO, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
Primor, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
Subsuelo, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
The White Lodge, Córdoba, Argentina
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Virginia Chouhy - Triángulo negro - 1 - 10 - 2021 - 70 x 100 cm. - Fotografía digital toma directa Inkjet., Cortesía Galería Crudo
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Malena Boruchowicz, San Antonio, Cortesía Galería Grasa
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Erica Bohm, Testigos 8, (Permafrost),2022,40x40,fotografía-digital-sobre-papel-a-color, Cortesía Galería Linse
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Julia Romano. Paisajes culturales XL. Serie_ 1_7 - 2023 - 85 x 100 cm -fotografía y collage digital impresión inkjet sobre papel de algodón,
Cortesía Galería LUOGO -
Luz Novillo Corvalán - CABEZA DE MASCARÓN DE PROA - Abisal - 2024 - 45 x 45 - Fotografía Registro de dibujo de polvo de carbón sobre piso - Edición 2 de 3 Ediciones + C.A, Cortesía Galería ESAA
Joaquín Rodríguez (Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos - 1975)
He holds a degree in curatorship and art management. He was the deputy director of the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires until 2018, and in 2019 he founded RPM, a consultancy that provides comprehensive advisory and solutions for art management. He has curated exhibitions in galleries in Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Rosario, and New York. He is a guest lecturer in the subject of the Art Market in the bachelor's degree program in curatorship and art management at ESEADE. He has served as a jury member for various competitions, grants, and fairs.
Together with Abel Guaglianone, he collects contemporary Argentine art and supports various public institutions and private projects. Since 2014, they have organized and coordinated the EN OBRA Award within the framework of the arteBA fair, with the aim of supporting the development of galleries and artists in their early stages.
In 2022, they created the IN SITU Award with the objective of recognizing, disseminating, and supporting the artistic scenes in different regions of our country. The IN SITU Award seeks to highlight visual arts productions and management from their contexts of origin. It aims to help make visible projects that respond to situated needs and that appeal to available resources to generate new markets and circulation spaces for national art.
Bárbara Golubicki (Buenos Aires, 1984) works in art management, curation, and criticism. She studied Art History at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and participated as a curator in the Artist Program at the Torcuato Di Tella University (2017/2018). She coordinated the art spaces at the Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires (CCEBA) (2011). She carried out actions and coordinated the MICSUR (South Cultural Industries Market) program within the National Ministry of Culture (2012-2018), led public programs at the National Museum of Oriental Art, and curated independent projects (at Pasto Gallery, Selva Negra, Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Tramo, Museum of the Cabildo, among others). She has written texts for various media, publications, and catalogs (Otra Parte Semanal, Actividad de Uso, Artishock, Balanz Collection, Banco Supervielle Collection, Fortabat Collection, among others). Since 2019, she has been working in management, production, and archiving for artists, private collections, and galleries. In recent years, she has been in charge of the curation of the Out of Focus section of Pinta BAphoto and has been a member of awarding juries (Premio de Pintura Bancor 2023, Premio de Pintura Banco Central 2023). She lives and works in Buenos Aires.