Systems, Actions and Processes 1965–1975
English translation below Spanish text.
Sistemas, Acciones y Procesos. 1965-1975
Curador: Rodrigo Alonso
La exhibición Sistemas, Acciones y Procesos. 1965-1975 pone de manifiesto la riqueza de prácticas artísticas surgidas en el período histórico señalado, a través de un conjunto de producciones que podrían ubicarse en la intersección del minimalismo, el arte póvera, el conceptualismo, el arte de los medios de comunicación, la creación procesual, la performance y el arte de sistemas. La exposición reflexiona así sobre un momento en el que las categorías estéticas se muestran insuficientes para caracterizar la amplitud y diversidad de esas producciones.
La muestra destaca el trabajo de algunos artistas argentinos y latinoamericanos. Al mismo tiempo, un diálogo entre textos de reflexión y textos programáticos publicados en ese período permite conformar un contexto de pensamiento para la comprensión de estas producciones. Documentos, libros, revistas y catálogos de la época acompañan en el catálogo de la exposición a un grupo de textos claves.
Con el auspicio de Tenaris/Organización Techint
Curator: Rodrigo Alonso 
The exhibition Systems, Actions and Processes. 1965-1975 will expose the richness of the art practices that appeared in the period signalled, through the inclusion of a group of artistic productions that can be placed in the intersection between minimalism, art povera, conceptualism, media art, process creations, performance and system art. The exhibition will reflect upon a moment in which aesthetic categories proved insufficient to characterize the wideness and diversity of such productions.
The show will highlight the work of some Argentinean and Latin American artists. At the same time, the dialogue between reflexive and pragmatic texts published in this period enable the viewer to reconstruct the intellectual context for the comprehension of these productions. The exhibition catalogue will present documents, books, magazines and catalogues from the period, as well as a selection of key theoretical texts.
With the support of Tenaris/Techint Organization
The works exhibited belong to La Colección Jumex (Mexico), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona (MACBA) and several private collections, and include pieces by Dan Graham, Carl Andre, Mel Bochner, John Baldessari, Horacio Zabala, Cildo Meireles, Juan Carlos Romero, David Lamelas, Leandro Katz and Nicolás García Uriburu, among others.
The exhibition catalog includes texts never published before, academic writings and manifestos, as well as the Latin-American view on the issue, with contributions by Lucy Lippard, Lawrence Alloway, Hélio Oiticica, Roy Ascott, Andrea Giunta and Oscar Masotta, among others.
International Colloquium August 25–26
Participants: Alexander Alberro, Fernando Davis, Hervé Fischer, Cristina Freire and Ana Longoni
Round table with the artists: Roberto Jacoby, Leandro Katz, Marta Minujín, Margarita Paksa, Juan Carlos Romero and Horacio Zabala
Artists
Vito Acconci / Bas Jan Ader / Carl Andre / Eleanor Antin / John Baldessari / Álvaro Barrios / Luis Benedit / Joseph Beuys / Mel Bochner / Marcel Broodthaers / Paulo Bruscky / Graciela Carnevale / Ulises Carrión / Eduardo Costa / Jaime Davidovich / Agnes Denes / Guillermo Deisler / Mirtha Dermisache / Antonio Dias / Juan Downey / Raúl Escari / Hans-Peter Feldman / Nicolás García Uriburu / Carlos Ginzburg / Dan Graham / Ivald Granato / Alberto Greco / Víctor Grippo / Douglas Huebler / Roberto Jacoby / Leandro Katz / On Kawara / David Lamelas / Raúl Lozza / Leopoldo Maler / Gordon Matta-Clark / Cildo Meireles / Marta Minujín / Antoni Muntadas / Bruce Nauman / Dennis Oppenheim / Margarita Paksa / Luis Pazos / Claudio Perna / Alfredo Portillos / Alejandro Puente / Juan Risuleo / Osvaldo Romberg / Juan Carlos Romero / Martha Rosler / Robert Smithson / Francesc Torres / Edgardo Vigo / Horacio Zabala
Opening times
Tuesdays to Sundays, 11 am to 7 pm
Mondays closed
More information at www.proa.org
Fundación PROA
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929 (and Caminito St.) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Opening Hours:Tuesday to Sundays from 11am to 7 pm
Admission: Full Price $ 10 / Concessions: Students $ 6 / Seniors $ 3
About the building
Located in and old 19th century house, in the neighborhood of La Boca, since 1996, Fundación Proa inaugurates its new building in November 2008.
Its new three-storey building, which features four exhibition rooms, a multimedia auditorium, a specialized library, a restaurant and terrace, as well as dynamic spaces open to the public and a transparent façade that enables the communication of experiences from the inside towards the neighborhood. The project and management of the works were in charge of the Caruso-Torricella Studio in Milan, the same that ten years ago transformed the old building into an iconic landmark for contemporary art in Buenos Aires.
Fundación Proa
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929
C1169AAD, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tel. [54-11] 4104-1000
S 34 º 38.375´
W 058 º 21.707
www.proa.org
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