Exhibition review: BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2021
2nd EDITION
Barcelona, Spain | June 24 – July 11, 2021

ITSLIQUID Group is proud to announce the great success of the second edition of BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2021, held in Barcelona, at Valid World Hall Gallery from June 24 to July 11, 2021, with the extraordinary participation of more than 70 artists coming from all over the world.

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BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY is a contemporary art fair that presents collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists. The second edition represents a forum for direct exchange of ideas and contacts between collectors, artists, photographers, designers and art professionals. The art fair features paintings, sculptures, photography art, installations, video art and live performance.

BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY 2021 analyses the relationship between body and space, and the hybridization between identities and cultural/physical/social/urban settings in contemporary time, through two main sections: MIXING IDENTITIES and FUTURE LANDSCAPES.

MIXING IDENTITIES analyses the hidden parts of our identities, through an immersive experience inside the fascinating universe of the complex labyrinths of our consciousness. The human body is a changing system that connects us with other bodies and spaces to perceive the surrounding reality; a strong communication system with its own language and infinite ways of expression.

FUTURE LANDSCAPES are abstract, infinite and conceptual, associated with a sense of freedom and infinite extension. Primarily experienced with the mind, spaces redefining their limits and borders, transforming surfaces in open flow of pure ideas. This section focuses on the concept of the borders and the structures between body, mind and soul, the human identity and the city, the space and the ground.

On June 24 the 2nd edition of BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY opened its doors with two wonderful live performances: Makoto Inoue, from Germany, presented “Ryukyu traditional Dance”, that is part of Ryukyu culture and tradition; Raizes Teatro, from Italy, presented “Free to Be”, a performance d’ensemble dedicated to human rights activists all over the world.

In this magical atmosphere, the Gallery was fulfilled with magnificent artworks. The Hungarian-born visual artist Tibor Soskuti’s visual language is distinguished by a remarkable versatility as well as a heightened sensitivity towards his subject matter, which simultaneously encompasses personal experiences and issues of a universal nature. Sofía Maldonado-Suárez‘s characteristic style is recognizable for her Caribbean palette and roots in graffiti. She deconstructs organic forms in order to explore colour fields in her work and represents feminine energy in her expressive outlines and sensually themed drawings. The artist’s colourful landscapes extended in space indicate the passage of time and the ephemerality of architectural structures.

Among the photographers, Xavier Toda began his career as an apprentice at the age of 14, in a photo-studio where he developed all kinds of photographic works. From then until now, photography has been his means of life and expression. His relationship with photography is not a passing love, it is an act lived as his snapshots show an emotional need that inevitably transports him to narrate with the image or to make us reflect with his visual approaches, always looking for a different, distinctive approach or frame. Katia Vitale is a contemporary landscape photographer and painter with a background in Art Direction & Graphic Design. By exploring the tension between representation and abstraction, she is continually intrigued by that minimal correlation that provides the viewer with a new perception of space. Her central theme is the interweaving of memory and imagination. Making photographs and paintings are fundamental aspects of the creative process for her experimentations.

We had also a rich video screening program: Michaela Resch, filmmaker and artist, follows questions revolving around time, identity, connectedness and spirituality, while Tyna Majczuk looks for conceptual solutions – she is interested in phenomena and form, which is a subject of processes, and her concepts give freedom of interpretation.

The second edition of BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2021 proved once again to be the perfect meeting point for more than 70 artists, each one with its own language and infinite ways of expression.

organized by ITSLIQUID Group
curator Luca Curci
in collaboration with Valid World Hall Gallery
project manager Giulia Tassi
project coordinators Veronica Piras, Giulia Spagnuolo
collaborator Camilla Serafini
graphic designer Marina Caracciolo
supported by FREYLER ART GALLERY | HUB DESIGN | LIDYA DILMENER JEWELRY DESIGN | PHOENIX ART EUROPE

VENUE
Valid World Hall Gallery
c/ Buenaventura Muñoz 6, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
June 24 – July 11, 2021
Tuesday – Friday | 10:00 AM – 02:00 PM and 05:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Saturday | 11:00 AM – 02:00 PM

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COVID-19 Protection Concept – ITSLIQUID Group

The health and safety of our staff and visitors are of predominant importance to ITSLIQUID Group. This Protection Concept governs how we intend to operate after the lockdown has ended, the rules that will be applied inside the exhibition spaces and how these will be implemented in practice. Read more.

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ABOUT US

ITSLIQUID is a web based information platform, founded in 2001 by Luca Curci, dedicated to world wide distribution of information about calls for entries, exhibitions and events at some of the world’s leading art galleries, museums and foundations selected. ITSLIQUID has already built a readership of more than 250.000 qualified subscribers. Among them architects, designers, artists, collectors, art critics, curators, dealers, and other personalities of the International art, architecture and design world. It provides advertising services, press office services for events and projects, articles and specials published on the website, media partnerships services.

During the last 20 years, ITSLIQUID Group has became a cultural hub between creatives, exhibition spaces and art lovers. Among our international partners, Art Now Fair, Art Vancouver, Design Tokyo, INDEX Qatar, INDEX Saudi, The Big 5 Construct Dubai, The Big 5 Construct Qatar, Photo LA Los Angeles and international magazines like Art Style. ITSLIQUID Group supports some of the most important no-profit organizations, like UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, SSCS – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, One Tree Planted, The Ocean CleanUp and Plastic Oceans, with the goal to increase public awareness about environmental issues. Click here to find out more.

ITSLIQUID GROUP includes a section dedicated to the organization of international art events, managing exhibitions of painting, photography, video art, installation and performance; it organizes solo and collective shows, art residencies and international contests. Its object is to use new technologies to globalize the language of art, to connect artists working in every part of the world.

ITSLIQUID Group manages a variety of art spaces all over the world; among them THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space in the heart of San Marco Square in Venice and different historical buildings, THE LINE Contemporary Art Space in the London city center and other different partners worldwide. Since its beginning, the group has organized more than 250 events all around the world, involving more than 5.000 artists, in more than 60 international venues in Italy, USA, Canada, UK, Spain, France, etc. Most of the last events have been realized in museums (CCCB – Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona in Spain, NCCA – National Center for Contemporary Arts in Moscow, etc.), galleries and private foundations.

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OUR LOCATION

Valid World Hall

An international meeting point for those interested in culture and all forms of artistic expression. A place where we strive to find a new form of cooperation in the human universe, a place that acts as a catalyst for creative initiatives and expressions in the search of innovation and excellence. A place where everything is possible.

With more than 250 m2 space, our aim is to create an innovative platform supporting all sorts of cultural initiatives in the city.

Valid World Hall Gallery is located in the heart of Barcelona, 5 minutes’ walk from the Arc de Triomf, less than 1 km far from the Sagrada Familia and Casa Milà. Playa De la Barceloneta and the Porto Olimpic can also be reached in less than 10 minutes by walk. Arc de Triomf metro station is 2 minutes walking distance.