DonationFebruary 4, 2021
ARCO Collection at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Madrid
The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Madrid will receive more than 450 works by 80 artists from the ARCO collection Recorridos Fotográficos (Photography Tours) that will become part of its collections thanks to an agreement signed this Thursday between Ifema and the Madrid City Council. The collection offers a distinct look at more than two decades of art in Spain through the work on the ARCO contemporary art fair by a group of creators.
The agreement signed between Ifema and the Madrid City Council at the CentroCentro, Palacio de Cibeles establishes that the works go on deposit-loan to the museum, and the first exhibition curated by Rafael Doctor Roncero will be held at the Centro Conde Duque between February 4 and April 4 as part of the commemorative activities of the 40th Anniversary of ARCOmadrid.
The Recorridos Fotográficos (Photography Tours) collection began in 1988 at the initiative of the Asociación Amigos de ARCO, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography.
The creation of an international photographic collection, entirely inspired by ARCO, aimed to support the development of this medium and promote its integration in the context of the contemporary art market. It was also proposed as the ideal instrument to document the Fair and is today the most vivid graphic testimony of what this event has been until 2010.
Throughout the successive editions, multiple interpretations of the Fair have thus been collected from the creativity of prestigious national and international photographers, selected by a curator. Between 1988 and 1996, the selection was made by Myrian de Liniers, and from 1997 to 2010, Rafael Doctor Roncero acted as curator of this project. On some occasions, the curators of the countries invited annually by ARCO also contributed some artists, as was the case in France and Italy.
About the collection Rafael Doctor commented: “Each artist was invited to work in ARCO as a field of action in a personal way, looking at it or interpreting it from the perspective that he considered. There was no other kind of premise, only that they used the photographic image as the basis of their work.’
Artists: Aitor Saraiba, Alberto García-Alix, Alexander Apóstol, Alicia Martín, Ana Laura Aláez, Ana Teresa Ortega, Ángel Marcos, Antonio Macarro, Augusto Alves Da Silva, Bernard Plossu, Biel Capllonch, Bruce Gilden, Carles Congost, Carmela García, Cristina García Rodero, Cristina Lucas, David Moore, Eduardo Momeñe, Enrique Marty, Fabio Paleari, Fernando Herráez, Gabriel Cualladó, Gabriele Basilico, Gerardo Custance, Gonzalo Puch, Hugo De La Rosa Paulet, Humberto Rivas, Jana Leo, Joan Fontcuberta, Jorge Galindo, Manuel Laguillo, Manuel Sonseca, Marina Núñez, Marta María Pérez Bravo, Marta Sentis, Martín Sastre, Miguel Ángel Tornero, Miguel Río Branco, Miguel Trillo, Pierre Gonnord, Raul Ursúa Astrain, Rogelio López Cuenca, Sergio Belinchón, Tony Catany, Txomin Badiola, Urraco, Xavier Lambours, Xavier Ribas.
The agreement signed between Ifema and the Madrid City Council at the CentroCentro, Palacio de Cibeles establishes that the works go on deposit-loan to the museum, and the first exhibition curated by Rafael Doctor Roncero will be held at the Centro Conde Duque between February 4 and April 4 as part of the commemorative activities of the 40th Anniversary of ARCOmadrid.
The Recorridos Fotográficos (Photography Tours) collection began in 1988 at the initiative of the Asociación Amigos de ARCO, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography.
The creation of an international photographic collection, entirely inspired by ARCO, aimed to support the development of this medium and promote its integration in the context of the contemporary art market. It was also proposed as the ideal instrument to document the Fair and is today the most vivid graphic testimony of what this event has been until 2010.
Throughout the successive editions, multiple interpretations of the Fair have thus been collected from the creativity of prestigious national and international photographers, selected by a curator. Between 1988 and 1996, the selection was made by Myrian de Liniers, and from 1997 to 2010, Rafael Doctor Roncero acted as curator of this project. On some occasions, the curators of the countries invited annually by ARCO also contributed some artists, as was the case in France and Italy.
About the collection Rafael Doctor commented: “Each artist was invited to work in ARCO as a field of action in a personal way, looking at it or interpreting it from the perspective that he considered. There was no other kind of premise, only that they used the photographic image as the basis of their work.’
Artists: Aitor Saraiba, Alberto García-Alix, Alexander Apóstol, Alicia Martín, Ana Laura Aláez, Ana Teresa Ortega, Ángel Marcos, Antonio Macarro, Augusto Alves Da Silva, Bernard Plossu, Biel Capllonch, Bruce Gilden, Carles Congost, Carmela García, Cristina García Rodero, Cristina Lucas, David Moore, Eduardo Momeñe, Enrique Marty, Fabio Paleari, Fernando Herráez, Gabriel Cualladó, Gabriele Basilico, Gerardo Custance, Gonzalo Puch, Hugo De La Rosa Paulet, Humberto Rivas, Jana Leo, Joan Fontcuberta, Jorge Galindo, Manuel Laguillo, Manuel Sonseca, Marina Núñez, Marta María Pérez Bravo, Marta Sentis, Martín Sastre, Miguel Ángel Tornero, Miguel Río Branco, Miguel Trillo, Pierre Gonnord, Raul Ursúa Astrain, Rogelio López Cuenca, Sergio Belinchón, Tony Catany, Txomin Badiola, Urraco, Xavier Lambours, Xavier Ribas.
