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2012

vidéo, 2'18''

(english below)

Iván Argote

Bogotá 1983, vit à Paris

Le travail d'Iván Argote explore la relation entre l'histoire, la politique et la construction de nos propres subjectivités. Ses films, sculptures, collages et installations dans l'espace public ont pour but de susciter des questions sur la manière dont nous nous rapportons aux autres, à l'État, au patrimoine et aux traditions. Ses œuvres sont critiques, parfois anti-establishment, et traitent de l'idée d'apporter des affects à la politique, et de la politique aux affects avec un ton fort et tendre.

Les expositions personnelles d'Iván Argote comprennent (sélection) : Juntos Together, ASU - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe (AZ) ; Radical Tenderness, MALBA, Buenos Aires, 2018 ; Deep Affection, Perrotin, Paris, 2018 ; Somos Tiernos, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexique, 2017 ; Somos, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, 2017 ; La Venganza del Amor, Perrotin, New York, 2017 ; Sírvete de mi, sírveme de ti, Proyecto Amil, Lima, 2016 ; Strengthlessness, Standard High Line, New York, US, 2016 ; Une idée de progrès, SPACE, Londres, 2016 ; Cómo lavar la losa coherentemente, NC Arte, Bogotá, 2016 ; La puesta en marcha de un sistema, Galeria ADN, Barcelone, 2015 ; Reddish Blue, DT Project, Bruxelles, 2015 ; Let's write a history of hopes, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paul, 2014 ; Strengthlessness, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, 2014 ; La Estrategia, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013 ; Sin heroísmos, por favor, CA2M, Madrid, 2012, entre autres.

 

Il a également participé à plusieurs expositions collectives, biennales ou festivals de cinéma tels que (sélection) : 2020 - Global Resistance, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR ; 2019 - Desert X, Coachella Valley, CA, US ; Poéticas de la emoción, Caixa Forum, Barcelone ; 2018 - The street. Where the World Is Made, MAXXI, Rome, IT ; How to See [What Isn't There], The Burger Collection Hong Kong, sous la direction de Gianni Jetzer, Langen Foundation, Neuss, DE ; Wonderland, High-line, New York ; Regreso al futuro, Casa Encendida, Madrid ; Hybrid Topographies, Deutsche Bank Collection, New York ; 2017 - Bienal Sur, Buenos Aires & Bogota ; Ensemble Continua Sphères, Le Centquatre-Paris, Paris ; Du Verbe à la Communication, Carré d'Art, Nîmes ; A Decolonial Atlas, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park (CA) ; Monumentos, anti- monumentos y nueva escultura pública, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan ; Future Generation Art Prize, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev & Venice Biennale ; 2016 - Bread and Roses, Musée d'art moderne de Varsovie ; Festival Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris & Malaga ; Ideologue, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City ; Dear Betty : Courez vite, mordez fort ! 2015 - Intersections, Cisneros Fountanals Foundation, Miami ; 5e Biennale de Thessalonique, Thessalonique ; Levitate, Museums Quartier, Vienne ; L'éloge de l'heure, MUDAC, Lausanne ; 2014 - Buildering : Misbehaving the City, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston & CAC Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati ; Colonia Apocrifa, MUSAC, Léon ; The Part In The Story. ..., Witte de With, Rotterdam ; Utopian Days - Freedom, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Séoul ; All about these..., National Gallery of Arts, Tirana ; Festival Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris ; 2013 - Los irrespetuosos, Museo Carrilo Gil, México DF ; 2012 - 30th Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo ; Girarse, Joan Miró Fundation, Barcelone, entre autres.

 

 

 


Bogotá 1983, lives in Paris

Iván Argote’s work explores the relationship in between history, politics and the construction of our own subjectivities. His films, sculptures, collages, and public space installations temps to generate questions about how we relate to the others, to the state, to patrimony and traditions. His works are critics, sometimes anti-establishment, and deal with the idea of bringing affects to the politics, and politics to the affects with a strong and tender tone.

Iván Argote solo exhibitions include (selection) : Juntos Together, ASU - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe (AZ) ; Radical Tenderness, MALBA, Buenos Aires, 2018 ; Deep Affection, Perrotin, Paris, 2018 ; Somos Tiernos, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico, 2017 ; Somos, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, 2017 ; La Venganza del Amor, Perrotin, New York, 2017 ; Sírvete de mi, sírveme de ti, Proyecto Amil, Lima, 2016 ; Strengthlessness, Standard High Line, New York, US, 2016 ; An idea of progress, SPACE, London, 2016 ; Cómo lavar la losa coherentemente, NC Arte, Bogotá, 2016 ; La puesta en marcha de un sistema, Galeria ADN, Barcelona, 2015 ; Reddish Blue, DT Project, Brussels, 2015 ; Let’s write a history of hopes, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paul, 2014 ; Strengthlessness, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, 2014 ; La Estrategia, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013 ; Sin heroísmos, por favor, CA2M, Madrid, 2012, among others.

He has also participated in several numerous group exhibitions, biennials and film festivals such as (selection) : 2020 - Global Resistance, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR ; 2019 - Desert X, Coachella Valley, CA, US ; Poéticas de la emoción, Caixa Forum, Barcelona ; 2018 - The street. Where the World Is Made, MAXXI, Rome, IT ; How to See [What Isn’t There], The Burger Collection Hong Kong, curated by Gianni Jetzer, Langen Foundation, Neuss, DE ; Wonderland, High-line, New York ; Regreso al futuro, Casa Encendida, Madrid ; Hybrid Topographies, Deutsche Bank Collection, New York ; 2017 - Bienal Sur, Buenos Aires & Bogota ; Continua Sphères Ensemble, Le Centquatre-Paris, Paris ; Du Verbe à La Communication, Carré d’Art, Nîmes ; A Decolonial Atlas, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park (CA) ; Monumentos, anti- monumentos y nueva escultura pública, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan ; Future Generation Art Prize, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev & Venice Biennale ; 2016 - Bread and Roses, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw ; Festival Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris & Malaga ; Ideologue, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City ; Dear Betty : Run Fast, Bite Hard ! ; 2015 - Intersections, Cisneros Fountanals Foundation, Miami ; 5th Thessaloniki Biennale, Thessaloniki ; Levitate, Museums Quartier, Vienna ; L’éloge de l’heure, MUDAC, Lausanne ; 2014 - Buildering : Misbehaving the City, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston & CAC Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati ; Colonia Apocrifa, MUSAC, Léon ; The Part In The Story..., Witte de With, Rotterdam ; Utopian Days - Freedom, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul ; All about these..., National Gallery of Arts, Tirana ; Festival Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris ; 2013 - Los irrespetuosos, Museo Carrilo Gil, México DF ; 2012 - 30th Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo ; Girarse, Joan Miró Fundation, Barcelona, among others.

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Ivàn Argote

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