Javier Arce
Javier Arce's work is a reflexion on the evolution of art en modern society, its inevitable trivialisation and its reduction to merely decorative functions. He makes a critique of the emptying of content suffered by art, its conversion into a commodity and its serialisation, and puts forward a meditation on the new ways of perceiving and interiorising beauty.
"Libro Top Ten" is a (unique) book-file in which the content is a compilation of around 500 (unofficial) images taken from Google, Flickr and Facebook, taken with a digital camera or mobile phone by spectators at performances or temporal interventions by ten contemporary artists selected by Javier Arce. At a time when there is supposedly greater access to and democratisation of culture, Javier Arce investigates how the new way of producing art is being taken to viewers.
Using a selection of these digital snapshots he produced the series "Imágenes Bastardas", large format works engraved by hand on Perspex and glass.
"Libro Top Ten" is a (unique) book-file in which the content is a compilation of around 500 (unofficial) images taken from Google, Flickr and Facebook, taken with a digital camera or mobile phone by spectators at performances or temporal interventions by ten contemporary artists selected by Javier Arce. At a time when there is supposedly greater access to and democratisation of culture, Javier Arce investigates how the new way of producing art is being taken to viewers.
Using a selection of these digital snapshots he produced the series "Imágenes Bastardas", large format works engraved by hand on Perspex and glass.
| Who | Javier Arce Bueno | Born | Spain, 1973 |
| What | Artist | Artisticname | Javier Arce |
| Activity | Gathering Spain |
Projects
Exhibitions (selection)
- “Primera Exposición Prestada”, Centro de Arte Caja Burgos CAB, Burgos, España, 2010
- “This could be a show of historical importance”, Moderna Galeria, Ljubljana, Eslovenia / MZU, Zagreb, Croacia, 2010
- “Espai 13”, Fundación Miró, Barcelona, España, 2009
- “Reproducción, Repetición y Reivindicación. Multiplicidad en el arte emergente español”, Austria, Eslovenia, Rumanía, Serbia y Croacia, 2010-2011
- “Schwarz und Wei”, Galería Zink, Munich, Alemania, 2010
- “24 Escalones”, Museo Nacional de de Brasilia, Brasil, 2010
- “Un NO por respuesta”, Laboratorio 987, MUSAC, León, España, 2010
Awards and Scholarships (selection)
- ISCP (internacional Studio & Curatorial Program), Nueva York, EEUU, 2009
- Beca Fundación Marcelino Botín, España, 2006
- Hangar. Centro de arte y producción, Barcelona, España, 2006
