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Santiago Porter

MENTIONED BY

MENTIONED

Luciana Betesh
Tomás Espina
Horacio Abram Lujan
Charly Nijensohn
Alessandra Sanguinetti
Juan Travnik

Born in Buenos Aires in 1971. His work has been exhibited in individual and collective exhibitions both in Argentina and abroad, and is part of numerous collections, both public and private. In 2002 he obtained the Guggenheim fellowship and a fellowship awarded by the Fundación Antorchas to participate in the Visual Artist residency of the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada. In 2007 he was selected to take part in the Intercampos III/Fundación Telefónica programme (Buenos Aires). He is the author of the following books: "Piezas" (Pieces, 2003) and "La ausencia" (The absence, 2007). He lives and works in Buenos Aires. Selection of individual exhibitions: "Fotografías recientes" (Recent photographs), VVV, Buenos Aires (2008), "Recent works", Pan American Gallery, Miami (2007) "Piezas" (Pieces, Leica Gallery, Solms, Germany, 2007), "La ausencia" (The absence), Museo de Artes Plásticas Pompeo Boggio, Chivilcoy, Argentina (2007) and Fundación Vicente Lucci, Tucumán, Argentina (2004) "Piezas" (Pieces, Galería Alberto Sendrós, Buenos Aires, 2003 and Alliance Française, Buenos Aires, 2000). Selection of collective exhibitions: "Cuerpos políticos" (Political bodies, CC Recoleta, Buenos Aires, 2007), "Estéticas de la memoria" (Aesthetics of memory, CC Recoleta, Buenos Aires, 2006); "Amrik" (Centro Cultural Casa de América, Madrid, and Galería Olido, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2006), MAMBA II Collection - Photography, (MAMBA, Buenos Aires, 2004); "Últimas tendencias" (Last tendencies, MAMBA, Buenos Aires, 2002); "Fotógrafos/4" (Photographers/4, Fundación Klemm, Buenos Aires, 2002); "Retratos de fin de milenio" (Portraits of the millenium, MNBA, Buenos Aires, 2000).

WORKS

The absence series, #2

The absence

Installation view, CCA Papi, Salta, Argentina

Pieces series, #3

Pieces series, #21

Pieces series, #9

Pieces series, #14

Pieces series, #10

Pieces

Installation view, Galería Alberto Sendrós, Buenos Aires

Casa de moneda

Hospital

Ministry I

Ministry II

Recent Works

Vista de la instalación – Pan American Art Gallery, Miami

s/t (hotel II)

Untitled (Hotel VI)

Untitled (Landscape I)

Untitled (Hotel I)

The absence series, #1

The absence series, #20

The absence series, #6

VISION OF ART

Choose a work that represents you, describe it in relation to its format and materiality, its relation with time and space, its style and theme; detail its production process.

I choose the work "Hospital", (2007). A photograph in which you can see the façade of the Policlínico Ferroviario, Buenos Aires. Starting from my interest in the representation of absence, space and stories, my interest in working with the appearance of some city buildings bears several possible explanations. From its metaphorical approach, the intention of doing historical comments, to the [more]

In general terms, how would you suggest to approach your work?

I don't think I can suggest a way to read my work, but I can mention some concerns or motivations that I've had when producing it. In most of the works I've made up to this day, I've been interested in the issue of absence; its different manifestations and representations. Sometimes I think that, in relation to my photographs, what is meaningful is not visible. Taking this into consideration, I [more]

In reference to your work and your position in the national and international art fields, what tradition do you recognize yourself in? Who are your contemporary referents? What artists of previous generations are of interest to you?

I am (I was trained as) a photographer, and to be honest, I can't place myself as a part of any tradition. I always keep in mind the work by some other artists. Robert Frank, Liliana Porter are inexorable references. And, among others, I'm interested in Sugimoto and Humberto Rivas. Bernd and Hilda Becher, Diane Arbus and Dani Yako. Jeff Wall and Boltanski. Also, films by Shirin Neshat, the work [more]

Choose works or exhibitions from the last ten or fifteen years which in your opinion were very significant and explain why

I can think of two exhibitions: León Ferrari's retrospective in the CC Recoleta, 50 years of a touching intensity; and "Gotas" (Drops), by Luciana Betesh in Duplus. Pure poetry, pure love.

What tendencies or groupings from common elements do you see in argentine art of the last ten or fifteen years?

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