Dates: 5-8 February, 2015
Venue: Auditorio Blackberry, Mexico City
Web: http://material-fair.com/
The second edition of Mexico City’s Material Art Fair presented a selective group of 40 galleries and artist-run project spaces — from 10 countries and over 20 cities — chosen by the fair’s 2015 selection committee, which was comprised of John Riepenhoff, artist and co-owner of Green Gallery, Milwaukee; Beatriz López, Co-Director of Instituto de Visión, Bogota; Chris Sharp, curator and co-founder of Lulu, Mexico City; and Gerardo Contreras, curator and director of Preteen Gallery.
The fair’s 2015 public program featured an engaging series of daily conversations organized by the New York City-based online publication, Triple Canopy, under the title “How Far is Near.” These included, “In Search of a Model for Life” with Felipe Ehrenberg, Waysatta Fernández, Juan Caloca, and Sofia Olascoaga; “Universal Methods of Design” with Maru Calva, José León Cerrillo, and Prem Krishnamurthy; and “How to Demand the Impossible” with John Gibler, Gabriela Jauregui, and Isaac Torres.
Anna Gritz, associate curator at South London Gallery, curated the fair’s video program, “Sand in the Vaseline,” which featured three individual programs for artists Adriana Lara, Sophia Al-Maria, and Stuart Middleton.
Mexico City-based Distrito Editorial created the fair’s bookstore, presenting an impeccable selection of artist books, books about art, and small, limited-edition works mostly by Mexican artists.
Finally, beneath the stage at the Auditorio Blackberry was the Material Exhibitors Club: an ambitious group exhibition, performance space, and pop-up mezcal bar organized by the Lower East Side art bar, Beverly’s, with complimentary mezcal provided by Gracias a Dios.
2015 Exhibitor List:
321 Gallery, Brooklyn / Adams and Ollman, Portland / American Medium, Brooklyn / Aran Cravey, Los Angeles / Beverly’s, New York City / CARNE GALLERY, Bogotá / Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago / Casa Imelda, Mexico City / Clifton Benevento, New York City / COOPER COLE, Toronto / David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis / East Hampton Shed, East Hampton / Et al., San Francisco / Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland / François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles / Grand Century, New York City / Green Gallery, Milwaukee / helper, Brooklyn / Instituto de Visión, Bogotá / Kunstverein Toronto, Toronto / Levy.Delval, Brussels / lodos, Mexico City / LOYAL, Stockholm / Lulu, México, D.F. / LVL3, Chicago / Mary Mary, Glasgow / Michael Jon Gallery, Miami+Detroit / Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto / New Galerie, Paris / Night Gallery, Los Angeles / P!, New York / Parallel Oaxaca, Oaxaca / Queer Thoughts, Nueva York / Regina Rex, Nueva York / Roberto Paradise, San Juan / Rolando Anselmi, Berlin / Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago / Smart Objects, Los Ángeles / What Pipeline, Detroit / The White Lodge, Córdoba / Yautepec, Mexico City
321 Gallery, Brooklyn
Artists: Jake Borndal, Erika Hickle, Paul Kopkau
Erika Hickle, Cherry Cola, 2015
Jake Borndal, Sollpsistic Trollop Mystic, 2015
Paul Kopkau, Untitled (f 12), 2015
Adams and Ollman, Portland
Artist: Ellen Lesperance
American Medium, Brooklyn
Artists: Zack Davis, Ann Hirsch, Brian Kokoska, Kareem Lotfy, Brenna Murphy, Morgan Ritter
Aran Cravey, Los Ángeles
Artist: Jibade-Khalil Hu man
CARNE GALLERY, Bogotá
Artists: Thom Bettridge, Santiago Pinyol, Adriana Martínez, Juan David Laserna, Juan Sebastian Pelaez
Adriana Martínez, At the end of the rainbow, 2015
Thom Bettridge, Evian, 2015
Casa Imelda, México, D.F.
Artist: Sergio Verastegui
Sergio Verastegui, canción de amanecer, 2015
Sergio Verastegui, (o), 2015
Sergio Verastegui, nalga de princesa, 2015
Clifton Benevento, Nueva York
Artist: Gina Beavers
COOPER COLE, Toronto
Artists: Lauren Luloff, Jenine Marsh
David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis
Artist: Shawn Kuruneru
East Hampton Shed, East Hampton
Artist: Larissa Lockshin
Et al., San Francisco
Artist: Chris Hood
Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland
Artists: Kristan Kennedy, Bobbi Woods, Monique Mouton, Pius Fox
Pius Fox, Durchblick, 2014
Monique Mouton, Untitled (A door? A door?), 2014
Grand Century, New York City
Artists: Ivo Eadwulf, K.R.M. Mooney
Ivo Eadwulf
K.R.M. Mooney
helper, Brooklyn
Artists: Ben Dowell, Marco Schmitt, Gavin Kenyon and Jeff Williams
Ben Dowell, Untitled, 2014
Instituto de Visión, Bogotá
Artists: Sebastián Fierro, Karlo Ibarra, Ana María Millán, Aurora Pellizzi, Santiago Reyes Villaveces
Levy.Delval, Brussels
Artists: Sofia Leiby, Jeff Baij, Kareem Lotfy
Jeff Baij
Sofia Leiby
Kareem Lotfy
lodos, México, D.F.
Artists: Emanuele Marcuccio, Renaud Jerez, Edward Marshall Shenk, Victor Vaughn
Renaud Jerez, By night with Torch and Spears, 2014
Victor Vaughn, Little Friends, 2015
Edward Marshall Shenk, Reclamation Hygenic Ward, 2015
LOYAL, Stockholm
Artists: Brian Belott, Jesse Greenberg and Justin Samson
Jesse Greenberg, Defensive Pool, 2015
Brian Belott, Wendnesday, 2014
Justin Samson, Spaghetti Eater, 2015
Lulu, México, D.F.
Artists: Kate Newby, Walter Sutin.
Kate Newby
Walter Sutin
Mary Mary, Glasgow
Artist: Alistair Frost
Michael Jon Gallery, Miami/Detroit
Artists: Math Bass, Kelly Akashi, Egan Frantz, JPW3, Sayre Gomez
Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto
Artists: Matthew Feyld, Paul Wackers, Jacob Whibley
New Galerie, París
Artists: Dora Budor, Nico Colon, Sean Raspet
Sean Raspet, Texture Map (Normal) (FO5) and (IO1), 2015
Nico Colón, A Common Denominator, 2015
Dora Budor, Possessed, 2014
Night Gallery, Los Ángeles
Artists: Mira Dancy, Sean Townley, Augustus Thompson
P!, New York City
Artists: José León Cerrillo, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Karel Martens
Parallel Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Artists: Beatriz Olabarrieta, Lewis Teague Wright, Marianne Spurr, Michael Ray-Von, Paul S. Sanchez, Tomas Díaz Cedeño, Yves Scherer
(Curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini)
Queer Thoughts, Nueva York
Artists: David Rappeneau with a performance by Puppies Puppies
Regina Rex, New York City
Artists: Michael Assiff, Brent Birnbaum, Jeanette Hayes, Mitch Patrick, There There
Rolando Anselmi, Berlín
Artists: Davide Balliano, Jodie Carey
Davide Balliano
Jodie Carey
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
Artists: Chris Bradley, Amanda Ross-Ho
Amanda Ross-Ho, UNTITLED SMOCK (ACCIDENT), 2013
Amanda Ross-Ho, Untitled Textile Arrangement (TOWEL RACK #3), 2014
Chris Bradley, Chip, 2010
Chris Bradley, Untitled Token, 2015
Smart Objects, Los Angeles
Artist: Keith J. Varadi
What Pipeline, Detroit
Artists: Will Benedict, Tom Humphreys, Lucie Stahl, Paul Pascal Theriault
Will Benedict
Tom Humphreys
The White Lodge, Cordoba
Artists: Ramiro Chaves, Gustavo Di Mario, Dolores Cáceres, Ad Minoliti
Yautepec, Mexico City
Artists: Tomás Díaz Cedeño, Fabiola Menchelli, Morgan Mandalay, SANGREE
