Swab Art Fair

PROVISIONAL GALLERY LIST

2012-03-02T05:46:00.001-08:00

We are glad to announce you the provisional list of participating galleries at Swab Barcelona 2012.
Check it out at SWAB EXHIBITORS.

ELENA MONZO

2012-03-02T03:38:00.002-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por la artista Elena Monzo.
We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Elena Monzo.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

ACCA AWARD

2012-02-23T01:58:00.001-08:00

We are so glad to announce you that SWAB BARCELONA has been awarded by the ACCA ( Catalan Critics of Art Association ) as the best initiative in 2011 related to the contemporary art.

HAPPY CARNIVAL!

2012-02-17T00:00:00.000-08:00

SWAB WISHES YOU AN AMAZING CARNIVAL!!!! LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!!!
Design by Victor Benavente.

ISABEL COIXET

2012-02-15T01:37:00.004-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por la artista Isabel Coixet.

We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Isabel Coixet.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

Photo by Oliver Sanchez.

HAPPY VALENTIN'ES DAY!

2012-02-14T02:53:00.000-08:00

SWAB WISHES YOU HAPPY VALENTIN'ES DAY !

Design by Victor Benavente.

VENDING ART MACHINE

2012-02-10T05:20:00.000-08:00

Swab Barcelona 2012 presents Vending Art Machine (VAM), art project designed and developed by Oficina36, platform for art work management and representation of emerging artists living in Barcelona.

VAM claims to reflect on the contemporary art market system and its relationship with the emerging art and society.VAM is an exhibition project that acquires the language, strategies and elements of the communication and the marketing present at the consumer society. The commercial activity of the project is carried out through a vending machine. This mechanism allows us through an easy and attractive way to acquire an artistic production of the finalists artists of the Talking Artist program of Swab Barcelona 2012.

VAM is one of the projects in the Talking Artist program of Swab Barcelona 2012. There will be several activities within this program, among which we highlight the conversations and debates between young artists participating in Swab Barcelona 2012 and young curators about their creation and the latest trends in art.

This year we have also created two new Awards for the Galleries participating. The Three awards of Swab Barcelona 2012 will be:
The Drawing Prize, as in every edition, it will consist on the acquisition of a drawing of an artist participating in Swab Barcelona 2012 for the Emerging Contemporary Art Collection Diezy7
The Best Gallery Prize, consisting on the acquisition of an artwork from the winning Gallery for the Art Collection of Banco Sabadell Foundation

The Mango Young Artist Prize, consisting in the acquisition of an artwork of the winning artist for the Contemporary Art Collection of MANGO.

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SILVIA PRADA

2012-02-10T01:57:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por la artista Silvia Prada.

We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Silvia Prada.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab
Photo by Oliver Sanchez.

"ART AND FASHION"

2012-01-31T03:46:00.000-08:00

Swab Barcelona 2012 presentó en The Brandery su proyecto solidario Swab Toyz by FLS. Este proyecto, comisariado por el arquitecto y coleccionista Juan Redon,cuenta con la colaboración de 100 artistas que customizarán 100 Qee's que más adelante se subastarán a través de la página web de Swab, y el jueves día 24 de Mayo en la Feria, de la mano de Sotheby 's. Los beneficios de las subastas se destinarán íntegramente a la FUNDACIÓN LUCHA CONTRA EL SIDA (FLS), entidad sin ánimo de lucro que tiene como objetivos la asistencia, investigación y docencia en el campo de la infección por el VIH.

Swab Barcelona 2012 presented its charity project, Swab toyzs by FLS, at The Brandery .This project, curated by the architect and collector Juan Redon, has the collaboration of 100 artists that will customize 100 Qee's that then will be auctioned on Swab website, and on Thursday, May 24th by Sotheby's at the Fair. The benefits of the auctions will go entirely to the Foundation Fighting AIDS (FLS), a non-profit organization that aims to care, research and teach in the field of HIV infection.

Photos by Karenin Studio.

SWAB 2012 BEST DRAWING PRIZE

2012-01-27T04:54:00.000-08:00

Swab Drawing Prize is an award created in 2008 consisting of the acquisition of a work by the collection Diezy7. The winning work is selected from participating artworks and presented during the days of Swab by a jury of prominent members of the contemporary art world for their work as curators, critics and collectors.

Swab Drawing Prize is aimed at emerging artists with works on paper or other media in the category drawing.

Swab Drawing Pize es un premio creado en el 2008 que consiste en la adquisición de una obra por parte de la colección Diezy7. La obra ganadora se selecciona entre las obras participantes y presentadas durante los días de Swaba través de un jurado formado por miembros destacados del mundo del arte contemporáneo ya sea por su trabajo como comisarios, críticos o coleccionistas.

Swab Drawing Prize está dirigido a artistas emergentes con obra en papel u otro soporte dentro de la categoría de dibujo.

For more information check our website.

SWAB 2012 BEST GALLERY PRIZE

2012-01-27T04:29:00.000-08:00

Swab Barcelona se complace en presentar, de la mano de la Fundación Banco Sabadell, el premio a la Mejor Galería de Swab Barcelona 2012. Este nuevo premioque presentaremos en la quinta edición de la Feria, consistirá en la elección,por parte de un jurado, de la mejor galería de Swab Barcelona 2012, y la adquisición por parte de la Fundación Banco Sabadell de una de las obras de lagalería ganadora para su colección.

Swab Barcelona is pleased to present, with the support of Fundación Banco Sabadell, theprize for Swab Barcelona 2012 Best Gallery. This new award that we will presentin the fifth edition of the fair will consist of the election, by a jury, of the best gallery Swab Barcelona 2012 and the acquisition by Fundación Banco Sabadell of a work of art from the winning gallery for its collection.

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QUIM TARRIDA

2012-01-26T22:11:00.001-08:00

Os presentamosel nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista QuimTarrida.

We present you the newTOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Quim Tarrida.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

Photo by Francesc Meseguer.

HAPPY NEW CHINESE YEAR

2012-01-26T22:07:00.000-08:00

Swab Wishes you Happy New Chinese Year !!!

Design by Victor Benavente.

MARISCAL

2012-01-26T01:07:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista Mariscal.

We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Mariscal.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

Photo by Oliver Sanchez.

CUSTO BARCELONA

2012-01-26T01:02:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista Custo Barcelona pintado por Oliver Sanchez.
We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Custo Barcelona by Oliver Sanchez.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab
Photo by Oliver Sanchez.

WE ARE + 6000 FANS

2012-01-24T03:44:00.000-08:00

Estamos muy contentos de anunciaros que ya somos más de 6000 fans en Facebook! Muchas grácias a todos!! We are so glad to announce you that we are more than 6000 fans on Facebook! Thank you all so much!!

MANGO YOUNG ARTIST AWARD

2012-01-19T05:01:00.000-08:00

Swab Barcelona presents a newaward for its fifth edition: The MangoYoung Artist Award. Mango, through a specialized jury will award the bestartist and present in SwabBarcelona 2012 through the participating galleries.
Mango will purchase an artwork by the winning artist for itscontemporary art collection.

BORIS HOPPEK

2012-01-18T02:51:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista Boris Hoppek. .
We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Boris Hoppek.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

SERGIO MORA

2012-01-18T01:43:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista Sergio Mora.
We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Sergio Mora.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

SAWB AT U.S.A

2012-01-15T21:14:00.000-08:00

SWAB SAYS HELLO FROM SANTA MONICA

TALKING ARTISTS

2012-01-13T04:56:00.000-08:00

Talking Artist involves the presentation of the work of 10 artists participating in Swab Barcelona 2012 through its galleries, born after 1980. These 10 artists are selected by 5 young curators specialized in emerging art:

- Juan Canela, independent curator, member of the curatorial collective Azotea. Barcelona

- Blanca de la Torre, curator of the Basque Museum of Contemporary Art, Artium.Vitoria

- Direlia Lazo, independent curator. La Habana, Barcelona

- Eduardo Garcia Nieto, cultural mediator. Head of Education at the Montehermoso’s Cultural Center. Vitoria

- David Armengol, independent curator, coordinator of the direction of A*STUDY by A*DESK. Independent Institute of Criticism and Contemporary Art.

Selection will be made in the month of March in order for artists to present the work as proposed by Oficina 36.

Talking Artist will present 2 activities:

1. Talks by artists

They will be carried out in three days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) with scheduled interventions. All interventions will be moderated by curator Mónica Álarez Careaga, regulating the individual presentation of each artist chosen by the curator or collector, together with an explanation of the reasons for the selection as well as various topics such as: presentation of the artist and its working methods, forms of expressions and implementation of the plastic work. His work will also be screened and discussed in a opened debate with the audience.

The duration of this activity is one hour per artist.

2. Vending Art Machine

The Vending Art Machine, VAM, wants to reflect on the consumerism of Art. The term consumerism within the artistic sphere can be analysed in two ways. On the one hand, we might refer to visual or intelectual consumerism of art, through the participation in art projects, attendance at art spaces and events, and secondly, the main subject of the project, marketing, market and collecting contemporary art.

The project will be an exhibition of 10 individual art projects, produced by a selection of emerging artists of Swab Barcelona 2012. The subject of the art projects is free.

The visiting public will be able to immediately purchase the product, and know all the aspects that surround it: author, creative process and concept.

VAM becomes an installation of television screens, which form a visual pastiche typical of malls, and a vending machine.The television screens allow us to know the concept and the creative process of the work presented by each artist. Each artist will have a television media to promote its work among the visiting public.

The vending machine has the same meaning and original use of the object: the sale of products. But the product offered changes in this project : works of art. By this device the visitor can purchase a work easily and quickly.

The installation is complemented by graphical information about the project, artists and works.

Talking Artist is a project curated by Mónica Álvarez Careaga and organized by Oficina 36.

EMILIO GARCÍA

2012-01-13T02:39:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista Emilio García.

We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Emilio García.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

Photo by Oliver Sánchez.

JUDAS ARRIETA

2012-01-11T02:01:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista Judas Arrieta.
We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Judas Arrieta.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

Photo by Oliver Sánchez.

CRAJES

2011-12-19T12:46:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista Crajes .
We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Crajes.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

Photo by Oliver Sánchez.

SWAB 2012

2011-12-18T11:46:00.000-08:00

Swab Wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

CIUTAT BELLA

2011-12-16T10:17:00.000-08:00

Next January Swab Barcelona will bepresenting the first Dividing Wall of the “ Ciutat Bella” Project by the “Barri Groc Artists” located at the Raval district.

SWAB IN MIAMI

2011-12-03T13:13:00.000-08:00

Swab in Miami Art Week.

For more information visit : swab

MANUEL OCAMPO

2011-11-30T14:27:00.000-08:00

Os presentamos el nuevo TOYZ del proyecto Swab Toyz FLS customizado por el artista Manuel Ocampo.

We present you the new TOYZ from the Swab Toyz FLS customized by the artist Manuel Ocampo.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

Photo by Oliver Sánchez.

14- BERTO MARTINEZ

2011-11-29T01:31:00.000-08:00

Como te definirías? Constante, distraido.

De pequeño querías ser...? ilustrador.

Un ídolo? Bob Peak.

Un vicio? Compra compulsiva de libros y vinilos.

Un rincón para perderte?Trastevere, Roma.

Como te imaginas de aquí a diez años? Rico famoso.

En una palabra cómo definirías barcelona? Contradictoria.

Que te gustaría encontrar en una feria de arte? Arte.

Una razón para amar swab? Apuesta por valores emergentes.

Un sueño: Ilegalzación del coche en nucleo urbano.

How do you define yourself? Constant, distracted
As a child you wanted to be ...? illustrator.

An idol? Bob Peak.

A vice? Compulsive books and vinyl buying.

A place where you could get lost? Trastevere, Rome.

How can you imagine you in the next 10 years? Rich and famous.

How would you define the city of Barcelona in only one word? Contradictory.

What would you like to find in an art fair? Art.

One reason to love swab? Betting on emerging values.

One dream: Banning of the car in urban areas.

Berto's website : BERTO & Pantocrátor Gallery's website: PANTOCRÁTOR

SWAB TOYZ BY FLS

2011-11-28T07:45:00.001-08:00

Swab Barcelona 2012 presents the AIDS charity project, Swab Toy’z by FLS, hand in hand with the Lluita Contra la Sida Foundation Fighting Aids, and the participation of about 100 artists and designers who will make an artistic intervention on a white QEE’s of 8″, turning each one into a unique and exclusive piece.

There will be an exhibition of the customized Toyz during the days of Swab Barcelona 2012 (23-26 May), along with a catalog that will document each of those sold in the auctions organized by Swab Barcelona 2012. This publication will undoubtedly contribute on the spreading of the project on the international art world. Furthermore, to enhance its dissemination, a selection of Toyz will be exhibited in several European Art Fairs. Participation in this project becomes a unique opportunity for artists and designers to show their work by contributing to this act of solidarity.
The project will be curated by the architect, collector and expert in the international Art Toyz, Juan Redón.
The 100 Qee’s will be sold online on the Swab Barcelona website and some of them at an auction during the days of the Fair.
The benefits of the auction will be destined entirely to the Lluita Contra la Sida Foundation Fighting Aids (FLS), a non-profit organisation whose core missions are healthcare, research and teaching in the field of HIV infection. The Foundation has its own HIV unit in the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital in Badalona (Barcelona), an international medical reference in their research on the disease.

For more information about this amazing project please visit our webiste: swab

13- LORE VANELSLANDE

2011-11-21T12:50:00.000-08:00

Pantocrátor Gallery. ARTIST. Belgium - China.

Como te definirías?
Siempre quiero saber más de lo que se ahora, por lo que siempre estoy buscando los límites de mi realidad.

De pequeño querías ser...?
Cuando era niña nunca pude imaginarme a mí misma teniendo un trabajo "real", por lo que ser artista me viene muy bien.

Un ídolo? Abraham-Hicks.

Un vicio? No - Cualquier cosa. (Eso sería la negación).

Un rincón para perderte? Alhambra, no he estado allí todavía, pero para mí este lugar sería como si mis dibujos cobraran vida.

Como te imaginas de aquí a diez años? Muy feliz.

En una palabra cómo definirías barcelona? Vibrante.

Que te gustaría encontrar en una feria de arte? Una interesante selección de artistas jóvenes, y piezas de calidad entre otras más conocidas, buena puesta a punto de los stands, un par de áreas de exposiciones que representen la visión de un curador, conferencias sobre temas de vanguardia y buena comida, que es muy importante.

Una razón para amar swab? Un montón de nuevos artistas.

Un sueño: Llegar a ser cada vez menos realista.

How do you define yourself? I always want to know more, than I know right now, so I am looking for the boundaries of my reality.
As a child you wanted to be ...? As a child I could never imagine myself having a "real" job, so being an artist suits me very well.

An idol? Abraham-Hicks.

A vice? Non - Whatsoever. (That would be denial).

A place where you could get lost? Alhambra, I haven´t been there yet, but for me this place will be like my drawings have come to life.

How can you imagine you in the next 10 years? Very happy.

How would you define the city of Barcelona in only one word? Vibrant.

What would you like to find in an art fair?
An interesting selection of young artists, and quality pieces between the more known art, good set-up of the booths, a couple of area's with exhibitions that represent the view of a curator, lectures on cutting-edge subjects and good food, that's very important

One reason to love swab? Lots of new artists.

One dream: To become less and less realistic.

Lore Vanelslande at 'Women's Lines' at Pantocrator Gallery Shanghai.
Chech it out at pantocrato gallery.

CONCEPTA BERLIN

2011-11-09T08:48:00.000-08:00

Concepta was in Berlin and May Jané talk with us about her experience;

Hola soy May Jané, sillera y os voy a contar mi recién aventura de Street Art&Design en Berlín…Llego a Berlín el 26 de octubre con dos sillas. La ocasión lo merece: se estrena la Feria de Diseño Qubique. Los organizadores tienen el aval y prestigio de ser los mismos que la famosa y conocida feria Bread&Butter del mundo de la moda. Como hace apenas unos meses que he creado mi empresa me presento sin más a Berlín para tratar de infiltrarte en este acontecimiento... El día jueves 27 entro en la Feria, tiene lugar en el recinto Tempelhoff Airport, antiguo Hangar, aeropuerto construido durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El espacio es increíble, precioso. Una arquitectura sobria, muy alemana que transporta a los terribles pero no menos sugestivos tiempos de la oscura época Socialista Nacionalista, pero como los mismos organizadores de la Feria apuntan en su web: “ the airport of Berlin Tempelhof has become a symbol of freedom more than anything else. The history of West Berlin wouldn't be the same without the airlift, which brought supplies to the city from 1948 to 1949.” Me paseo por la feria con unos cárteles de “Se buscan agentes” (copio cártel de “WANTED”) y los pego por los alrededores del recinto ferial, mi misión consiste en encontrar nuevos agentes alrededor del mundo para poder crear una red de ventas internacional. Después de pasearme y hablar con la organización acuerdo que al día siguiente haremos una jornada de Street Art&Design en la Feria con dos graffiteros y mis sillas.

ACCIÓN:

El viernes 28 llegamos a Berlin-Tempelhoff los artistas Bert van Wijk y Michel "Cren" Pietsch con dos sillas modelo “La Nuit” diseño de Serra&DeLaRocha para Concepta.

La organización nos cede un espacio y una pared para nuestra Street Art&Design performance en el Hangar 7, al lado de un restaurante de la Feria.

Durante el viernes los artistas pintan la palabra “Concepta” sobre la pared.

Durante la jornada del sábado 28 de octubre los artistas pintan cada uno una silla modelo La Nuit.

RESULTADO:

Lo más fresco y llamativo de la feria fue nuestra actuación en vivo. La gente se paraba y se enfrascaba de la actuación en vivo de dos grafiteros.

Concepta Barcelona, se fusionó con el arte urbano de Berlín.
Espero que os guste!

(May Jané Diary)

WELL DONE! WE LOVE CONCEPTA!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2011-11-01T13:44:00.000-07:00

We wish you a Happy Halloween. We remind you that our application form is already opened!

For more information about the online application click here. Be a Swabber!!!

SWAB T-SHIRTS!

2011-10-26T04:40:00.000-07:00

GET YOUR SWAB T-SHIRT!! 20€ pink swab!!!

to buy it email us at: carolina@swab.es

SWAB OFF / SWAB ART FAIR VIDEOS

2011-10-25T09:41:00.000-07:00

Swab Stairs and Swab Art Fair - Video by tendencias.tv

Swab Stairs - Video by TMB

Swab Pixzle - Video by Walking Gallery

Sentarte - Video by Arteclips

READY TO APPLY?

2011-10-06T04:05:00.000-07:00

OPENED APPLICATIONS!!

BE A SWABBER!!

For more information about the application click here

PERFORMANCES & INTERVENTIONS

2011-10-06T03:59:00.000-07:00

PERFORMANCES & INTERVENTIONS IN THE PUBLIC SPACE

SWAB OFF

Sharing flags (DeMake-Up), by Jan Vormann

DeMake-Up is an ongoing project which started in 2008. National flags wich are described the variable placement of different colors and shapes share one basic quality: They are all printed on a white piece of cloth.

For the project at Swab2011, the national flags of countries wich are or were involved in the “Arab Revolutions” (Tunisia, Syria, Lybia, Marocco, Alger, Yemen, Bahrain and Egypt) were bleached. These almost simultaneous revolutions wich triggered social processes are almost collectively reaching for goals beyond nationalism. With border-crossing consistency, the aims lay on the fight for basic democracy and human rights. Besides higlighting this similarity by equalizing the banners, the white flag also stands for the initially intented peaceful overthrow

Courtesy by: Jarmuschek + Partner

www.JanVormann.com

www.Dispatchwork.info

PERFORMANCES & INTERVENTIONS

2011-09-16T11:20:00.000-07:00

PERFORMANCES & INTERVENTIONS IN THE PUBLIC SPACE

SWAB OFF

Hanno Millesi Performance

MyVisit.to invites you to one of Hanno Millesi’s performative readings in public space. It is part of the new programme SwabOFF, which will take place in different areas of the city of Barcelona before, during and after the art fair. The aim is to give more visibility to new artistic initiatives and upcoming contemporary art and and to bring it closed to the citizens of Barcelona.

Hanno Millesi is a Vienna based writer of fiction, who combines several artistic methodes, strategies and categories of art in his work. In public appearances he sometimes uses fragments of the text he is going to read, using them in the tradition of action-lectures of the 60s or interdisciplinary working artists as Marcel Broodthaers.

His text “Methode Mensch” (Method Human Being), which does exist in a Spanish translation, quotes war orientated slogans taken from secret messages, written by members of the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The terrorists exchanged these messages being in prison to convince themselves and one another of their definite will to keep up with what they considered as their unbroken will to believe in their ideals and to fight. Millesi puts their words in his own context, in which somebody wants to start his own small business and therefore takes these expressions of resolution as social advice.

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