DDR ART GALLERY participates in the 31st Edition of the Estampa Contemporary Art Fair.
Estampa, International Contemporary Art Fair co-organized with IFEMA MADRID It will celebrate its next edition from October 17 to 20, 2024 , as the autumn fair of the art market in Spain and the most important meeting around gallery and collecting in our country.
Estampa is the fair of contemporary art which has been celebrated in the Madrid autumn for a long time 31 years old , whose field of work is the art market in Spain, and his concern is the formation and stabilization of a sustainable collecting for a constantly growing and updating gallery scene in our country.
The fair is structured around a General Program of great Spanish galleries and a series of programs whose curators raise the question of latest news from the practice of contemporary art or focus on more experimental issues that are less common to the general public.
Our collectors program calls for a selection of international buyers who come to Estampa every year to discover or corroborate the quality of our national galleries and is completed with a program of activities focused on the exploration and review of contemporary art collecting in Spain and Portugal .
ESTAMPA promotes a Program of Collectors both national and international , with a special invitation to private collectors, advisors and collection managers, institutional directors and professionals from the market and collecting sector from all over Europe.
The acquisition awards Awarded by various institutions, residencies, professional meetings and forums, as well as visiting and public relations programs, are increasingly present in each edition, to emphasize the commitment of public and private collectors, and of our professionals, to the art market in Spain.
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Art is a creative and aesthetic expression that seeks to communicate ideas, emotions, and concepts through various forms and media. It is a human manifestation that has existed since ancient times and has developed in different cultures around the world.
It encompasses a wide variety of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, and photography. Each has its own techniques, styles, and traditions, but all share the pursuit of artistic expression and communication. We can appreciate art for its aesthetic beauty, but it can also have a deeper purpose, whether to provoke reflection, convey a political or social message, capture the essence of a human experience, or simply entertain.
Throughout history, art has been an important way of recording a society's culture, history, and ideas. The presence and absence of human beings in contemporary art is a broad and complex theme that has been explored in various ways by artists throughout history. In the contemporary era, the relationship between human beings and art has constantly evolved and become increasingly diverse.
In some cases, the artist has focused his attention on the representation and exploration of the human being in his work. This can be expressed through portraits, sculptures, installations, or performances that focus on the human figure and the expression of the human experience. These works often seek to explore identity, psychology, emotions, and human relationships.
On the other hand, there is also a tendency in contemporary art to move away from literal representations of human beings. Some artists have chosen to explore abstract, conceptual, or even political themes, and in these cases, the human figure may be physically absent from the work.
Rather than showing the direct presence of human beings, the artist may use symbols, metaphors, or indirect representations to address issues related to the human condition.
Furthermore, with technological advances and the advent of new forms of digital art, new possibilities have been created for the representation and exploration of human beings.
Virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and other technologies have allowed artists to experiment with the relationship between humans and technology, raising questions about identity, virtuality, and human interaction. In short, the presence and absence of humans in art is a complex and diverse subject that always invites reflection from the viewer.
DDR Art Gallery presents works by the following artists:
DDR ART GALLERY
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