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Amalia Ulman


The works of Amalia Ulman (Buenos Aires, 1989) and her always challenging mise-en-scènes evidence social differences and the effect they have in interpersonal interactions, emotions and human relationships. Working on social stratification, cultural capital, class imitation and seduction, her objective is the scrutiny of hierarchical structures, power relations, charity and empathy. Ulman is a multidisciplinary artist whose repertoire goes from early web works and online performances to new pieces that take sculptural shapes and incorporate the use of installations, photographs and performative acts. Her multidisciplinary practice has involved the use of social media, magazine photoshoots, interviews, self-promotion and brand endorsements as tools for the fabrication of fictional narratives. Ulman deploys different techniques depending on the project, exhibition or group of works, trying to stir a conversation and a critical tension between concept and device.

Her most recent solo exhibitions include Privilege (KWM Art Center, Shangai 2018), Monday Cartoons (Deborah Schamoni, Munich, 2018), Intolerancia (Barro, Buenos Aires, 2017), Atchoum! (Galerie Sympa, Figeac, 2017), New World 1717 (Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 2017), Labour Dance (Arcadia Missa, London, 2016), Reputation, (New Galerie, Paris, 2016), Dignity (James Fuentes New York, 2016) Annals of Private History (Frieze Projects, New York, 2015) and Stock Images of War (James Fuentes LLC, New York, 2015).Recent group exhibitions include Kunsthalle Bern (Switzerland, 2019), Ordet (Milan, 2019), This is blitz (Malta, 2019), Wuzhen Contemporary Art (China, 2019), MCA (Chicago, 2018), Göteborgs Konsthall (Sweden, 2018), de Young (San Francisco, 2018) Arcadia Missa (New York, 2017), M Woods (Beijing, 2017), The 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (Berlin, 2016), International Center of Photography (New York, 2016), Tate Modern (London, 2016), Whitechapel Gallery (London, 2016) and Monnaie de Paris (2015). In the last year she has performed in Ram Highlight 2017: Displace (Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 2017). She was part of Bienal Sur (Museo de Artes Decorativas, Buenos Aires, 2017)In parallel to her artistic career, she has developed an interest for curatorial activities, the writing of essays and literature. She is the founder and director of the MAWU-LISA project and a cofounder of the Immune Stability project, combining fashion, art and technology. Her essays include F/F (Friends & Favourites), published in specialized online and paper magazines. Her work has been featured in Art in America, Art Forum, Art Review, Texte Zur Kunst, The New York Times, and The Guardian, among other publications. She lives and works in New York.

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Intolerance
25.05.2017

Like in most of her artworks, there's a narrative element in Amalia Ulman's latest installation. Here, the spectator -or user- becomes part of the piece by wandering through the dream-like environments that are the rooms which compose the labyrinthine structure of Intolerance.




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Fluid Boundaries at BARRO NY

28.03.2024 On Thursday, April 4, BARRO New York opening Joaquín Boz’s solo exhibition “Fluid Boundaries”.  This selection of work delves into the issue of contingency through abstract painting. Boz methodically explores materials and technique, each artwork keeping the record of a thoughtful dialogue between artist and matter.

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Fantasía abstracta

21.03.2024 Fantasía abstracta, Nacha Canvas’ first solo show at BARRO as an invited artist. Curated by Carla Barbero and Javier Villa, the show is a soft and sensorial perspective on abstraction presenting a group of paintings and reliefs produced with techniques developed by the artist, combining foam rubber, clay, steel, plaster and pigments.

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Manifesto of Immature Abstraction — BARRO NEW YORK

01.02.2024 With works of Ad Minoliti and Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, this show explores queer approaches to abstraction through the use of colors and shapes that articulate non-binary narratives which counter the coloniality of gender, sexuality, age, and interspecies life.

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Manifesto of Immature Abstraction at BARRO NY

25.01.2024 With works by Ad Minoliti and Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, this show explores queer approaches to abstraction through the use of colors and shapes that articulate non-binary narratives which counter the coloniality of gender, sexuality, age, and interspecies life. At BARRO NEW YORK curated by Nicolás Cuello and Syd Krochmalny. Until march, 2024.

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GREAT 2024

31.12.2023 BARRO wishes you a very happy holiday season and a great start to 2024! Thank you for sharing this year with us.BARRO BUENOS AIRES Closed for vacations between January 13th and 31st.

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ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2023

06.12.2023 Miami, Florida USA. BARRO presents a series of works by Joaquín BOZ, Matías DUVILLE, Lucrecia LIONTI and MONDONGO. The selection of pieces proposes questions linked to the power of labor, immigration, consumption vs. production or materials as an available resource. Booth C49, MIAMI BEACH Convention Center, Florida. From 8 to 10, december 2023

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Welcome — BARRO NEW YORK

15.11.2023 The Argentine art collective, Mondongo, comprised of Juliana Laffitte and Manuel Mendanha, is renowned for its innovative use of unconventional materials in its production, such as meat, threads, plasticine, and wax. This approach not only challenges traditional notions of “painting” but also broadens the expressive possibilities of the medium. Until January 6, 2024

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Danza Perfumi — BARRO BUENOS AIRES

10.11.2023 BARRO presents Danza Perfumi, Alejandra Seeber’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. In line with these recent exhibitions and the work that the painter has been carrying out for years in the international scene, Seeber’s proposal deepens a way of understanding painting as an environmental device.

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La Chola at Videobrasil São Paulo

09.11.2023 Under the title Memory is an Editing Station, the exhibition dialogues with the event’s long trajectory, while simultaneously reflecting on the present moment of the world and pointing to future paths, through the works of 60 artists from the Global South. Videobrasil 22ª edition at Sesc, São Paulo.

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MONDONGO at BARRO NEW YORK

09.11.2023 “Welcome” highlights the inherent connections between various urban experiences, emphasizing their relevance in the global south landscape. The exhibition challenges pre-established perceptions and offers a deep insight into the social complexities related to marginality and media power. Opening Nov 15, BARRO NEW YORK

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