The Gabarron Foundation – Carriage House Center for the Arts is pleased to invite you to visit us  at The Armory Show art fair, which is celebrating in New York from March 3rd to 7th, 2010. Our institution will be present at the Armory Show 2010 (Pier 94, booth 1509) and develop parallel events included in the VIP program of the art fair. Our booth’s exhibition is based on the significance of public art for our institution and an ever increasing volume of developed projects over the last years.The artists we will show are: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Cristobal Gabarron and Dennis Oppenheim.

The Gabarron Foundation – Carriage House Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition SPAIN IN THE CITY, as part of our program for The Armory Show 2010. In addition to the booth which we will have in Armory Show, our wish is to take advantage of this excellent opportunity in order to promote the works of young Spanish artists based in New York.  The opening reception is included in the Armory VIP Program, and it will open only for RSVP card holders. The exhibition will open to the public on March 5th, 2010. Participating artists: Pedro Barbeito (1969, La Coruña, Galicia); Itziar Barrio (1976, Bilbao, Pais Vasco); Anton Cabaleiro (1977, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia); Juanli Carrión (1982, Yecla, Murcia); Jacobo Castellano (1976, Jaen, Andalucia); Hugo Fontela (1986, Grado, Asturias); Javier Martín de Frutos (1979, Madrid-Castilla León);  y Verónica Peña (1980, Zamora, Castilla-León).

During the art fair, The Gabarron Foundation has organized different events which are included in the Armory Show VIP Program. These events have limited availability and the access is open only to VIP card holders. The scheduled events are a private tour to the Carriage House Center for the Arts (March 4th, 11am-1pm), a private opening to “Spain in the City” exhibition (March 4th, 6-8pm), and visit to the artists’ studios, Christo and Jeanne-Claude (March 5th at 4.30pm, and March 6th at 4pm), and Dennis Oppenheim (March 6th at noon).

In the next edition of The Armory Show Spanish galleries and institutions will be present in the art fair: Galeria Senda, Galeria Pilar Parra & Romero, Galeria Oliva Arauna, Galeria Nogueras Blanchard and The Gabarron Foundation. The Armory Show is America's leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.

Marta Minujín is a prominent voice of the Argentine neo-avant-garde art scene of the 1960s and 70s, with a brilliant international career that helped define the discussion about media, performance, and participation. Minujín is often mentioned as one of the pioneers of happenings. Marta Minujín’s Minucode (1968), originally commissioned by the Center for Inter-American Relations (now Americas Society), explored social codes in four groups of leading figures in the arts, business, fashion, and politics in New York through a series of cocktail parties/happenings. Deeply interested in Marshall McLuhan’s theories about the mass media, Minujín created an electronic environment with footage and light and sound shows produced during the happenings.

Phantom Sightings is the first exhibition to focus on the work of Chicano artists since the mid-1990s with a strong conceptual dimension. It features some 100 works in all contemporary media, and includes video, performance, and installation art by 27 artists and collectives. El Museo, the final venue for this event, is the only place to see it on the East Coast. Curated by Howard Fox, LACMA; Rita Gonzales, LACMA; and Chon Noriega, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA. Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Chicano Studies Research Center of the University of California, Los Angeles.

With a body of work that is unique in its formal power and intellectual rigor, Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, b. 1962) emerged at the beginning of the 1990s as one of the most intriguing and original artists of his generation—and one of the last to come of age in the twentieth century. Orozco resists confinement to a single medium, roaming freely and fluently among drawing, photography, sculpture, installation, and painting. From one project to the next, he deliberately blurs the boundaries between the art object and the everyday environment, instead situating his contributions in a place that merges "art" and "reality," whether in exquisite drawings made on airplane boarding passes or in sculptures made from recovered trash.- The Moma

Aperture Foundation, a non-profit arts institution dedicated to promoting photography in all its forms, and Instituto Cervantes, a non-profit organization that contributes to the cultural advancement of Spanish-speaking countries, have partnered to celebrate and interpret the art of flamenco through photography in two concurrent exhibitions. Exhibition co-produced by Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo (ConsejerÌa de Cultura, Junta de AndalucÌa). This exhibition in two parts features such artists as Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Brassaï, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francesc Catalá Roca, Inge Morath, Martin Parr, Man Ray, and Miguel Rio Branco.

Aperture Foundation, a non-profit arts institution dedicated to promoting photography in all its forms, and Instituto Cervantes, a non-profit organization that contributes to the cultural advancement of Spanish-speaking countries, have partnered to celebrate and interpret the art of flamenco through photography in two concurrent exhibitions.This exhibition in two parts features such artists as Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Brassaï, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francesc Catalá Roca, Inge Morath, Martin Parr, Man Ray, and Miguel Rio Branco.

Commissioned by Dia, Dominique Gonzalez-Foersterís latest project offers an annex to the world renowned research library at the Hispanic Society of America.
Titled chronotopes & dioramas, it expands and updates the historic collection with a range of twentieth century literature by some forty authors, whose texts will be installed in a trio of dioramas by reference to their place of origin in one of three distinct geographical regions: the desert, the tropics and the North Atlantic.

For centuries, pilgrims traveling the Camino de Santiago have enjoyed and enriched the cultural legacy of Spain's largest geographical region, Castilla y León. In addition to multimedia explorations of the Aqueduct of Segovia, La Colegiata de Toro, and La Cartuja de Miraflores, this engaging celebration of the major monuments of Castilla y León features a replication of the famed figure of Santiago el Mayor (St. James the Greater), originally sculpted by Gil de Siloé for the Tomb of the Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal at La Cartuja de Miraflores, and now a part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The World Monuments Fund is proud, on the occasion of the 2010 Holy Year of St. James, to unveil this important work at Queen Sofía Spanish Institute.

Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, organized by Nancy Spector, Chief Curator, and David van der Leer, Assistant Curator for Architecture and Design,  will feature renderings of these visionary projects in a salon-style installation that will emphasize the rich and diverse range of the proposals received. One of the artists participating is Marti Guixe, Spanish designe. Among the many works in the exhibition are projects by artists like Anish Kapoor, Sarah Morris, Doris Salcedo, Lawrence Weiner, and Rachel Whiteread; designers such as Fernando and Humberto Campana, Joris Laarman Studio, and Studio Job; and architects such as Álvaro Siza Vieira Arquitecto, or BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group).

One of the artists participating in the show is Maria Jose Royuela.In her exquisitely crafted paintings, Royuela brings to the viewer a direct connection with the intricate reality of natural aspects often overlooked; the lichens on a rock, the moss in broken earth and spindly grasses whose heads leave spectral shadows on the finely textured surface.Royuela currently lives and works in Elorrio, Spain. In her own words, her mission is to “convince others that life is simpler, yet more interesting, than what we persist in thinking.”

"Wanderings", a retrospective of the work of Argentine artist Mirta Kupferminc, including prints, artist books, sculpture, video and mural installation. Fast gaining recognition as a major Latin American exponent of visual arts, she explores the link between the culture of European immigrants and their newly found home in the Americas.

Size Does Matter, curated by basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal, includes works from international artists exploring the myriad ways that scale affects the perception of contemporary art.The exhibition includes works from the Spanish artist Juan Muñoz. Artists have readily utilized the element of size. Large and small objects require different approaches, elicit unique responses from their viewer, and reflect the varying purposes in which works of art were meant to serve.

Some of the works shown are unique images. Modotti only took photographs during her seven tumultuous years in Mexico, from 1923-1930. It is estimated that her artistic legacy is limited to six hundred photographs, the majority of which are now in museum collections.

Charla de / A talk by: Isolina Ballesteros. Sesión de cortometrajes / Screening of short films: Miente (Isabel de Ocampo: España, 2008. 15 min.), Almas congeladas (Juana Macías: España, 2006. 15 min.), A golpe de tacón (Amanda Castro: España, 2007. 20 min.) , Turismo (Mercedes Sampietro: España, 2008. 10 min.)

King Juan Carlos Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization: Helen Graham, Professor of Modern Spanish History, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London. Film: Pascual Duarte (Ricardo Franco, 1975, 94 mins). Introduced by Helen Graham. In Spanish only. Reception to follow.

King Juan Carlos Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization: Helen Graham, Professor of Modern Spanish History, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London. Film: La Caza (Carlos Saura, 1965, 84 mins)In Spanish only. Reception to follow.

King Juan Carlos Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization: Helen Graham, Professor of Modern Spanish History, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London. Film: Queridismos verdugos (Basilio Martin Patino, 1977, 100 mins). In Spanish only. Reception to follow.

Javier (Antonio Resines), a cop, wakes up one morning in a home he doesn't remember visiting. His head throbbing from too much liquor and his memories a blur, Javier heads to work, where he's assigned a murder that, it appears, he may have committed himself. Determined to protect himself from accusations, Javier throws himself into solving the case. But he's haunted by a woman who may know too much and by the victim's family, who wants justice.

In his new performance, post-Mexican writer and performance artist Goméz-Peña deals with the end of the Bush era and articulates the formidable challenges facing Obama. He also denounces the anti-immigration hysteria and assaults the demonized US/Mexican border construction. Admission: FREE. RSVP required.

Cruz Montoya (Kuno Becker), a rock star on the West Coast poetry circuit, rushes back home when his father, Senior (Rubén Blades), falls fatally ill.  Once there, Cruz retreats to his old life, reuniting with Emilio (Miguel Sandoval), an old friend turned local crime boss, and losing his poetic voice, his identity, and almost his life, before he finds his way out.  The New York premiere of Spoken Word was curated by Jason Silverman and is co-presented with Luminaria Films.Protagonist Rubén Blades, Producer Bill Conway, Co-screenwriter Joe Ray Sandoval and Curator Jason Silverman will be present for a Q&A following the screening. (Dir. Victor Nunez, USA, 2009, 116min, Drama, English).

María, a native New Yorker, travels to Puerto Rico for the first time in search of her roots. Excited about seeing her "homeland" and a family she has never known, her over-enthusiasm translates into peculiar and suspicious behavior to her Puerto Rican family.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold is set against the backdrop of a small Colombian town and explores the chain of events, false accusations, petty errors and biases that lead to the unnecessary, yet pre-determined murder of a young man. It is a tightly woven tale that reflects GarcÌa M•rquez's inimitable spin on "magic realism", exploring the antiquated moral codes, the conspiracy of silence, and the explosive issues of race and class that lead the story to its tragic ending.

In Pantaleon y las visitadoras (Captain Pantoja and The Special Service,) the Peruvian Army recruits Captain PantaleÛn Pantoja, a model soldier, a man of integrity and a good husband, for an outlandish mission: to create and manage a Special Service of ìvisitorsî to fulfill the troopís necessities.

Doña Flor misses her late husbandís passionate intimacy. She re-marries and magical realism allows her to live with her two husbands. A colorful adaptation of Brazilian Jorge Amadoís masterpiece.

The Feast of the Goat is the story of General Rafael LeÛnidas Trujillo, "The Goat" himself, who subdued the Dominican Republic in a cruel dictatorship from 1930 - 1961. The story is told by Urania, a New York lawyer whose father was part of Trujillo's Ministry and who returns to the Dominican Republic after 35 years.

The stories of five undocumented men who cross the border intersect with that of an immigration officer who struggles between his duties as an officer and his conscience as a son of immigrants.

Segismundo, a prince, is imprisoned after his horoscope revealed that he will bring disaster to the country. After almost a lifetime in prison, Segismundo is released to reign over the country, however, he turns rebellious and committs rape and murder. He is then drugged, re-imprisoned and told that the previous events were a dream, which brings him to question what parts of his life are reality and which are a dream. The play, Calderón most famous work, is considered an allegory about the human situation and the mystery of life.

The play is a classic, as the legendary Spanish poet and playwright was supposedly assassinated because of it. Presumably, the entire play reads as a metaphor for the oppressiveness of  Franco’s regime. Many look to La Casa de Bernarda Alba as Lorca’s theatrical masterpiece, ensuring that this is an event not to be missed.

This company presents its ongoing Queens-based series of once-a-month, nightclub-style shows featuring live performances of Flamenco and other forms of Spanish dance and music by the finest artists in New York City and abroad. American Bolero Dance Company, under the direction of Gabriela Granados, has enjoyed raves from both the press and audiences worldwide for performances of a variety Spanish dance styles, including Flamenco, Clasico Espanol, Escuela Bolera, and Regional Folkloric.

Middletown Arts Center presents Alborada’s exciting OLE! La Cueva de Sacromonte. OLE! will bring you a passionate tablao (nightclub style) Flamenco performance in an intimate cafe style setting.   Enjoy dances such as the festive Sevillanas, the exciting Alegrias and Rumbas, the dramatic Solea, and much more with our critically acclaimed principal dancers Eva Lucena, Lisa Botalico, Gisele Assi and Ricardo Santiago and guitarist Carlos Revollar.

A World Premiere TANGO musical. Created, Produced, Designed & Directed by Ángel Gil Orrios based on the magical collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raúl Jaurena.

Amaya Arberas began her professional career in 2002, performing recitals throughout her native Basque Country as a lyric coloratura soprano. Amaya came to New York in 2005 to take classes in song, repertoire and diction with eminent teachers such as Dodi Protero, Diana Soviero, Beth Roberts and Joan Dornemann.

"We have, in our worship, discovered the benefits of music. Now we even ask all our inductees to serenade their co-inductees, at least once a month. I have decided to share the beauty of his teachings with a musical group, along with my prized pupil Olga. We periodically perform live seances in the name of Something in Spanish. As the factories' orders grow, we are able to concentrate on spreading the message. We offer a few positions ideal for a prepared and elevated person".

Originally from Ecuador Luis Terreros was born in the city of Cuenca in 1983, where he grew up listening to local Latin music as well as international iconic bands such as "the Beatles", "Led Zeppelin", "The Doors", "The Who". He arrived in N.Y.C, where he got exposed to a melting pot of cultures that would influence his future style. From there on, he will pursue a career as a musician.

Celebrating 30 years in 2010, the Quintet of the Americas Sato Moughalian, Matt Sullivan, Nicholas Gallas, Barbara Oldham, and Maureen Strenge, is dedicated to broadening the knowledge and appreciation of woodwind chamber music from the Western Hemisphere by performing, recording and commissioning music from the Americas. Formed in 1982, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano–Saúl Bitrán, Arón Bitrán, Javier Montiel, and Alvaro Bitrán, is known as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet. This award-winning ensemble has performed and recorded most of the Latin American repertoire for string quartet.

Music of the Americas is proud to start a new collaboration with the renowned José Limón Dance Company. In these salons, members of the company will discuss aspects of its work and that of its founder. This evening will include a performance of excerpts of La Malinche.

The Archivo Digital de Tango is an initiative of TangoVia, a cultural organization based in Buenos Aires (www.tangovia.org). Its goal is to digitize and preserve the patrimony of recorded tango and associated materials, which are scattered among dozens of collections throughout the world. The task is particularly urgent due to the old age of many collectors, the high value of the items in the international market, and the lack of a standard conservation procedure.

Argentine pianist and composer Emilio Teubal has recently released his second album “Un monton de Notas” under the independent label Not Yet Records. His band La Balteuband, which recorded its self-titled first album in 2006, has performed in some of the most prestigious avant-garde and jazz venues in New York City, among them Iridium Jazz club, Joe’s Pub, the Knitting Factory, Makor, Galapagos Art Space, Cornelia Street Cafe, 55 Bar, Bowery Poetry Club, Nublu, and others.

Shiro El Arriero was born in Tokyo, Japan. When he was 13 years old, he became fascinated with the music of the renowned Argentine folklorist, Atahualpa Yupanqui. He began to study classical guitar with a Japanese maestro Iwao Suzuki.

For over two decades, bassist, composer and bandleader Pablo Aslan has melded the elegance and melancholy of classic Argentine tango with the American jazz language.  Guest artist Paquito D’Rivera and a unique cast of Argentine musicians join Tango Jazz pioneer Aslan to play the intricate rhythms of the tango.

Angel Corella was born in Madrid in 1975. He began his ballet studies in Colmenar Viejo, and later studied in Madrid with Victor Ullate. Trained by Karemia Moreno, in May 1991, Corella was awarded First Prize in the National Ballet Competition of Spain and in December 1994, he won the Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Concours International de Danse de Paris, dancing the pas de deux from Don Quixote and Le Corsaire.

Bassist, composer, and bandleader Pedro Giraudo earned some of the best notices of his career for the 2009 CD El Viaje. Downb eat’s John Murph called it “an opulent listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz, brimming with passionate improvisations, deliberate contrapuntal melodies, and plush harmonies.” In the Miami Herald, Fernando Gonzalez hailed the El Viaje band as an "exceptional large ensemble mixing jazz, classical music and Argentine tango and folk music.”

Poetics and Politics of Translation. The prestigious translator of essential works by Latin American and Spanish authors will discuss her professional career and the situation of literary translation nowadays. 

In this festive presentation, David Unger, author of the critically acclaimed Life in the Damn Tropics, will be joined by translators Andrea Montejo and Alexis Romay. Walter Krochmal, an actor and translator, will perform a dramatic reading of “Shabbat Shalom,” accompanied by guitarist Gerard Edery. Raúl Figueroa, publisher of F & G Editores, will introduce.

The Society and Open Letter are pleased to celebrate the publication of “the best novel since both it and the world began,” as Macedonio Fernández (1874-1956) himself described his masterwork, which was first published posthumously in 1967 and, with this 2009 edition, appears for the first time in English translation.

Doris Salcedo was born in 1958 in Bogota, Colombia; where she continues to live and work. Salcedo is one of the most internationally reputed contemporary artists. Javier Téllez was born in Valencia, Venezuela, in 1969, and currently lives and works in New York. A key and respected figure in the contemporary art world, Téllez’s work has been shown in many solo and group exhibitions.

Mexican scholar Araceli Tinajero will read from her important new work (University of Texas Press), which traces the evolution of the cigar factory reader from nineteenth-century Cuba to the present as well as its manifestation in Tampa, Key West, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico.

A lyrical, powerful debut novel about a family of Afro-Puerto Rican women, spanning five generations, detailing with great skill and warmth their physical and spiritual journey from the Old World to the New.

Caridad de la Luz "La Bruja" hosts an evening of Rainbow Racionality, poetry about race, hybridization, and the American Dream with poets Simply Rob, PattyDukes, and Aja Monet.

Lecture by Jordi Pujol i Soley, President de la Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003, Mr. Jordi Pujol will offer his perspectives on the past and future of European policy. Co-sponsored by the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the King Juan Carlos Center.

Creative Writing in Spanish Series (CWS), organized by Mariela Dreyfus. Quimera writers. Round table presentation of authors published by Mexican press, Quimera. Organized by Nayar Rivera. Co-Sponsored by Mexican Cultural Institute.

New York University’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center Foundation (Madrid) and the Euroamerica Foundation (Madrid) have invited international personalities of recognized prestige (Statesmen, Scientists, Economists, Businessmen, Members of Congress, Academics and New York City government officials) to discuss issues of mutual interest.