Monday, March 22, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY
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This conversation is part of the Vis-à-vis Series: dialogues between artists, curators, and critics from the Western Hemisphere. Javier Téllez and Doris Salcedo will discuss their work, artistic visions, and other relevant issues to contemporary art.

Speakers:

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, her work has been seen in solo and group exhibitions around the world, including: Tate Gallery, London (2007); Museu Serralves, Porto (2006); 8th Istanbul Biennial (2003); Documenta XI, Kassel (2002); the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1999) and the XXIV Bienal de São Paulo (1998) amongst many others. Salcedo received a grant from the Penny McCall Foundation in 1993, and a Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Grant in 1995.

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 at solo and group exhibitions including: Whitney Biennial, New York (2008); Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden (2007); Aspen Art Museum (2006); The Power Plant Gallery, Toronto (2005); Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (2005); Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, Peru (2002); and the 49th Venice Biennale (2001).


^{(left) Doris Salcedo. Installation: Doris Salcedo. November 22, 2008 – January 3, 2009, Alexander and Bonin, New York. Photo: Jason Mandella.
Courtesy of the artist and Alexander and Bonin Gallery.
(right) Javier Téllez. Caligari und der Schlafwandler (Caligari and the Sleepwalker). 2008. Still from super 16mm film transferred to high-definition video. Comissioned by Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich}

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