KOMISARIO BERRIAK
Javier Arbizu
Talud mediodía (Midday Slope) Azkuna Zentroa has chosen Talud mediodía, a project by curator Javier Arbizu carried out under the Komisario Berriak programme launched by the Basque Government cultural and linguistic policy department. Talud mediodía brings together the works of artists of artists Julián Pacomio y David Bestué, whose practices are related to simultaneity, convergence and light. The curated work proposed by Arbizu begins with the dismantling of an iconic place in Bilbao, i.e. the Artxanda amusement park, from where he recovers the images of ‘slope’ and ‘midday’ to tackle the ideas of simultaneity and continuity from a sculptural and performative perspective. According to curator Javier Arbizu: “My role as a curator will be to listen, accompany, look after, motivate and understand artists from the perspectives of their practices. To accompany an exhibition that will gradually take shape in the way it´s done and thought out, taking small steps. To promote confidence among artists, curator and the institution, and to simply be together.”
JAVIER ARBIZU (Estella, 1984) Graduated in Fine Arts at Salamanca University and Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany. His work has been exhibited at Scope Miami Beach, Huarte Contemporary Art Centre in Pamplona, Da2 in Salamanca, the art galleries Ángeles Baños in Badajoz, Alfama in Madrid, Diego Rivera and SOMArts in San Francisco, and the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. He has curated exhibitions in the Sudan National Museum and La Casa Encendida in Madrid.
Azkuna Zentroa has selected the project titled Talud mediodía by curator Javier Arbizu as part of the Komisario Berriak programme. Sponsored by the Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy of the Basque Government, with Azkuna Zentroa (Bilbao), Artium (Vitoria) and Tabakalera (San Sebastian), it aims to promote curatorial practice in the Basque context and showcase a new generation of professionals.
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