Al-Tiba9 participation in the international fair ArtsLibris Barcelona 2021

Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art is pleased to announce its participation in the international fair ArtsLibris Barcelona 2021. 

This year, ArtsLibris reaches its twelfth edition, which will take place on June 18th, 19th, and 20th at the “Espai Fossat” of Mercat de Sant Antoni Barcelona, with the collaboration of Mercat Dominical del Llibre.

Eighty-seven editors and artists, institutions, and art schools of Barcelona will accompany the fair with their publications. Forty percent of the exhibitors come from outside of Barcelona.

Although some Latin American and European publishers and artists will not be able to travel this year, their publications will be present at the fair. In addition, The ARTSLIBRIS Fair will strengthen the online activities to feel closer to those who will not be able to join us in person.

ArtsLibris was founded in 2009 as a publishing fair project specializing in artist’s publications, photobooks, contemporary thought, self-publishing, and digital publications. It has three annual fairs, ArtsLibris Barcelona, ARCOmadrid and ARCOlisboa. Dialogue and experimentation are the main hallmarks of ArtsLibris, whose fairs host curatorial projects, seminars, debate forums, exhibitions, performances, and interdisciplinary collaborations. The project functions as a living fabric, a plural, and rigorous publishing community, creating new meeting points between art and society through the book object.

ArtsLibris International Fair of Contemporary Editions will see the participation of several international exhibitors, alongside with important cultural institutions from Spain, such as CCCB - Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, MACBA - Musée d'art contemporain de Barcelone, Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Fundació Miró, Museum Picasso, Museu del Disseny HUB, and of course Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art among others! 

On this occasion, we will host an art talk during the fair, entitled "GO DIGITAL - How to build an established digital presence for successful art publications and cultural institutions". The talk will be held on Friday, June 18th at 3 p.m. (Barcelona time) and streamed online on ArtsLibris website.

We showcase our Limited Edition Magazines and Artist's Books of established artists such as Mounir Fatmi Officiel, Phil Akashi, Marina Gasparini, Pavel Korbička, and much more... We also have the honor that our curator Mohamed Benhadj will open the fair with Art talk titled: "GO DIGITAL. How to build an established digital presence for successful art publications and cultural institutions." to which artists and galleries from around Europe are invited to participate.

Moderated by Al-Tiba9 founder and curator, Mohamed Benhadj, the talk will see the participation of visual artists Carolina Serrano and Alec Von Bargen, and gallerists Miguel Leal Rios (UMA LULIK_ Gallery - Lisbon) and Paulo Nunes (Galerie Alex Serra - Cologne).

Below we give you some general and practical information regarding the fair. You can find the programming of talks, presentations, and workshops. HERE >> https://artslibris.cat/artslibris-barcelona-2021/

We inform you that the capacity for the Seminar is already full, but it will be broadcast by live streaming through the ArtsLibris website. >> https://artslibris.cat/

GENERAL INFORMATION

Public Opening hours:

Friday, June 18, from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 19, from 11am to 8pm

Sunday, June 20, from 10am to 5pm

Press Conference - 12h

There will be a tour of the fair with the press on Friday, June 18th, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Official opening - June 18 at 1:00 p.m.

How to get to the fair?

Bus: 13, 20, 24, 37, 41, 55, 64, 91, 120, 121, 141 and 144

Metro: L2, Sant Antoni

Al-TIBA9 IN ARTSLIBRIS | BOOTH Nº31

On the first day of the opening, June 18th at 15h Barcelona time, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art has the honor to moderate the first international art talk hosted inside the Speakers’ Room of the fair. 

MODERATOR:

Mohamed Benhadj, Founder & Curator, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art

PANELISTS:

Miguel Leal Rios, Gallerist at UMA LULIK_ Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. umalulikgallery.com

Paulo Nunes, Gallerist at Galerie Alex Serra in Cologne, Germany. www.galeriealexserra.com

Carolina Serrano, Portuguese visual artist, based in Germany. >> READ INTERVIEW

Alec Von Bargen, Visual Advisor to both the Venice Film Festival's Biennale College Cinema and the Red Sea Film Lodge. >> READ INTERVIEW

ART TALK | PANELISTS

Mohamed Benhadj

Founder and Curator of Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art 

Driven by his vision of a common global platform to provide growth opportunities to emerging artists in contemporary art, Mohamed Benhadj established Al-Tiba9 in 2013. His focus has been on the international exhibition of modern art, performance, and fashion design, promoting the exchange between art institutions and artists gathering in an Arab social-cultural environment. In 2014, Mohamed extended his philosophy to Barcelona, Spain, where he gave his art exhibitions in 2017 a new touch by merging performance and fashion design as an alternative platform for independent designers to freely express themselves and introduce them to the art world.

Mohamed Benhadj has been carrying on his journey for over ten years now, collaborating with the Ministry of Culture, Museums, Art Institutions, Embassies, and Art Centers. He became the most active curator from Algeria, a cultural partner, and Ambassador of the Arte Laguna Prize, a famous art competition in Arsenale of Venice, Italy. His goal is to create a new pole of contemporary art in North Africa, offering the world a unique experience of creativity, possibility, and growth like no other around the globe. 

Paulo Nunes

Founder and Director of Galerie Alex Serra (Cologne)

Galerie Alex Serra was founded in 2021 in Cologne, Germany. The gallery works with national and international artists, from countries like Angola, Portugal, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe and Brazil. The gallery represents emerging and established artists from diverse artistic disciplines.

Its founder, Paulo Nunes, has worked with art for about 23 years. He was born in Germany but spent his youth between Brazil and Portugal.  His first gallery opened in 2001 in Portugal, working solely with established and emerging Portuguese artists. It's second gallery opened in 2010 with a concept orientated for the international art market. Over the years, he has participated in several international art fairs and exhibitions in museums and foundations. 

Galerie Alex Serra is committed to making its artists known on an international scale by making individual and collective exhibitions both in the gallery and in other cultural spaces, by working with curators from around the world, by participating in international art fairs, and giving to see the work of its artists to the most varied artistic institutions.​

Thanks to its international contacts and art market knowledge, Galerie Alex Serra can also advise in purchasing a work of art or in the constitution of a private and personal art collection in the best way and with the greatest discretion, according to the taste and interest of the collector.

Alec Von Bargen

American Visual artist & Advisor to both the Venice Film Festival's Biennale College Cinema and the Red Sea Film Lodge.

Alec Von Bargen is an American artist featured in Al-Tiba9 magazine ORIGINAL.

Born in New York City, Alec Von Bargen is a multidisciplinary artist, a social anthropologist of sorts. He captures aesthetic instances resonating true with their historical, political, and social contexts. Although his research is meticulous, he does not prep, pre-produce, light, or arrange for the photographic shoots leading to the creation of his murals, installations, and video pieces.

Von Bargen recently exhibited at both the 54th and 56th editions of the Venice Biennale, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the OCT Museum in Shanghai, China, and Les Rencontres D'Arles Festival, France, amongst others. His work has won numerous awards, including the IPA's in LA, the Sony awards, and the PX3's in Paris. He was a finalist at the Dubai Emerging Artist Award and Aesthetica Magazine selected him as a finalist for their prestigious award in 2019. He was a finalist for the Terry O'Neill Award and the Celeste Prize in Berlin, Germany. His most recent series is included in the 161st Royal Photographic Society exhibition.

Miguel Leal Rios

Director of UMA LULIK_ Gallery (Lisbon)

UMA LULIK__ was founded by Miguel Rios in 2017 and focuses on the debate of contemporary culture and artistic practices. It aims to contextualize artists and demystify contemporary artistic production in emerging geographies such as Africa, South America, Asia and the Middle East, linking them with the Western world. UMA LULIK_ represents Portuguese and foreign artists whose practices cover a wide range of supports and various forms of expression through the arts. Promoting artists on an international scale, the gallery holds monographic and collective exhibitions, works with Portuguese and foreign curators and participates in international art fairs.

Carolina Serrano

Protugese Visual Artist

UMA LULIK__ was founded by Miguel Rios in 2017 and focuses on the debate of contemporary culture and artistic practices. It aims to contextualize artists and demystify contemporary artistic production in emerging geographies such as Africa, South America, Asia, and the Middle East, linking them with the Western world. UMA LULIK_ represents Portuguese and foreign artists whose practices cover a wide range of supports and various forms of expression through the arts. Promoting artists on an international scale, the gallery holds monographic and collective exhibitions, works with Portuguese and foreign curators, and participates in international art fairs.