"Before Zona Maco's launch in 2003 consolidated Mexico City as a global arts capital, artist-run spaces like La Panadería and Temístocles 44 attracted a generation of Mexican artists-among them Minerva Cuevas, Sofía Táboas and Pablo Vargas Lugo-interested in developing their practices beyond a commercial context through installations, self-published periodicals and time-based media. In the 1990s, the city's artist-run spaces created important blueprints for dozens of independent and underground venues that animate the contemporary arts scene across Mexico today. Bold and unconventional works coming out of that ecosystem will be on display across the city at three important fairs during Art Week: Salón Acme, Clavo and Material Fair."
""There's much greater creative freedom in works coming from artist-run spaces without commercial ends," says Ana Castella, the director of Salón Acme (5-8 February), whose Projects sector features solo presentations organised by artist-run spaces. "Acme has always thought of itself as a hotbed, or platform, for emerging artists and other creatives, like curators. In that spirit, we do want to be a space that offers opportunities for projects to become more formal and gain commercial experience without such a large investment risk.""
"Clavo (6-8 February), run out of a former electrician's trade school in the hip Colonia Juárez and now on its eighth edition, is one of the youngest fairs taking place during Art Week. It has become an especially important venue for artist-run spaces from the country's interior (often referred to as provincia, or the provinces) where, unlike the capital, collectors and exhibition opportunities are rare."
Artist-run spaces in Mexico City such as La Panadería and Temístocles 44 nurtured a generation of artists who developed practices beyond commercial contexts through installations, self-published periodicals and time-based media. During the 1990s those spaces served as blueprints for independent and underground venues across the country, shaping today’s contemporary arts ecosystem. Salón Acme, Clavo and Material Fair will showcase bold and unconventional works emerging from that milieu during Art Week. Salón Acme’s Projects sector supports solo presentations organised by artist-run spaces and seeks to offer routes to formalisation and commercial experience with lower investment risk. Clavo provides vital exposure for provincia initiatives where collectors and exhibition opportunities are scarce.
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