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23.09.2024

Swab Barcelona will celebrate its 17th edition from October 3 to 6

Swab Barcelona will celebrate its 17th edition from October 3 to 6, featuring 70 galleries with a special focus on the independent art scene of East Asia. The fair maintains an intimate scale and a welcoming spirit, solidifying its role as a meeting point for new voices in global emerging art.

Notable curated projects include Emerging Latam, curated by Santiago Gasquet, which invites six young Latin American spaces, and Video Box, directed by Yipei Lee, showcasing audiovisual works by Taiwanese artists. Lee also collaborates with Catalan curator Carla Jaria on Solo Show, promoting the exchange of peripheral projects from Barcelona and Taipei, with four spaces from each territory under the title The Color Blue from My Sky.

Another central program is Focus Tokyo-Seoul, curated by Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, which unites emerging proposals from both cities under the title Tentacles of Thought (from an Octopus). The Indonesian collective Jatiwangi Art Factory will also participate with their project Perhutana, proposing the creation of a collectively-owned forest.

Other exhibition programs include: General (established galleries), Emerging (young galleries), Seed (independent spaces), Design (design galleries), and MyFAF (newly established galleries).

A new highlight is the Design program, exploring new intersections between design and art through four galleries.

The discussion of these proposals and their aesthetic and political currents will be addressed on Swab Radio, developed by Artsuper, featuring participation from gallerists, artists, and curators. The Swab Kids section, linked to Focus Tokyo-Seoul, will be run by Petit Japó, where children will create a collective Sakura, promoting environmental care and cultural exchange.

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