URBANITY, the first Spanish fair dedicated to New Contemporary Art arrives to Madrid

The second edition of URBANITY, the first edition dedicated to New Contemporary Art is approaching, collecting disciplines that participate in urban art such as Post Graffiti, Surrealist Pop, comics, etc. You can enjoy this fair at LASEDE COAM during Art Week in Madrid.

Parallel to its exhibition program, in which you can see pieces by artists such as Shepard Fairey (Obey), D * Face, Cranio, Anna Taratiel or Alice Pasquini, URVANITY programs a series of parallel activities; interventions in walls, auctions, a cycle of talks and a very special action.

URVANITY WALLS: INTERVENTIONS IN WALLS (PROJECT TUENTI URBAN ART)

Simultaneously with the URVANITY galleries program, it was carried out in the realization of four murals in different points of Madrid, supported by the sponsorship of Tuenti Urban Art Project. The selected artists are Alexey Luka, Cranio, Jan Kálab and Jana & JS.

The intervention of Alexey Luka (Moscow, 1983), one of the most talented and influential Russian artists in the Russian contemporary art scene, will be done on a large format wall with a height of 14 m at the Changó Discoteca (c / Covarrubias), 42) from February 20th to February 25th.

The young Brazilian artist Fabio de Oliveira Parnaiba (Sâo Paulo, 1982), better known as Cranio, will opt for the facade of the Asunción Rincón School (c / Jesús Maestro, 1), which will flood with his personal and identifiable characters from February 17th to February 24th.

For his part, the abstract artist Jan Kaláb (Prague, 1978) -pioneer in taking urban art to the countries of the East- will choose the Barceló Market (Calle de Mejía Lequerica, 10) as a canvas for his geometric graffiti laden with dynamism. The intervention will be from February 10th to February 13th.

Finally, the duo of Austro-German artists based in Salzburg Jana & Js will delight passers-by with their impressive and characteristic architectural landscapes at number 9 of the Almond Crossing.

PROGRAM URVANITY- MAHOU TALKS: PRESENTATIONS, CONFERENCES, PROJECTIONS AND MORE

URBANITY has developed together with Mahou a program of conferences, debates and services conceived with the purpose of throwing light on the contemporary creation that has its foundation in the urban context, as well as to make a composition to the public of the different experiences and aesthetics.

SOLIDARITY AUCTIONS: PANELS OF ARTISTS AND TABLES OF INTERVENED SKATES

On Tuesday, the 27th, at 11:00 a.m. in the LASEDE COAM auditorium, a first auction will be held by Duran Online. There, attendees can bid up the four panels that were presented on the day of the opening of URVANITY, made by the graffiti artists Suso 33, Musa, Fratelli Moca and Belin. The benefits obtained from the auction will be donated to the NGOs participating in the SOMOS 2014 campaign included in the Spanish Association of Fundraising, whose main objective is the development of philanthropy in our country. Currently, a total of 126 large and small organizations from the sectors of cooperation, social action, culture, environment, research and education are part of the AEFR.

Also during the fair, will be auctioned 25 skateboards, which can be seen in the exhibition space, intervened by a total of twenty-three urban artists: Animalitoland, Kaufman, Parsec, SAM, SUE, Akos, Milo, Woizo, Pseena, midday, CF88 , Little Mad, Rosh, Roice 183, Ose, Enaer, Zeklo, Nubian, Polar, Afat, Arthur Plateau, Contiez Virginie and Mr X. The bid was cataloged by the funds collected in a Roule Petit Ougandais (RPO), association that makes possible the construction of skateparks in Africa.

ARTISTIC INTERVENTION OF SUE975

Sue975 (Madrid) is one of the pioneers of abstraction in national urban art. From its origins as graffiti artists in its purest sense, a personal language has arrived that has traveled to different branches of geometric abstraction to unravel in a vision of its own, and strongly linked to the essences of urban art from the beginnings of post-minimalism.

The artist has prepared for URBANITY a large installation (date and place to be announced) in which he returns to investigate the first plastics of his career, such as concrete and painting, in order to pay homage to urban art.

Sue975 has received several awards and has been selected in various certificates of urban art, always providing a personal view closer to the installable languages ​​than to large mural productions. He has also given lectures and written articles on urban art theory and artistic appropriation.

URBANITY TIMETABLE

WEDNESDAY 21

16:00 - 00:00 h OPENING TO THE PUBLIC
8:00 pm OFFICIAL OPENING.- Presentation of Urvanity by Sergio Sancho, director of the fair. Presentation of the panels for the Duran Online auction. DJ set at LASEDE COAM
00:00 h CLOSURE OF THE INAUGURAL ACT

THURSDAY 22

4:00 pm - 10:00 pm OPENING TO THE PUBLIC

FRIDAY 23

4:00 pm - 10:00 pm OPENING TO THE PUBLIC
10:00 h BREAKFAST-ROUND TABLE.- "Women in the cultural industry beyond feminist clichés." At the ME Madrid Reina Victoria Hotel
4:45 PM TUENTI URBAN ART PROJECT.- Presentation of the initiative promoted by Tuenti in the territory of urban art. In LASEDE COAM
5:30 pm THE URBAN LANDSCAPE OF MADRID.- In LASEDE COAM
6:30 p.m. THE PERTINENCE OF ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY.- In LASEDE COAM
7:30 PM THE IMPACT OF URBAN CREATIVITY IN CITIES.- In LASEDE COAM
8:30 PM MONTANA COLORS PRESENTS: SHADOWMAN.- Screening of the documentary by Oren Jacoby, focused on the figure and work of the artist Richard Hambleton, one of the pioneers of urban interventions in the eighties. In LASEDE COAM

SATURDAY 24

4:00 pm - 10:00 pm OPENING TO THE PUBLIC
11:45 am EDUCATION, SKATE AND ART.- In LASEDE COAM
12:45 h THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTEXT IN THE URBAN SCENE OF VALENCIA AND BILBAO.- In LASEDE COAM
5:00 pm CREATIVE UNIVERSES: ELTONO.- In LASEDE COAM
5:30 pm SIGN OF THE ARTIST KENOR (URVANITE IMPRESSIONS IN STATION 16). On the prints stand at LASEDE COAM.
6:30 p.m. THE ART CONFERENCE X URVANITY.- Talks and discussion panel about the trajectory that different women have consolidated within the creative industry. In LASEDE COAM

SUNDAY 25

4:00 pm - 10:00 pm OPENING TO THE PUBLIC
7:30 pm BARCELONA, LIFTING AND FALLING.- Projection and debate. In LASEDE COAM
TUESDAY 27
11:00 AM DURAN ONLINE AUCTION.- Works by Suso33, Musa, Fratelli Moca and Belin. In the auditorium of LASEDE COAM

CALENDAR OF THE "URVANITY WALLS"

FROM TUESDAY 20 TO SUNDAY 25.- Intervention of Alexey Luka in Discoteca Changó

FROM SATURDAY 17 TO SATURDAY 24.- Intervention of Cranio in the Asunción Rincón School

FROM SATURDAY 10 TO TUESDAY 13.- Intervention of Ja Kaláb at the Barceló Market

FROM TUESDAY 20 TO THURSDAY 23.- Intervention of Jana & Js in Travesía Almendro