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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><\/p>\n

The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts\u00a0<\/b>sponsors the exhibition Beyond the Supersquare\u00a0<\/i><\/b>at The Bronx Museum of the Arts<\/b><\/h3>\n

<\/b>April 2014: The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts, one of the proud sponsors of the Bronx Museum of the Art\u2019s exhibition Beyond the Supersquare,<\/i> is pleased to extend an invitation to the exhibition\u2019s Open House on Sunday, May 4th<\/sup> from 2 to 5pm. Beyond the Supersquare<\/i> explores the indelible influence of Latin American and Caribbean Modernist architecture on contemporary art. The exhibition features over 30 artists and more than 60 artworks, including photography, video, sculpture, installation, and drawing, that respond to major Modernist architectural projects constructed in Latin America and the Caribbean from the 1920s through the 1960s. Venezuela\u2019s talent will be well represented with the work of three important Venezuelan artists: Alexander Ap\u00f3stol, Magdalena Fern\u00e1ndez and Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"BeyondSupersquare01\"<\/a> \"BeyondSupersquare02\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexander Ap\u00f3stol: Documental,<\/em>\u00a0<\/i>2005. Digital video, 2 minutes.\u00a0Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n

Beyond the Supersquare <\/i>explores how contemporary artists from Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions have responded to the aggressive rise of Latin America\u2019s urban centers and the ways in which those urban areas have evolved since the mid-20th<\/sup> century. Also examined is the social critique of political, social, economic, and environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, including unstable economies, ad hoc urbanism, militarized police forces, and rapidly exhausting natural resources.<\/p>\n

Beyond the Supersquare<\/i> will highlight critical interpretations by contemporary artists, architects, and scholars of modernist architectural projects executed in Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, and Brazil.<\/p>\n

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Beyond the Supersquare:<\/b><\/h3>\n

On view: May 1, 2014 to January 11, 2015<\/p>\n

Open House: May 4th<\/sup>, 2014 2-5pm<\/p>\n

3pm: Performance of Moebius<\/i>, a contemporary dance with choreography by Sally Silvers and featuring contemporary dancers Melissa Toogood and Dylan Crossman.<\/p>\n

Sound design by Bruce Andrews.<\/p>\n

Bronx Museum: 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10456<\/p>\n

Artists in the exhibition will include<\/b>:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Leonor Antunes, Portugal,\u00a0Alexander Ap\u00f3stol, Venezuela,\u00a0Alexandre Arrechea, Cuba,\u00a0Felipe Arturo, Colombia,\u00a0Alberto Baraya, Colombia,\u00a0Carlos Bunga, Portugal,\u00a0Los Carpinteros, Cuba,\u00a0Jordi Colomer, Spain,\u00a0Livia Corona Benjamin, Mexico,\u00a0Felipe Dulzaides, Cuba,\u00a0Magdalena Fern\u00e1ndez, Venezuela,\u00a0Fernanda Fragateiro, Portugal,\u00a0Carlos Garaicoa, Cuba,\u00a0Mario Garc\u00eda Torres, Mexico,\u00a0Terence Gower, Canada,\u00a0Patrick Hamilton, Belgium\/Chile,\u00a0Quisqueya Henr\u00edquez, Cuba,\u00a0Diango Hern\u00e1ndez, Cuba,\u00a0Andre Komatsu, Brazil,\u00a0Runo Lagomarsino, Argentina,\u00a0Pablo Le\u00f3n de la Barra, Mexico,\u00a0Daniela Ortiz, Peru,\u00a0Jorge Pardo, Cuba,\u00a0Manuel Pi\u00f1a, Cuba,\u00a0Ishmael Randall-Weeks, Peru,\u00a0Mauro Restiffe, Brazil,\u00a0Pedro Reyes, Mexico,\u00a0Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Puerto Rico,\u00a0Maria Mart\u00ednez-Ca\u00f1as, Cuba + Rafael Domenech, Cuba and\u00a0Alessandro Balteo Yazbek, Venezuela + Media Farzin, U.S.<\/p>\n

About the Bronx Museum\u2026<\/b><\/h3>\n

Founded by community activists in 1971, the Bronx Museum of the Arts is an internationally-recognized contemporary art museum that connects diverse audiences to the urban experience through its Permanent Collection, Exhibitions, Education Programs, and free Public Programs. the Museum offers a diverse lineup of enriching arts programming that includes high quality contemporary art exhibitions; free or subsidized art education programs to Bronx youth attending schools that have been forced to cut or eliminate arts classes; and free public events such as concerts, film screenings, poetry reading, and storytelling gatherings that create engaging spaces for local residents to celebrate the cultural vibrancy of the Bronx.<\/p>\n

For more information visit our website www.vaearts.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Maria Jose Morr – Public Relations mjmorr@vaearts.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bronx Museum of the Arts Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n

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* Photo:<\/p>\n

Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck<\/p>\n

The Larger Picture, 1939-1942<\/p>\n

From the series Modern Entanglements, U.S. Interventions 2006-09.\u00a0This piece posits a connection between Calder, the Hotel \u00c1vila, and the stationing of U.S. troops in Venezuela during the early 1940s to protect American oil interests from German attack.<\/p>\n

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