The day has finally arrived-- 3 years in the making. It has been an absolute privledge to work with Simon Starling. Casa Estudio Luis Barragán opening Saturday, January 24, 2015, 12pm General Francisco Ramírez 12, Daniel Garza, Miguel Hidalgo, México, D.F. But without the following people these two amazing shows would simply not exist: Catalina Corcuera Cabezut, Directora de la Casa Luis Barragán and to the staff and students who are always enthusiastic! Paola Santoscoy, Directora, Museo Experimental El ECO and her team at el Eco My smart and witty assistant Monica Zavala Cabello. Our gratitude goes to the Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía Luis Barragán, A.C., the entity responsible for the Luis Barragán House and Studio, for having the vision to make this project possible and for ensuring its realization, specifically Arch. Armando Chávez, Arch. Juan Palomar, and Arch. Arabella González, and to UNAM’s General Visual Arts Department (DiGAV). Thanks to my friend Eduardo Prieto L. de la Lama for the invaluable loan of Luis Barragán’s original work, for transmitting his enthusiasm, and allowing us to look into the stories of the Casa Prieto López; to Tane for the loan of La Torre, also by Luis Barragán, specifically to Mr. Pedro Leites, Sylvie Ligonie, and Román Torales; to the jewelry artist Karl Fritsch, and Galerie Biro and Galerie Ra for loaning his works. Our deepest gratitude to Dr. Lily Kassner for allowing us to explore her personal archive, providing original photographs from the Mathias Goeritz’s professional archive, and for her guidance throughout the process; to researcher Francisco Reyes Palma for supporting us in identifying the sources of information and being a wonderful guide in the research process. To the Centro Nacional de Investigación, Documentación e Información de Artes Plásticas (CENIDIAP/INBA), especially Patricia Brambila, Deputy Director of Documentation, for her support in managing the process for requesting images from the Goeritz Archive, and researcher Ana Rodriguez for her tireless support in finding and collecting photographs. To Daniel Goeritz for his kind permission to use images from the Goeritz Archive; to Issa Benítez for her cooperation in securing the loan of the images from the Goeritz Archive. To Armando Salas Peralta for having provided photographs from the Armando Salas Portugal Foundation; to the Henry Moore Foundation for providing the images of the photographic archive to Simon Starling at the beginning of the research. To Artes de México for supporting the research. El Eco would not have been possible without the skill and devotion of Annette Ueberlein, Christoph Manz, Cristóvâo dos Reis, Jochen Jezussek, and Joshua Abrams. A special thank you to Pilar Pellicer for allowing Simon Starling to reawaken her past, and for making this project part of her present; to Oliver Castro, Director of Distrito Films, and Jonathan España, for their time and support for the production of the film. To Simon Starling’s team in Copenhagen, especially Maja McLaughlin. To Franziska Stenglin for her support for the production of the new works. This exhibition would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors: British Council Mexico, especially Edgardo Bermejo, Director of Arts, for embracing and shepherding the project, and Ana Contreras for her invaluable support to make it possible; Isabel and Agustín Coppel, and Mireya Escalante for their valuable support at the beginning of this journey; Moisés Micha, Rafael Micha, and Carlos Couturier, Managing Partners of Grupo Habita, for their continued support of the arts and their loyal friendship, as well as Dan Bielak for all his time and attention to detail; Fer Yáñez Treviño, Director of Braya for his encouragement and to Karla Vasquez for her energy and drive; Aimee Aimée Labarrere De Servitje, Director of the Contemporary Art Board (PAC) for always being there; Xavier de Bellefon, Director of AXA Seguros, and Lucía Álvarez for all attentions. Finally, special thanks to Casey Kaplan, New York, specially Jessica Lally; to Galleria Franco Noero, Torino; to neugerriemschneider, Berlin, specially Elisa Marchini ( thank you +); and to The Modern Institute, Glasgow, especially Morven Roger, for both their continued support for Simon Starling’s career and for this project. A tremendous THANK YOU: Adriana Garrido, Aimee Labarrere de Servitje, Alberto Ruy Sánchez, Alejandra Contreras, Alejandro Salmerón, Alex Fitzgerald, Alice O’Connor, Ana Contreras, Ana Elena Mallet, Ana Luisa Rodríguez, Ana María Albor, Ana María Rodríguez, Andrew Hamilton, Annette Ueberlein, Annie Belz, Ann-Kathrin Käde, Antonella Croci, Arabella González, Armando Chávez, Armando Gómez, Armando Salas Peralta, Bárbara Cuadriello, Begoña Inchaurrandieta, Bruno Barsanti, Burkhard Riemschneider, Carlos Ashida, Carlos Couturier, Carmen Arellano ,Caroline Kirsop, Casey Kaplan, Catalina Corcuera, Catalina Mont, Chakceel Rah, Christian Schneegass, Christoph Manz, Christopher Hightower, Clara Rodríguez, Constanza Ontiveros, Cristina Gálvez, Dan Bielak, Cristóvâo dos Reis, Daniel Álvarez, Daniel Goeritz, Daniela Peña, David Elliot, David Miranda, Diana Alfaro, Dieter Roelstraete, Dra. Lily Kassner, Dylan Lustrin, Edgardo Bermejo, Edith Martínez, Eduardo Prieto de la Lama, Elisa Facchin, Elisa Marchini, Eliseo Arriaga, Eliseo Vidal Ramírez, Emanuela Bernascone, Erick Morales, Estefanía Tortoriello, Fernando Cordero, Fernando Yáñez Treviño, Francisco Campos, Francisco Reyes Palma, Franco Noero, Franziska Stenglin, Gabriel Álvarez, Gabriel Escalante, Gabriel Olivas, Gabriela Bermeo, Galia Katz, Gil González, Gilberto Paz, Graciela de la Torre, Guillermo Flores, Gustavo Fuentes González, Hugo Carmona Beltrán, Irma López Albor, Isabel y Agustín Coppel, Issa M. Benítez, Jan Salewski, Javier Cruz, Jessica Lally, Jonathan España, Jorge Kareh, José Manuel Bárcena Ortega, Juan Palomar, Juan Terán, Jochen Jezussek, Jose Esparza Chong Cuy, José García Torres, Joshua Abrams, Karl Fritsch, Karla Vázquez, Katja Creuzburg, Lena Milosevic, Leslie Van Damme, Lucía Deborah Álvarez, Lucía García Noriega, Luis Miguel Chávez, Magnolia de la Garza, Magui de Orellana, Maja McLaughlin, María Abigail Sandoval, María Bostock, Matteo Consonni, Mauricio Guillén, Mauricio Maillé Iturbe, Mauricio Marcin, Michel Moortgat, Migdelina Durazo, Mikel Muguerza, Minerva Godínez, Mireya Escalante, Moisés Micha, Monica Eulitz, Morven Rodger, Nuria Munlloch, Olga Ramírez Campuzano, Olga Zobel, Oliver Castro, Pablo Del Val, Paola Santoscoy, Pariz Jannel, Patricia Brambila, Patrick Charpenel, Pascual Sánchez, Paul Derrez, Paulina Treviño, Pedro Leites, Pierpaolo Falone, Pilar Pellicer, Rafael Guerra, Rafael Micha, Raúl Óscar Hernández, Raymundo Hernández, Ricardo Garibay, Ricardo Porrero González, Rocío Martínez Aldana, Rodrigo Bazaldúa, Román Torales, Romina Malagamba, Stefano Cernuschi, Stéphanie Donck, Susanna Donato, Sylvie Ligonie, Tania Ragasol, Tanya Huntington, Tim Neuger, Toby Webster, Verónica Rodríguez, Viviana Kuri, Walid Wahab, Xavier De Bellefon, Yolanda Trejo, Zélika García, todo el equipo del Eco.
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