ARCO 2009
Madrid

February 11 - February 16, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION:
February 11, 2009
Antonio BALLESTER MORENO
ARCO 2009
Feb. 11 - 16 (public days: Feb. 13 - 16)


Feria de Madrid
International Contemporary Art Fair
www.arco.ifema.es
+34 902 22 15 15

Javier Peres is pleased to present a new body of work by the Spanish artist Antonio BALLESTER MORENO from the artist's recent solo exhibition at Laboratorio 987/MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon), entitled "Gallo rojo, gallo negro." Born in Madrid in 1977, the artist studied at the Universit�t der K�nste in Berlin and graduated from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he studied both painting and more contemporary forms of art practice.

The new body of work combines multi-layered acrylic and ink on canvas works with ink drawings on paper. The exhibition title refers to a song by singer-songwriter Chicho S�nchez Ferlosio that was adopted as an anthem against Franco's dictatorship.

At once highly politicized, yet sometimes hermetic, Antonio Ballester Moreno's work combines the aesthetics of everyday life - arts and crafts, embroidery, pottery and tiles - with a very personal set of references. Drawing on everything from film to American transcendentalist writings, from music to the anti-globilization movement, Antonio Ballester Moreno creates scenes in the simple lives of men and women, glorious views into the lives of kings, and a playful romp with some very personable animals.

For further information or reproductions please contact Javier Peres at javier@peresprojects.com or Margherita Belaief at tel. +49 30 6162 6962 or margherita@peresprojects.com.