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Pablo Helguera (* Mexico City, 1971) is a visual artist
living and working in New York. His work usually acquires unusual formats,
ranging from experimental symposiums, phonograph recordings, exhibition
acoustiguides, or nomadic museums.
Helguera usually departs from historic research or from interests surrounding
the very nature of art, the viewer’s perception of it, and the
role that art making and culture in general plays in politics and society.
He often combines literary and musical strategies, as well as pedagogy
and education theory.
Helguera has presented his work at an individual level at the Museum
of Modern Art of New York (performance: Parallel Lives, 2003) and at
the Royal College of Art de London ( Los del Este, 2004, Monique Beudert
Curatorial Program). He has also shown his work in various biennials
such as the 8th Havana Biennial, San Juan’s Poly-graphic Triennial
(2004) and PERFORMA 05, New York’s first performance art biennial.
He has exhibited at the Shedhalle in Zurich, PS1 in New York, MCA Chicago,
IFA Bonn, Metropolitan Museum in Tokio, MALBA in Buenos Aires, Ex-Teresa
in Mexico City, Sculpture Center, Bronx Museum, and others, as well
as in Zagreb, Berlin, Athens, Ljubljana, São Paulo, Bogotá, Chicago,
and others. His work has been reviewed by the New York Times, Art in
America, Artforum, Tema Celeste and Art Nexus, amongst others.
As cultural promotor and educator, Helguera worked for 15 years in
US museums, most recently being head of public programs at the Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum (1998-2005). As part of his museum career, he organized
nearly 500 public programs. He has been the co director of the international
forum of contemporary art experts in ARCO, Madrid (2003-05), and was
director of the 5th SITAC in Mexico City in 2005 (Symposium of Contemporary
Art Theory). He has also been juror of the biennials of Guatemala, Costa
Rica, and the national contemporary art competition of San Juan.
He is the author of the books "Endingness"
(2005) and "The Pablo Helguera Manual of Contemporary Art Style"
(2006).
© Pablo Helguera, November 2005
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