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Frieze Masters 2021 13/10 >> 17/10/21

Frieze Masters 2021

13/10 >> 17/10/21
Regent’s Park, London
Feliciano Centurión
13/10 >> 17/10/21
Frieze Masters 2021
Regent’s Park, London
Feliciano Centurión
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Galeria Millan and Cecilia Brunson Projects, official representatives of the Estate of Feliciano Centurión, present a selection of masterpieces by the artist. Curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro. The project was conceived especially for Spotlight at Frieze Masters. This prestigious section is curated by Laura Hoptman (executive director of The Drawing Center, New York).

Born in the interior of Paraguay, Centurión moved to Buenos Aires in the 1980s, and was a key player in the artistic renovation of the Argentine art scene following the return to democracy after the Falklands/Malvinas War. This new generation of artists, centered around the legendary Centro Cultural Rojas, rejected the coded conceptualism of the 1980s to embrace a flamboyant, Baroque and kitsch aesthetic, through which they could express ideas of queerness, otherness, and an irreverent sense of joy. As elsewhere in the world, this moment of jubilation was cut short by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and Centurión was one of several members of the group who passed away tragically young. The last phase of his career addressed his imminent death in heartbreaking declarations of love and faith in his signature technique of hand-embroidery on found fabrics (pillowcases, tablecloths, etc). Many of these textile works incorporate the indigenous Guaraní tradition of Nandutí lace. 

This selection for Frieze Masters presents masterworks from different moments of his career including paintings on blankets, embroidery on found fabrics, and an apron.