Events

In 2011 Fundación Gego decided to begin the process of cancellation of the original plates which were in our custody and which had not been cancelled in the artist’s lifetime. For this process we had the valuable counsel and participation of printing master Norma Morales from Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados TAGA. First the plates were cleaned and then a posthumous print of ten copies from eighteen plates was carried out. As a conclusion of this process, the cancellation of the original plates was started on April 10th, 2013 in a public ceremony. Minutes of the proceedings were taken and it was also filmed on a video by Argelia Bravo and produced by Fundación Gego.

This conference, organized by Americas Society and Columbia University as part of the activities surrounding the exhibition “ Gego. Origin and Encounter. Mastering the space” gathered a select group of art historians, academics and critics with the purpose of reflecting on the historic relevance of Gego’s oeuvre on her centennial. Mónica Amor, Nuit Banai, Barry Bergdoll, Bruno Bosteels, Sylvia Cedeño and Hannah Feldman, among others, participated in the symposium which took place on November 7th, 2012. It was introduced by Gabriela Rangel, Director of Visual Arts at Americas Society and chaired by Alexander Alberro, professor at Columbia University.

With a large program of activities such as exhibitions, book presentations, conferences, poetry recitations and workshops for adults and children, Fundación Gego, together with other national and international cultural institutions, commemorated during 2012, 2013 and 2014 the centennial of GEGO’s birth (Gertrud Goldschmidt 1912-1994).

For this tribute,  Álvaro Sotillo and Gabriela Fontanillas designed the graphic image which accompanied the whole program of events as well as the associated publications. Based on a cuadrangle of 100 luninous points, the name GEGO can appear in 100 diffrent forms in a logotype which changes according to the format and taste of the user.