GALERÍA DEL PASEO

Punta del Este | Uruguay
Director | Silvia Arrozés

Galería del Paseo was founded in Uruguay in 1998 and, since its inception, has developed a platform for the exhibition, research, and circulation of contemporary artistic practices from the Global South. Its program focuses on promoting and expanding the international visibility of artists whose work engages with the aesthetic, conceptual, and cultural debates shaping the visual arts. Initially established in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, the gallery later relocated to Manantiales, Punta del Este, where it maintains a year-round program of exhibitions, cultural projects, and activities connected to the local community. Galería del Paseo also operated a space in Lima, Peru, expanding its presence in Latin America and incorporating a significant group of Peruvian artists into its program.

www.galeriadelpaseo.com

CURATORIAL VISION

Galería del Paseo presents works by Ishmael Randall-Weeks that explore relationships among time, systems of measurement, architecture, archaeology, and everyday space. Through processes of walking, collecting, layering, and calibration, the artist transforms ordinary materials and observations into sculptural and geometric structures. Euclidean measurement intersects with references ranging from archaeological sites to architecture and textile patterns, producing objects that function simultaneously as material records and systems of orientation. Rather than treating measurement as neutral, Randall-Weeks examines how it structures perception and mediates our relationship with the environments we inhabit.

BIO

Ishmael Randall-Weeks (b. 1976, Cusco, Peru) lives and works between Lima and Cusco. He graduated from Bard College in 2000 and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums in Peru and internationally, including Middlesbrough Institute of Modern of Art, England, United Kingdom; MoMA P.S.1, New York, USA; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Peru; Spanish Culture Center of Buenos Aires (CCBBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; The Drawing Center, New York, United States; Museum of Art of Lima (MALI), Lima, Peru; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO), Rome, Italy; National Museum, Lima, Peru; The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, United States; Museum of the Bank of the Republic, Bogotá, Colombia; The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Bologna, Italy; The Drawing Room, London, United Kingdom; Museum of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico; the Bronx Museum, New York, United States; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States. His work has also been featured in the Havana Biennale, the IX and XIV editions of the Cuenca Biennale, the 6th edition of (S) Files Biennale in El Museo del Barrio, New York and 2010 Greater New York and MomaP.S.1, among others. He has garnered grants and awards from various institutions including the Rockefeller Foundation, New York (2017); the MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy (2012); Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Mid-Career Award (2024); The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York (2005); New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York (2011); Art Matters, New York (2008). He has been awarded several residencies including The Sharpe-Walentas studio program, New York; Kiosko, Santa Cruz, Bolivia; La Curtiduria Art Center in Oaxaca, Mexico; Vermont Studio Center, Vermont; Sculpture Space, Utica; HAWAPI, Peru; Fundación/op.cit, CDMX, México City. His work can be found in public collections including the JUMEX Collection, Mexico City; Albright-Knox Gallery, New York; MACRO Museum, Rome; MALI Museum, Lima; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami; Deutsche Bank Collection; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK; Fondazione Giuliani, Rome; ARM Collection, Dubai; The Perez Collection, Miami; Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Modena; Ca.Sa Collection, Chile; Bulgari Collection, Rome; The Space Collection, Los Angeles amongs others.

ESTE FOCUS

Booth walkthrough with the artist
Pedro Tyler

In Spanish, without translation.
Open to the public.

January 6
5:30 PM
Pavilion VIK

CURATORIAL VISION

For ESTE ARTE 2026, 12th edition, Galería del Paseo presents Pedro Tyler’s project “Event Horizon”, created especially for the public of ESTE ARTE and Uruguay. Borrowing its title from astrophysics, the project reflects on the threshold of a black hole, where space and time collapse. Tyler’s sculptures—composed of deconstructed rulers—form architectural collisions that activate the booth space. Two large works pierce the wall facing the fair’s entrance, creating glimpses between interior and exterior, folding them into a single perceptual field. “Event Horizon” situates viewers within a paradoxical space where measurement fails, proposing sculpture as both a physical and temporal experience that resonates with Uruguay’s coastal horizon.

BIO

Pedro Tyler (Uruguayan, b. 1975) studied Fine Arts at Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile, graduating with highest honors in 2001. Over two decades, he has developed a distinctive body of work that employs rulers and measuring devices as metaphors for time, space, and the impossibility of precise measurement. His sculptures—cut, bent, and recomposed from these instruments—engage philosophical paradoxes and cosmological themes, expanding the dialogue between art, science, and perception. Tyler has exhibited widely across Latin America, the U.S., and Europe, and his works are in collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; SPACE Collection, Los Angeles; P.O.C., Brussels; CCU, Santiago; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Bogotá; and several institutions in Montevideo. He lives and works in Santiago.

CURATORIAL VISION

For ESTE ARTE 2026, 12th edition, Galería del Paseo presents the collaborative project “Land Rituals”, conceived especially for the public of ESTE ARTE and Uruguay. Randall-Weeks will install a sculptural environment on Galería del Paseo’s terrace, integrating industrial and natural materials to evoke cycles of construction and erosion. In dialogue, Azul Caverna will stage a site-specific performance at Playa Vik, activating the landscape through movement and ritual gestures. Together, the works bridge architecture, body, and environment, reimagining social and ecological interdependence in the coastal context of José Ignacio.

BIO

Ishmael Randall-Weeks (Peruvian, b. 1976) lives between Peru and New York. Trained at Bard College and Skowhegan, he has exhibited internationally at MoMA PS1, The Drawing Center, Museo de Arte de Lima, MACRO Rome, Bronx Museum, MFA Boston, and in biennials including Havana, Cuenca, and Greater New York (PS1). His practice explores architecture, landscape, and social systems through sculpture and installation.
Azul Caverna (Argentine, b. 1979), based in Mendoza, has presented performances and installations across Latin America and Spain, including Pinta Miami (2024), Inconsciente (Galería del Paseo, Lima, 2023), and projects at ESTAMPA/IFEMA and ARTESANTANDER. Her work often addresses embodiment, ritual, and the intersections of art and ecology.

CURATORIAL VISION

Curated by Jacqueline Lacasa
Guillermo García Cruz's exhibition for ESTE ARTE 2025 presents a sophisticated interplay of constructivist structures reinterpreted through the lens of contemporary technology. The artist explores the dynamics of image construction in an age dominated by information processing, where screens serve as artifacts that erode the image with unpredictable distortions. García Cruz employs chromatic pigments that react to signal adjustments, allowing the speed of information to manifest as a disruption in the visual narrative. Time itself becomes a force of disruption within the image, as vibrations create a tension between the presence and absence of form. The work invites viewers to engage with the space between these moments of disappearance, where the potential for construction arises. This narrative is further deepened through García Cruz's sculptures, where black marble pieces are subtly altered with fine lines that define their identities. These pieces, along with three specially designed volumes, extend the exhibition’s key concepts into the realm of spatial experience. The inclusion of functional furniture transforms these pieces into dynamic, living elements within the exhibition space. Through the vibrational distortions of geometric forms, García Cruz captures the dynamic structures of contemporary aesthetics, offering a poignant reflection on the impact of technology and information in shaping visual culture.

BIO

Guillermo García Cruz (1988, Montevideo) is a Visual Arts professor at the IPA (Instituto de Profesores Artigas) in Montevideo, Uruguay. He has also studied at Washington Studio School and Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in Washington, D.C., USA. In Uruguay, his work has been exhibited individually at the Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo in Montevideo and internationally in exhibitions in Lima, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Miami, Washington DC, New York, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Timisoara, and Tianjin. Among various accolades, in 2019, he was recognized globally as one of the 12 emerging artists to watch by the Ibero-American site Arte Informado. Currently living and working between the United States and Latin America, García Cruz has developed an interdisciplinary body of work that spans painting, photography, sculpture, action, and installation. His work explores contemporary approaches to geometric issues and the conceptual interpretations stemming from their formal disruption. Recently, his work has been included in the collections of CIFO – Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (Miami, USA), Jorge Pérez Collection (USA), the Collection of Northwestern University (Chicago, USA), DC Collection (Bogotá, Colombia), Luis Bassat Collection (Barcelona), Alberto and Ginette Rebaza Collection (Lima), and the MACA (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry, Uruguay), among other international private collections.

Ana Tiscornia (1951, Uruguay)
Azul Caverna (1979, Argentina)
Guillermo García Cruz (1988, Uruguay)
Marco Maggi (1957, Uruguay)
Nelson Ramos (1932-2006, Uruguay)
Pedro Tyler (1975, Uruguay)
Rimer Cardillo (1949, Uruguay)

Ana Tiscornia (1951, Uruguay)
Azul Caverna (1979, Argentina)
Guillermo García Cruz (1988, Uruguay)
Marco Maggi (1957, Uruguay)
Liliana Porter (1941, Argentina)
Mariella Agois (1956, Peru)
Martina Quesada (1987, Argentina)
Nelson Ramos (1932-2006, Uruguay)

Claudia Casarino (1974, Paraguay)
Claudia Coca (1970, Perú)
Gerardo Goldwasser (1961, Uruguay)
Pablo Uribe (1962, Uruguay)

Rimer Cardillo (1949, Uruguay)
Ignacio Iturria (1949, Uruguay)
Marco Maggi (1957, Uruguay)
Ricardo Pascale (1942, Uruguay)
Liliana Porter (1941, Argentina)
Nelson Ramos (1932, Uruguay)
Martín Sastre (1976, Uruguay)
Fidel Sclavo (1960, Uruguay)
Ana Tiscornia (1951, Uruguay)
Pedro Tyler (1975, Uruguay)
Pablo Uribe (1962, Uruguay)
Ernesto Vila (1936, Uruguay)

Daniel Escardó (1957-2018, Uruguay)
Álvaro Gelabert (1964-2018, Uruguay)