GALERÍA SUR
Punta del Este | Uruguay
Director | Martín Castillo
Galería SUR was founded by Jorge Castillo and Martín Castillo in 1984 in Punta del Este. It is currently directed by Martín Castillo and has a modern space in La Barra. Since its inception it has been linked to the artistic and cultural environment of the Río de la Plata, helping to consolidate the identity of Uruguayan and River Plate art abroad. It represents the masters of modern Latin American art, as well as the Concrete and Kinetic art movements of the Río de la Plata, without neglecting important contemporary artists.
ESTE ARTE 2024
ESTE ARTE 2023
Eduardo Cardozo (1965, Uruguay) | Marcelo Legrand (1961, Uruguay) | Sebastián Sáez (1974, Uruguay)
ESTE ARTE 2022
Eduardo Cardozo (1965, Uruguay) | Federico Arnaud (1970, Uruguay) | Ignacio Iturria (1949, Uruguay) | Juan de Andrés (1941, Uruguay) | Marcelo Legrand (1961, Uruguay) | Sebastián Sáez (1974, Uruguay)
ESTE JOURNAL 2021
Eduardo Cardozo (1965, Uruguay) | José Pedro Costigliolo (1902-1985, Uruguay) | Marcelo Legrand (1961, Uruguay) | María Freire (1917-2015, Uruguay)
ESTE ARTE 2020
Eduardo Cardozo (1965, Uruguay) | Pedro Figari (1861-1938, Uruguay) | José Gurvich (1927-1974, Uruguay) | Marcelo Legrand (1961, Uruguay) | Miguel Angel Pareja (1908-1984, Uruguay) | Joaquín Torres García (1874-1949, Uruguay)
ESTE ARTE 2019
Antonio Berni (1905-1981, Argentina) | Eduardo Cardozo (1965, Uruguay) | José Pedro Costigliolo (1902-1985, Uruguay) | Pedro Figari (1861-1938, Uruguay) | María Freire (1917-2015, Uruguay) | José Gurvich (1927-1974, Uruguay) | Marcelo Legrand (1961, Uruguay) | Julio Le Parc (1928, Argentina) | Hilda López (1922-1996, Uruguay) | Amalia Nieto (1907-2003, Uruguay) | Miguel Angel Pareja (1908-1984, Uruguay) | Amalia Polleri (1909-1996, Uruguay) | Joaquín Torres García (1874-1949, Uruguay)
ESTE ARTE 2018
Antonio Berni (1905-1981, Argentina) | Eduardo Cardozo (1965, Uruguay) | José Pedro Costigliolo (1902-1985, Uruguay) | María Freire (1917-2015, Uruguay) | Marcelo Legrand (1961, Uruguay) | Julio Le Parc (1928, Argentina) | Joaquín Torres García (1874-1949, Uruguay)
ESTE ARTE 2017
Antonio Berni (1905-1981, Argentina) | Eduardo Cardozo (1965, Uruguay) | José Pedro Costigliolo (1902-1985, Uruguay) | Pedro Figari (1861-1938, Uruguay) | María Freire (1917-2015, Uruguay) | José Gurvich (1927-1974, Uruguay) | Marcelo Legrand (1961, Uruguay) | Julio Le Parc (1928, Argentina) | Hilda López (1922-1996, Uruguay) | Amalia Nieto (1907-2003, Uruguay) | Miguel Angel Pareja (1908-1984, Uruguay) | Amalia Polleri (1909-1996, Uruguay) | Joaquín Torres García (1874-1949, Uruguay)
ESTE ARTE 2016
ESTE ARTE 2015
What is your ideal type of collector? From our point of view, an ideal collector is one who is passionate about the artist and values him deeply. Because even if the purchase of art is, very often, both a reflective and an impulsive act, it is above all else an act of passion for an artist or movement.
What, on the contrary, is the sort of collector you try to avoid at all cost? Those collectors who only see art as an investment fund, who don’t fall in love with the works they buy. However, sometimes someone who starts buying art only as an investment ends up connecting with their work and, consequently, ends up falling in love with the collection they built.
Who is the collector from whom you have learnt the most, and why? Artists are at the same time collectors. Thanks to them, in particular to Joaquín Torres García, is that we have a passionate interest in primitive arts. With their sensitivity they have brought us closer to a world where African, Pre-Columbian, popular and Brut art, among many others, mix.
What, if any, is the mistake you would never make again? Not having better documented the work of GALERÍA SUR over the last 30 years. What, if any, is the best deal you have ever made? The one we haven’t made yet, because we are always going to be making a better one.
