Transgressions
Y.ES Collect Contemporary El Salvador
December 2nd – invite-only, one-night exhibition
1111 lincoln road

Y.ES launches this December 2nd during Art Basel Miami Beach with an invite-only one-night exhibition Transgressions at the signature 1111 Lincoln Road 7th floor venue. An initiative of The Robert S. Wennett and Mario Cader-Frech Foundation, Y.ES is an exchange program working with artists affiliated with the country of El Salvador. Formalizing this past September after supporting a decade of diverse programs for Salvadoran contemporary art, the Y.ES initiative kicked off with an art trip inviting renowned artists Mark Dion and Dana Sherwood and The Contemporary Director Deana Haggag to El Salvador to conduct talks and workshops with local artists. This December—launching officially to the throngs of international art visitors during Art Basel Miami Beach—Y.ES curates Transgressions to explore themes of body boundaries and social interaction supporting the initiatives aim to promote exchange between people, cultures and regions.

Curated by Y.ES Director and Curator Claire Breukel, Transgressions features work by both Salvadoran artists and others who have participated in the program. Works include a 20-foot “Rocket Bar” by famed Salvadoran artist Simon Vega, video works by fellow Salvadoran Crack Rodriguez and Guatemalan artist Regina Jose Galindo. At 9pm Naama Tsabar performs (Untitled) Double Face, featured at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York earlier this year, and is a two-women guitar battle using one of Tsabar’s guitar sculpture on loan from The Robert S. Wennett and Mario Cader-Frech private collection. The 1111 Lincoln Road 7th floor venue will also be intervened with by up-and-coming Salvadoran artist Kevin Baltazar who wraps architectural spaces in his signature green plastic cord, an inexpensive material used to make cheap furniture in his local city of San Salvador.

This exhibition will also be open for viewing on December 2 during the Y.ES event that expects more than 300 VIP guests who will be introduced to Y.ES for the first time. The event is supported by Ron Abuelo, Societe Perrier, Dream Water, and more.