ARTPOINTS
Maybe you remember that couple that hung an artwork in the Guggenheim Museum to protest against the criteria with which artworks were valued.
Instead of entering the old discussion about the market value versus the artistic value of the artworks, we want to present a proyect who's aim is to create an alternative space for the exhibition of artworks outside the galleries: Art Points.

What is it about?
Basically, it consist of organizing exhibition and promotion of artworks of different international artists through non-stop exhibitions in different places, the art points.An art point can be whichever public space, a hotel, a cafeteria, a restaurant, a shop or even a hairdresser. Any place is valid, if it is visited by a public potentially interested in art.

Artist: Andrew Ortiz.
Artwork: Corazón Sagrado
51 x 61 cm Digital
Actually in:
Cafe La Cuna, Elche

In what is it different from the galleries?
The philosophie of the Artpoints is to present art to a wide public, on the one hand, and to support free expression of the artists, on the other. This last point can be expressed in a more provocative way: to break the monopoly of the galleries and of the art elite, to make the the aspect of "saleability" lose importance and to give more protagonism to purely artistic aspects. The whole activity is organized without an aim of profit.

Artist: R. Wazejewski.
Artwork: Daniel in the Desert
40 x 48 cm Digital
Actually in:
Cafe Alquimia, Elche

Artist: Mary Lozano.
Artwork: Future Window
70 x 50 cm 
Actually in:
Tetería Art-Te, Alicante

Where are they?
The Artpoints are distributed over the whole area:

Alicante:
Peluquería Vicente Millá. vda. Alfonso el Sabio, 48

Muebles Milano. Avda. de la estación, 7

Tetería Art-Te. C/ Maestro Gaztambide, 18

Muebles Ytres. Avda. beito Perz Galdós, 14

Calpe:
Restaurante Los Zapatos. C/ Santa María, 7

Dehesa de Campoamor:
Hotel Montepiedra. C/ Saavedra Fajardo, 1

Denia:
Cybercafé La Red Internet. C/ Colón, 32

Guardamar:
Hotel Parque Mar. C/ Gabriel Miró, s/n

Elche:
Alquimia. C/ Alfonso XII, 19

Café La Cuna. Porta Tafulles, 18

Cyber Café Aldea Digital. Avda. Juan Carlos I

La Zenia:
Hotel Orihuela Costa resort. N. 332

Do you want to know more?
In the website http://artpoints.crosswinds.net you will find all kinds of information, as well about the places that exhibit the works, as about the artists. the website has a gallery in which are presented the artpoints as well as the artists and their works. We've had some problems to see the images, but in truth, we don't know if that's due to our connection or wether it is a problem of the website.

Artist: Thomas Vorce.
Artwork: Winifred (Change to Reno Venus)
30 x 36 cm Digital
Actually in:
Hotel Montepiedra
La Dehesa de Campoamor

Who's behind it?
The foundation Ciudad del Hombre, founded in Madrid in 1972, is the organ the supports this activity, basically organized by two persons: Jan Gielesn, himself an artist, is in charges of the choice  of as well the Artpoints as he artists. Kai Engels is the one that starts the activities on a practical level.

El Sismógrafo. August 2003.