Martín La Roche Contreras
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Born in Santiago Chile (1988), lives in Amsterdam. Martín La Roche studied Visual Arts at the University of Chile in Santiago. In 2015 he completed a postgraduate program at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and since then works between Santiago and Amsterdam. The Mondriaan Fonds supports his practice with a grant for the next four years (2021-2024).
Musée Légitime
Good Neighbour
To see the inability to see
Galleries
Die Ecke, Santiago de Chile
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Design by Astrid Seme Studio, site by Ezekiel Aquino
Musée Légitime
a museum inside a hat.
Musée Légitime for Chinese Whispers, 2017
U10, Belgrade, Serbia.
Group exhibition curated by Ignacio Smulewicz and Ana Rosa Ibañez. Showing a piece by David Bernstein.
Musée Légitime for Chinese Whispers, 2017
U10, Belgrade, Serbia.
With pieces by David Bernstein, Dongyoung Lee, Michiel Hilbrink, Maartje Fliervoet, Astrid Seme, Amílcar Guzmán, Jacqueline Machado de Souza, Miguel Etchepare, Hana Miletic, Thomas Geiger, Sunette Viljoen, Deysi Cruz, Gustavo Solar, Megumi Andrade, Inez Piso, Sanne Vaassen, Martín Kaulen, Vibeke Mascini and Martín La Roche.
Musée Légitime for the Exoteric Department, 2017
MACBA, Barcelona, Spain.
Curated by Jordi Ferreiro. Part of the collection is exhibited as a small exhibition inside the different lockers and the keys are distributed through the different rooms of the museum for the public to discover it freely. More information here.
Musée Légitime for Reverberaciones, 2017
Institut de Moisés Broggi, Barcelona, Spain.
Curated by Jordi Ferreiro. Showing a piece by Megumi Andrade. Photo courtesy of Eva Carasol.
Musée Légitime for Reverberaciones, 2017
Institut de Moisés Broggi, Barcelona, Spain.
Curated by Jordi Ferreiro. Showing a piece by Michiel Hilbrink. Photo courtesy of Eva Carasol.
Musée Légitime (La Coppola) at Villa Romana, 2019
Florence, Italy.
Curated by Marcela Moraga. Showing a piece by Mariko Kuwahara. Photo courtesy of OKNO studio.
Musée Légitime at Villa Romana, 2019
Florence, Italy.
Curated by Marcela Moraga. Showing a piece by Amílcar Guzmán. Photo courtesy of OKNO studio.
Musée Légitime (bowler hat), 2019
Collection unfolding, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Image still from video documentation courtesy Steve Remich and Reiley Wooten.
Musée Légitime (bowler hat), street performance., 2019
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Image still from video documentation courtesy Steve Remich and Reiley Wooten.
Musée Légitime for A potluck for the dead,, 2018
Sunview Luncheonette, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Image still from video courtesy Steve Remich and Reiley Wooten. Showing a piece by Amílcar Guzmán.
Musée Légitime, 2018
Ken Montgomery Apartment, Manhattan, New York, US.
Kitchen presentation.
Musée Légitime (winter hat), 2019
Museum building donated by Jeffrey Stockwell
Musée Légitime Highlights of the Collection, 2019
Exhibition curated in collaboration with gallerist Water MCBeer. Documentation at Water MCBeer website. Press here.
Musée Légitime Highlights of the Collection
Water MCBeer Gallery, New York, US.
Showing pieces by Ignacio Gatica, Rodrigo Hernández, Anna Banana, Daniel La Roche and Constanza Rodríguez. Documentation at Water MCBeer website.
Musée Légitime (Panama hat), 2019
Tongoy, Chile.
Museum building donated by Rocío Chávez. Showing a piece by Timothy Dabriel.
Musée Légitime for Fair Share, 2019
CIAP Kunstverein, Hasselt, BE.
Invited by Joep Vossebeld.
A potential catalogue for the Musée Légitime, 2019
CIAP Kunstverein, Hasselt, BE.
With pieces by Rod Summers, Anna Banana, Ersi Varveri, Javier González Pesce, Thomas Geiger, Katharina Zimmerhackl, Rodrigo Téllez Repetto, Daniel Spoerri, Dongyoung Lee, Michiel Hilbrink, Nives Widauer, Ron Padgett & the estate of Joe Brainard, Adrijana Gvozdenovic, Alejandría Cinque, Joep Vossebeld, Miguel Etchepare, Cedar Lewisohn, Vicente Matte, Keen Montgomery, Amílcar Guzmán, Water McBeer, Anne Callahan, Astrid Seme, Vibeke Mascini and Sanne Vaassen.
Musée Légitime for Home Sequence with Maartje Fliervoet, 2019
Private apartment, Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Showing a piece by Angela Cura.
Musée Légitime for Chapelle Sessions, 2019
Brussels, Belgium.
Curated by David Bernstein for That might be right. Showing a piece by Miguel Etchepare.
Musée Légitime for What can a Dot become?, 2019
Akinci Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Exhibition curated by Stéphanie Saadé. Showing a piece by Paz Errázuriz.
Musée Légitime for What can a Dot become?, 2019
Akinci Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Exhibition curated by Stéphanie Saadé. Photo courtesy of Akinci gallery.
Musée Légitime’s presentation for What can a Dot become?, 2019
Akinci Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Exhibition curated by Stéphanie Saadé. Photo courtesy of Akinci gallery.
Musée Légitime (La Coppola hat), 2019
Showing ceramic pieces by Ruth Krauskopf, Ana María Fernández, J.C. Herman, Matilde Benmayor, Nives Widauer, Paulina Mellado, Marisol Hidalgo, Carola García & Alma the cat and Yeb Wiersma site-specific piece "Sesión Lúcida".
Een Museum in een hoed, 2020
Metropolis M
Cover and magazine feature, interview by Lotte van Geijn,
Een Museum in een hoed, 2020
Metropolis M
Cover and magazine feature, interview by Lotte van Geijn,
Musée Légitime, 2020
Musée du Petit Format, Nismes, BE.
for the 20e Biennale internationale «Petit Format de Papier»
Showing a piece by Camila Marambio.
Musée Légitime (green cap) for Game of Goose, 2020
Salts, Basel, Switzerland.
An exhibition inside the exhibition curated by Stéphanie Saadé. In the photo presenting and eating a work by Matilde Benmayor.
Musée Légitime (green cap) for Game of Goose, 2020
Salts, Basel, Switzerland.
An exhibition inside the exhibition curated by Stéphanie Saadé.
With works by Marcela Moraga, Ron Bernstein, Rob van de Werdt, Marco Gobbi, Baha Görkem Yalim, Matilde Benmayor, Daniel Spoerri, Pilar Quinteros, Thomas Geiger, Timothy Dabriel & Astrid Seme.
Musée Légitime (Green cap), 2020
Musée Légitime for the Small Museum of Paradiso, 2021
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Curated by Rosa Cherim. Showing pieces by Sands Murray-Wassink, Bianca Casady, Marianna Maruyama, Alex Farrar, David Bernstein, Astrid Seme, Inez Piso, Ken Montgomery, Alejandria Cinque and Yeb Wiersma . Podcast of the show here.
Musée Légitime (Brand hat - Agnes B), 2022
Musée Légitime (Brand Hat), 2022
Presentation at the Citadelpark invited by Kiosk, Ghent.
