The D.O.P. Foundation is a

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institution with spaces and documentary archives headquartered in

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(Spain),

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(U.S.A.) and Caracas (Venezuela) that operates as an educational and lending resource of modern and contemporary art. The Foundation is dedicated to building a collection that reflects the scope and diversity of the art of our time. This Foundation assists museums striving to present modern and contemporary art in a complex economic and cultural environment. While private collectors usually limit the accessibility of contemporary artists' work, the Foundation makes the collection's works available for loan to museums and university galleries through its "lending library" program. Since its inception in 1999, artworks from the ''D.O.P. Collection'' (Colección D.O.P.) have appeared in exhibitions at nearly 50 museums, universities, web sites and other public venues, and have been viewed by approximately one million persons per year. The Foundation facilitates its lending programs by providing professionals and scholars in the art community opportunities to view, study, and consider the collection´s artworks for exhibitions worldwide. The main educational initiatives of the D.O.P. Foundation are: The D.O.P. Collection, the Lending Library Programme and its ArteDOP/ArtDOP Educational Initiative, all aimed to achieve the excellence in education by a display of exhibitions, a grant & scholarship programs and other activities that allows a direct access of people interested in understanding the importance and enjoy the multiple alternatives that art brings as a fundamental factor for our intellectual, social and emotive development; and these are directed to anyone, from individual beings up to a whole community.

Exhibitions

The exhibitions change often. Some exhibitions on D.O.P. Foundation: * 2009 :

Arturo Herrera Arturo Herrera (born 1959) is a Venezuelan visual artist who exhibits internationally, known for his melding of cartoons and collage. He has had one-person exhibitions at Centre d’Art Contemporain, Dia Center For The Arts, Centro Galego de Ar ...

- "Ruinas Circulares" - José Antonío Hernández Diez en la Colección D.O.P. - * 2010 :

Cy Twombly Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (; April 25, 1928July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor and photographer. He belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Twombly is said to have influenced younger artists such as ...

- "Grey Paintings" - Alejandro Otero - " Presence and Color at the D.O.P. Foundation" - * 2011 : Jesús Rafael Soto - " Abstraction, Pasión & Mouvement" -

Nobuyoshi Araki is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist professionally known by the mononym . Known primarily for photography that blends eroticism and bondage in a fine art context, he has published over 500 books.The number depends on such things ...

- "Desire Objects" - Maria Fernanda Cardoso - "Appearance and Content" -

Chema Madoz __NOTOC__ Jose Maria Rodriguez Madoz (born 1958) better known as Chema Madoz, is a Spanish photographer, best known for his black and white surrealist and poetic photographs. Chema Madoz studied Art History at Universidad Complutense de Madrid b ...

- "Metamorphosis of Thought" -

Robert Longo Robert Longo (born 1953) is an American artist, filmmaker, photographer and musician. Longo became first well known in the 1980s for his ''Men in the Cities'' drawing and print series, which depict sharply dressed men and women writhing in cont ...

- "A Short Fiction" * 2012 : Still:Life /Naturaleza:Muerta (Includes work by Sam Taylor-Wood and

Vik Muniz Vik Muniz (; born 1961) is a Brazilian artist and photographer. Initially a sculptor, Muniz grew interested with the photographic representations of his work, eventually focusing completely on photography. Primarily working with unconventional ma ...

) - Abstraction and Geometry from Southern Cone (include works by Rogelio Polesello, Fernando Maza, J.A. Fernandez Muro and others)- Ramsés Larzábal - "Ser, To Be, Être" -

Paul Signac Paul Victor Jules Signac ( , ; 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Biography Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. ...

- "L´Olympe: Impressions intimes d´une âme errante" - Alberto Asprino - "Antropometrías Indelebles" -

Omer Fast Omer Fast (born in Jerusalem 1972) is an Israeli video artist. Early life and education Born and raised in Israel, Fast spent much of his teenage years in Jericho, New York while his father pursued a medical degree in both countries. He received ...

- "Omer Fast artworks from the D.O.P. Collection" * 2013 : The Landscape. Contemporary & Cutting Edge (Includes work by Jean-Marc Bustamante,

Nayland Blake Nayland is a village and former civil parish in the Stour Valley on the Suffolk side of the border between Suffolk and Essex in England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 938. In 1881 the civil parish had a population of 901. Hi ...

, Nicholas Hakebourne and others) -

Tony Oursler Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...

- "Tony Oursler artworks from the D.O.P. Collection" *2014: "ZERO Exhibition" (in collaboration with) Fundação Iberê Camargo, Museu Oscar Niemeyer y Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.- "Deconstruction & Postmodernism - Session I" (Includes work by

Jeff Koons Jeffrey Lynn Koons (; born January 21, 1955) is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-Surface fi ...

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. His art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Los Angeles Coun ...

Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts as well as co ae ...

, Desire Obtain Cherish) - Sigfredo Chacón Artworks from The D.O.P. Collection" - "Framing (Enmarcando a) Gerd Leufert" (in collaboration with Sala TAC) - *2015: "Vik Muniz" - MOMA Equivalents - Fundación D.O.P. (D.O.P. Foundation), Caracas, Venezuela. - "POP" Peña - Obregón - Perna (in collaboration with Odalys Galería) - "Oswaldo Vigas - Witches y Personages". *2016: "Crying Man Series by

Sam Taylor-Johnson Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson OBE (née Taylor-Wood; 4 March 1967) is a British filmmaker and photographer. Her directorial feature film debut was 2009's ''Nowhere Boy'', a film based on the childhood experiences of The Beatles songwriter an ...

at D.O.P. Collection" - Roberto Obregón "Collages" - "

Gego Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1994), known as Gego, was a modern Venezuelan visual artist. Gego is perhaps best known for her geometric and kinetic sculptures made in the 1960s and 1970s, which she described as "dra ...

: Autobiography of a line" (in collaboration with Dominique Levy Gallery). - "The Delightfully Bizarre World Of Contemporary Ceramics".

References

page 7, {{ISBN, 978-980-6416-27-7
Rolando G. Marrero (Aug. 22, 2012) "Fundacion D.O.P. expone obras de Paul Signac" - Arte en la Red
''TAL CUAL'' (Aug.08, 2011) Yohana Silveira "Erotismo y Muerte en Fundacion D.O.P." Caracas, Back cover,

External links

D.O.P. Foundation website
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