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Sector 1 Gallery: '𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘖𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴'

January 08, 2025 | Cosmina Marcela OLTEAN ArtPage

'𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵' by Arantxa Etcheverria at Sector 1 Gallery in Bucharest

January 07, 2025 | Cosmina Marcela OLTEAN ArtPage

The ensemble of works presented by Arantxa Etcheverria (@arantxa_etcheverria) in the exhibition comprises the performance Alphabet, alongside new sculptures and objects reflecting on the visual and symbolical affinities between language and architecture.

Incorporating Suprematist or Constructivist influences, her practice also draws inspiration from religion, tradition or myths. Arantxa Etcheverria (born in 1975, France) lives and works in Bucharest and in France.

The artist studied visual art at Villa Arson in Nice, and scenography and costumes at the National Theatre of Strasbourg. Since 2014, she developed an artistic practice in relation to the Modernist architecture of a forgotten Bucharest, creating works that fascinate with their elegant aesthetics. Whether it is painting, sculpture, installation or photo and video montage, her creations are the result of a meticulous analysis of the geometry of space.

“The performance Alphabet by French artist Arantxa Etcheverria is complementary to her current solo exhibition at Sector 1 Gallery. Since 2014, the practice of Arantxa Etcheverria developed in relation to the modernist architecture of her studio in Bucharest, expanding into new works that fascinate with their elegant aesthetics. Whether it is painting, sculpture, installation or photo and video montage, her creations are the result of a meticulous analysis of the geometry of space.

The performance takes as central inspiration the myth of the Babel tower. In the choreography, the bodies of performers become letters, reproducing one alphabet, speaking of a world where language was the same for all, as it was in the beginning of time before God’s punishment, according to the biblical myth. Etcheverria employs careful attention to the set-up of architectural elements and costumes that form a mise-en-scene. Whilst presenting us with something real, these architectural forms and set-ups also give free reign to the imagination” - curator Cristina Bută.

Concept and choreography by Arantxa Etcheverria @arantxa_etcheverria
Exhibition curated by Cristina Bută @crissbuta

Performers: Maria Mora, Eliza Trefas, Mara Verhoogt
Courtesy of Arantxa Etcheverria and Sector 1 Gallery

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Info & photo credits: Sector 1 Gallery

Argentina

Sofía Torres Kosiba and the reign of the Bird Woman at the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires

May 23, 2023 | nadiaevangelina

"Bravaria" is the first solo exhibition of Sofía Torres Kosiba, Argentine artist, and curator, held at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires under the curatorship of Raúl Flores. In Bravaria, an invented kingdom, the Bird Woman reigns, incarnated in Sofía Torres Kosiba, who dialogues with birds, evoking public spaces and the historical past of the ruined statues.

Sofía Torres Kosiba

The artist takes a humorous look at themes such as eroticism, violence, and everyday alienation through a group of grotesque and absurd sculptures and a sinister video performance. "Brevaria" reveals the construction of this territory that the artist Sofia Torres Kosiba began to build since her childhood, even without knowing it, and in which the heritage of family stories is mixed with regional mythology.

The "Bear Cave" represents the place that the artist and her friends used to frequent in her childhood and adolescence, surely a place that awakened her fantasy and fantastic adventures, but which in reality is a forbidden red zone. In the video performance, the artist embodies the Bird Woman, sovereign of Bravaria. Her dialogue with the birds evokes the public spaces and the historical past of its collapsed picturesque statues, to transform them through a parodic and dreamlike gaze into a dreamlike present in which opposite feelings such as tenderness and terror are reconciled.

The characters, or what is left of them, strange forms, between humanoids and animals, are made of cement, iron, and foam rubber. They are disposable materials that respond to the use of the precarious. They have a rigid character but their interior is soft; they look like monuments, they remain immobile, waiting to start moving, perhaps heavily, and they are thrown as if by a strange force to the place they occupy.

Sofia Torres Kosiba

The exhibition is part of the Museum of Modern Art's project to build a more federal museum, including artists from all provinces, as is the case of Sofia Torres Kosiba, from the province of Cordoba.

Sofia Torres Kosiba is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, postgraduate teacher, specialist in performance studies, graduated from the University of Cordoba. She has exhibited in galleries in Latin America and Europe. Among her presentations are "Y si pudiera lo invadiría todo" (Museo Caraffa), "Estado de dicha" (Pabellón México), "El reino inexistente" (Museo de las mujeres, Córdoba), and "Tesoro" (Fundación Fortabat 2022-23).

Sofia Torres Kosiba

Location: Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Av. San Juan 350, C1147 AAO, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Opening Date: 28th April 2023

End Date: 31st July 2023

Working hours: Monday: 11am to 7pm

Wednesday-Friday: 11am to 7pm

Saturday-Sunday: 11am to 8pm

Official website:

https://museomoderno.org/

https://www.instagram.com/modernoba/

Participating Artist:

Sofía Torres Kosiba

Sector 1 Gallery: '𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘖𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴'

'𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵' by Arantxa Etcheverria at Sector 1 Gallery in Bucharest

Sofía Torres Kosiba and the reign of the Bird Woman at the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires

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