Alicia Larraín Chaux
Bio
Chilean Visual Artist, researcher in new technologies. Her work has its foundation on the constructivist currents emanating from the historical avant-garde, where they concur from Torres García to Matilde Perez.
She study Bachelor of Art (1973-1974), Bachelor of Design, Maximum Distinction (1992), at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and
Postgraduate in Semiotics at the University of Chile (2006-2007).
She has an extensive curriculum of individual and collective exhibitions
both in Chile and abroad, with her works in these collections.
Alicia Larraín is the creator and executor of the COCREADOR@S Art and Music Therapy Workshop to children from Sename and women from Sernam (2005-2009) with the University of Valparaíso.
Statement
My EXHIBITION PROPOSAL is composed of DIFFERENT BODIES of the same work that complete its inspiring concept, as it is “DAMERO” exposed next to this work.
“FRAGMENTED WOMAN”
Fragmented Woman, sculptural installation that starts from a painting of mine in acrylic pigment on canvas, showing a female face. I photograph the painting, geometrize it in 16 squares and take it to print complete on white polymer plate of 1.60mt x 1.60mt. The polymer plate is divided and cut into 16 squares of 40cmx 40cm each. Each square in turn carries a diagonal cut.
I recompose and assemble the initial image of the woman´s face, joining and ringing each cut with spirals. Once the assembled work is ready, I adapt its assembly to the exhibition space. Its ductility in shape and movement by the cuts and spirals that compose it, allows its assembly in endless ways. Crawling on the floor, climbing a wall or columns, floating in space, etc. Its visibility as a three-dimensional body changes according to the point of view and movement of the viewer.
The CONCEPT of the work alludes to the multiple roles assigned as “SEX WORK” imposed on women, as humorously recorded questionnaires of the past.
Additional information
Expuesta en el MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Univ. Austral, Valdivia, Chile
Barcas: 7mt largo x 7mt alto, representando nuestro cuerpo espiritual. Tubos de acero inoxidable espejo, cilindrados para dar curvatura, símil a la parte inferior de la @arroba, representando nuestro viaje virtual universal.
Verso de 5 líneas que aparece en la parte superior de la imagen de esta obra, se presenta cinéticamente, avanzando rítmicamente, recortada e iluminada por leds rojos en los bordes de hierro del estanque contenedor de 4 toneladas de carbón piedra.
