Livia Marin
Bio
Livia Marín is a Chilean artist based in London. His work has been characterized by his large installations and the appropriation of massive commercial products.
His work initially started from the social and political context of Chile in the nineties, which went from being an openly disciplinary regime, after seventeen years of dictatorship, to an economic regime, no less disciplinary for this, with a strongly neo-liberal agenda.
Statement
Marín employs techniques and strategies that are characteristic of sculpture, installation, and process art. It uses everyday objects to observe the nature of our behavior around objects, in an age dominated by mass production, standardization, and global circulation. By appropriating objects, her work seeks to offer a reflection on how we individualize our relationship with them. She reflects on how in a materialistic and non-religious society, identities are designated through material goods derived from consumerism. This significant but sometimes overlooked aspect of contemporary life forms the perimeter of his practice.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
