Josefina Alen
Bio
Josefina Alen studied painting in the studio of Sergio Bazán and Design, Image and Sound at Buenos Aires University.
She took part in the “Artists Programme 2018” at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. At present, she is participating in “Proyecto Yungas Buenos Aires”, a project directed by Raúl Flores. Her exhibitions have taken place in diverse spaces such as “Torre” in Galería Granate, “Pezón” in Panal 361, “Cover” in Fundación Tres Pinos, “Qué le dijo una pintura a otra?” in Alto Refugio, “Universos Cercanos” in Fondo Nacional de las Artes, “Carne Suave” in Fundación Cazadores and “Faltas Personales” in the University Di Tella. Her latests exhibitions, “Chupín” and “Olfa”, were individual shows which took place in Constitución gallery.
Statement
In my work, painting appears as a medium that allows me to perform certain actions on the world. Subtracting, enlarging, deforming some everyday objects, displacing them from their context and territory in order to carry out emotional displacements of meaning. Objects are detached from my referential world. A pop childhood in the 90s, the grunge spirit and the anatomy of the cartoon. Memory occupies a central place in my painting. Through memory, ordinary objects emerge with a certain nostalgia, and through painting I can capture the emotional connection that links me to them.
