Fabric, thread and embroidered cotton
12 of 20 curtains, dimensions variable<\/p>\n
Studies<\/em>, 1996 – 2018 Un argentino perdido en Chile<\/em> [An Argentinean Lost in Chile], 2019 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Press Release: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Von Bartha, Basel announces an exhibition of new works from the Chilean artist Felipe Mujica, running from January 25 to March 9, 2019. Appropriating its title from a 1967 Velvet Underground song, the exhibition presents three projects which intertwine and complement each other, conceptually, spatially and historically: a selection of recently commissioned curtain-works, a collection of studies made by the artist since 1995, and an artist book in the form of homage to the Argentinean concrete artist Claudio Girola. The show marks the artist\u2019s second exhibition with the gallery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There Are No More Exotic Countries in Latin America <\/em>(2018), unites a series of 20 curtains made collectively by a group of volunteers for the exhibition Shout Fire!<\/em>, curated by Mariangela Mendez-Prenke at R\u00f6da Sten Konsthall in Gothenburg, Sweden last Summer. Created as part of an open workshop where individuals of different ages and levels of embroidery expertise (mostly women) worked side by side with the artist, the process became a horizontal and collective learning experience. Over the course of two weeks, textile knowledge and personal histories were exchanged between Mujica and the embroiderers, at moments interrupted by Fika <\/em>– the traditional Swedish coffee break \u2013 whereby the artist witnessed the curtains gently adapt to the context of their production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The collection of Mujica\u2018s studies on display at von Bartha represents a selection from a larger body of work by the artist, comprised of drawings, collages, computer drawings\/printouts and documentation in the form of color photographs, slides, and video. Preparatory work for Mujica\u2019s final installations, they reveal a process of evolution from mostly 2-D mural pieces towards more objectual, spatial and architectural works \u2013 encompassing time spent by the artist working across Santiago and more recently, New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The final work, an artist-book titled Un Argentino perdido en Chile <\/em>[An Argentinean Lost in Chile] (2019), pays homage to the Argentinean artist Claudio Girola, who moved to Chile in the early 1950s and became a teacher at the school of architecture and design within the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Valparaiso. Divided into three chapters, the book presents the lesser-known aspects of Girola\u2019s sculptural experiments. The text and visual essay serve as a very personal, semi-factual, semi-fictional interpretation of Girola\u2019s history and motivations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selection of drawings, collages, ink-jet prints, and documentation as photos, slides and video.
Dimensions variable<\/p>\n
Risograph and ink-jet print, edition of 100
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