Carolina Raquel Antich
dal 16/11/2005 al 7/1/2006
Segnalato da
16/11/2005
Carolina Raquel Antich
Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
The exhibition includes paintings, drawings and video animation. To the artist, her work represents a 'negotiation' between the child and adult space, the constant comparison between the inside and outside, vulnerability and endurance, that allows us each to survive childhood.
Di punto in bianco (All of a sudden)
Florence Lynch Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo
exhibition of artist Carolina Raquel Antich. Concurrently exhibiting in
the Venice Biennale, in the Giardini's Venice Pavilion, this exhibition
is a continuation of the Venice dialogue and will include paintings,
drawings and video animation. The exhibition is view from November 17
through January 7, 2006. An opening reception will be held at the
gallery on Thursday, November 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
These images are not documentation of childhood nor are they
documentation of memories of childhood. They function more like a moment
when we manage to reinhabit a memory, reliving the complexity of keeping
a stiff upper lip even as we endure a broken arm. 'My imagination is
more directly from the world of a child,says Antich, 'But revisited
with more significant rigor.' Indeed, these gems of images condense
those moments of terror, torture, and relief'perhaps, the inescapable
reality of childhood'with the fearlessness that only an adult can conjure
many years after the trauma has passed. To Antich, her work represents a
'negotiation' between the child and adult space, the constant comparison
between the inside and outside, vulnerability and endurance, that allows
us each to survive childhood.
Some have suggested that these works are commentary on contemporary
events'Columbine or Jean-Benet Ramsey'so scary that they have irrefutably
erased innocence from our understanding of childhood. Others have
credited Antich with conjuring up child-like metaphors of adult behavior,
making war, for example, more up-close and personal by putting the
weapons in the hands of children. But, the complicated truth is that
childhood does not need the amplification of media imagery and news
headlines to be a terrifying experience in and of itself.
Antich seems
to understand this fundamental truth, or more pointedly, remembers her
own childhood truths, and limns her seemingly simple renderings with an
aura of inescapable tragedy.
Barbara Pollack, catalogue essay excerpt
Born in Rosario , Argentina , Antich Lives and works in Venice . She has
exhibited extensively in Europe and South American. Awards include,
(Prize for Young Italian Art) 2005 Finalist, Premio per la giovane arte
italiana, 51st Edition Venice Biennale. 2003, Premio Bevilacqua La Masa
87 mostra collettiva. 1998, Corso Superiore de Arti Visive, visiting
Professor Hamish Fulton, Fondazione Ratti, Como. 1995, Grant,
perfezionamento per giovani artisi, director Guillermo Kuitca, Fondazione
Proa, Buenos Aires.
She is currently exhibiting in 'Altre Lilith. Le Vestali dell'Arte -
Terzo Millennio' at the institution Scuderie Aldobrandini in the Comune
di Frascati, Roma, with artists Vanessa Beecroft, Bruna Esposito, Tracy
Moffatt, Mariko Mori, Orlan, Lucy Orta, Margot Quan Knight, among others.
Project Space: Theresa Hackett: Cumulus (painting installation)
Opening: November 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Florence Lynch Gallery
531-539 West 25th Street - New York
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m.