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Workshop of Research Artistic
Production and Contexts of Creation
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Angela González
Participant
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Spilling myself, photographic |
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Angela González
Water. Some time ago, water irrupted into my work. Maybe it happened while
I was trying to draw on a misty mirror, or through the latent image of
my son scribbling on the floor with some spilled drops of water. The point
is that one day I found myself trying to draw on water: a vain, absurd
attempt. What water did permit me was to catch images on paper or on the
floor, even for a few minutes. Thus the series of works that originated
from this deal with a "now you see it-now you don't" quality
of the image and from the primitive attempt at scribbling.
...and water (resounding-serene word) spills. At the beginning I can only
keep images of water overflowing a container, of my feet getting wet...
Action gains protagonism and drawing becomes a pretext. Up till now I
have been showing the outcomes of given actions, including the disappearance
of the drawing, its dissolution, as an action. That is why I feel that
the moment has come when to put my body, to present the action, are completely
necessary, consistent steps in the development of my work process.
Self-portrait. That's me trying to keep my balance. But I cannot help
spilling...and I spill together with the water.
In Derramarme I propose an action. I am running. My hands are firmly holding
this container filled with water. I'm doing my best not to spill it. The
tension that the effort implies imprints a dramatic hue on each drop that
falls and the floor stands for a mute witness of the unavoidable: the
spilled water leaves a trace behind me.
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Angela González Artist, born in 1963 in Tucumán, Argentina. In 1988 she graduated as a Licenciate in Plastic Arts at the School of Art, Tucumán National University. Since 1966 she has been Head of Practice Works at the Workshop Practice Chairs III, IV and V, Painting Workshop "C", School of Art at Tucumán National University. She was a member of several groups devoted to research, artistic production and cultural management, such as FUNDACION EL TALLER, CENTRO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, GRUPO SURCO She participated in several exhibitions, both individual and collective, in Argentina, Spain and the U.S. In 1993 she was awarded a TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP for further higher studies by Tucumán National University. In 1999 she obtained an INICIATION SCHOLARSHIP for reasearch granted by the Research Council at Tucumán National University. She developed her research project over 2000/2001. Since 1995, she has been a member of TENOR GRASSO, a group that earned the IRIS MARGA PRIZE (Tucumán, Argentina) in the category Alternative Entertainment in 1998. The group stages various shows in which she participates, besides devoting to her individual production. At present she is also a member of EL INGENIO collective e-mail geliebano@hotmail.com |