Bertone, Gurfein & Masvernat at the MACBA...
2:29 p.m.
07/11/16 - Last year, when the MACBA prepared its 2016 programme, it was decided to dedicate the exhibitions to the role of women. It was also around that time that curator Mariana Rodríguez Iglesias conceived an exhibition with three Argentine artists: Carla Bertone, Silvia Gurfein and Julia Masvernat. All of them have works in the museum's permanent collection, that's why there's a certain familiarity between them and Mariana certainly had that into consideration. But, as with all families (Rodríguez Iglesias explains), there are agreements and disagreements. Today, with the exhibition now opened ("Interacciones fundamentales de un cielo estrellado"), we can say that, although the three of them are abstract artists, Bertone connects, Gurfein dissolves and Masvernat hangs. These curatorial words perfectly define the works of each.
Rhombus, by Carla Bertone (2006)
Technique: acrylic on wood / Measures: 169 x 133 cm
MACBA Collection
Jade, by Carla Bertone (2006)
Technique: acrylic on wood / Measures: 53.5 x 40 cm
Torre V de la Tierra al Cielo, by Carla Bertone (2016)
Technique: acrylic on canvas / Measures: 70 x 270 cm
Torre IV, by Carla Bertone
Technique: acrylic
Bertone's compositions present a meticulous chromatic game. However, they look like a twist to the past, to the works of the Argentine concrete artists of the 50s. According to the curator, this can be seen not only in Bertone's studies of those artists, but in the way she answers with her works to the language of perception.
s/t - Serie suspender la tierra firme bajo sus pies, by Julia Masvernat (2016)
Technique: lace-like pieces in pdf and acrylic
s/t - Serie suspender la tierra firme bajo sus pies, by Julia Masvernat (2016)
Technique: lace-like pieces in pdf and acrylic
s/t - Serie suspender la tierra firme bajo sus pies, by Julia Masvernat (2016)
Technique: lace-like pieces in pdf and acrylic
s/t - Serie suspender la tierra firme bajo sus pies, by Julia Masvernat (2016)
Technique: lace-like pieces in pdf and acrylic
In the first basement we find Julia Masvernat's assemblies, made with discarded pieces, cut mistakes and other industrial failures, although most of them look as shapes in process... Her artworks vibrate between opposition: what is to be thrown away and what is to be used? What is abstraction and what's figuration? What's digital and what's artisanal?
La noche necesaria, by Silvia Gurfein
Technique: oil on canvas / variable dimensions
Silvia Gurfein
MACBA
Silvia Gurfein
MACBA
Silvia Gurfein dissolves in the second basement. She works with oils on canvas, as if with them she could cover all the history of Art. With different productions, such as a red sun over a Byzantine golden background or geometric de-compositions, we feel her intense search between contingency and addition.
The three artists complement each other, but each one has a particular aesthetic, where color plays a leading role. As visitors, our perception is activated as soon as we enter. The correct curatorial combination of these three artists perfectly fits the female-centered proposal the museum wants to offer this year.
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