Pequeña Escala (h.l.p), Airmail Painting No. 143, 2002 tincture, sateen, stitching and photosilkscreen on 1 section of duck fabric 82 1/2 x 55 in / 210 x 140 cm Eugenio Dittborn Tinctura Recent airmail paintings "Tinctura", an exhibition of airmail paintings executed by Eugenio Dittborn over the past two years will open at Alexander and Bonin. In these new paintings, his use of tincture, (as opposed to paint) has enabled him to explore the alchemic aspects of painting. The tincture, a dye-like substance, provides a more mobile, translucent means to achieve transmutation of images drawn from cartoons, old engravings, and drawings from how-to-draw books. The fluidity of the tincture, combined with the printed images, appliquéd satin fragments and embroidery result in complex combinations and interpretations. The artist continues to use the international postal system to send his folded "airmail paintings" from one continent to another, and aspires to "infallibly reach places that are far away from the starting point, to break through isolation, separation and international confinement". The folds bear traces of the cultures and political landscapes through which they have traveled. The artist lives and works in Santiago, Chile. His work has been exhibited internationally in numerous museum exhibitions such as "Cocido y Crudo" at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (1994), "Face à l'Histoire 1933-1996", Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1996), "Around 1984: A Look at Art in the Eighties", P.S.1, New York (2000). In 1997 his work was the subject of a survey exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York which traveled to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Santiago (1998). His work can presently be seen at El Museo del Barrio, New York in the exhibition "MoMA at el Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art" and a new multi-panel installation with be included in the forthcoming 26th Bienal de São Paulo (September, 2004). Exhibition: May 22 - June 25, 2004 Gallery hours: Tue-Sat 10am to 6pm Alexander and Bonin Gallery 132 Tenth Avenue USA-New York NY 10011 Telephone +1 212 367-7474 Fax +1 212 367-7337 Email gallery@alexanderandbonin.com www.alexanderandbonin.com |
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