Carla Zaccagnini 2013/14
The Argentinian artist Carla Zaccagnini (born 1973 in Buenos Aires, lives and works in São Paulo and Malmö) draws on a broad range of artistic media and strategies for specific projects. Her works are characterised by a systematic engagement with verbal and visual communication and a playful exploration of new contexts and meanings. Zaccagnini's exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien shows drawings from the series "Impossible but Necessary: Après-coup" that she created while visiting the Soviet war memorial in Berlin-Treptow. Her eye had been caught by the reliefs depicting war scenes and explosions – moments that destroy material form and that for Zaccagnini represent abstract breaks in the narrative structure. Using the technique of "frottage", she took a rubbing from the uneven surface with paper and charcoal, thus converting her motifs into an abstract form and completely removing them from their original context.
Education/selected grants:
| 2012 | pArtage, Flic en Flac, Mauritius |
| 2011 | Beta Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 2007 | IAPSIS, Stockholm |
| 2001–2004 | Poéticas Visuais, Escola de Comunicação e Artes USP (Master) |
Selected solo shows:
| 2013 | Pelas bordas, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo |
| 2011 | Plano de falla, Ignácio Liprandi Arte Contemporâneo, Buenos Aires |
Selected group shows:
| 2014 | 8th Berlin Biennale, Berlin |
| 2013 | In Lines and Realignments, Simon Lee Gallery, London/Hongkong |
| 2012 | Bénin Biennale, Cotonou |
| 2012 | Shanghai Biennale, City Pavilions, Shanghai |
| 2011 | Um outro lugar, MAM, São Paulo |
Exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien:
Carla Zaccagnini – "Impossible but Necessary"
7 March to 30 March 2014
Opening 6 March 2014, 7pm
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue (Portuguese/Spanish/English):
Carla Zaccagnini – The Madman Sees What He Sees, with essays by Teresa Riccardi and Kiki Mazzucchelli, ed. by Nicola Müllerschön and Christoph Tannert, Dortmund: Kettler, 2014.