Elizabeth Aro Explained

Elizabeth Aro
Caption:Argentine artist
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known For:Installation Art
Photography

Elizabeth Aro (born 1961)[1] is an Argentine interdisciplinary artist from Buenos Aires.[2] Aro uses fabric to create large-scale site-specific installations, and also uses photographs, drawings, and videos in her exhibitions. Many of her works relate to the perception of space and how individuals define home or where they are from.[3]

Biography

Aro attended the National School of Fine Arts Prilidiano Pueyrredón and the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA), where she majored in art history. Aro was based in Spain for fifteen years and now lives and works in Milan, Italy, though she had been a resident artist at galleries throughout Europe.[4] Many of her pieces are installations that change the narrative of the original work or change the viewer's perception of space. For example, she uses fabric to make roots appear to be going into the space, changing the viewer's perception. Aro's artwork, the "Red Net" series, was used as an example of her time as a migrant outside of Argentina, and to relate and connect to people who have lived in similar conditions. Aro has created many works relating to immigration and opened an exhibition in Spain that featured photographs of immigrants in streets.[5] Much of Aro's work is focused on relationships to home and the effect of relocation upon a person.[6] Aro finds the breaking of gender stereotypes to be important work. She wants to see a change in the view of women as submissive to men, and to break away from the cultural roles men and women often fall into.[7]

Artworks

Danza Nocturna, 2022

The installation consists of an old parachute and leaves made with precious jacquard velvet. Velvet is a symbol of luxury and elegance and the leaf shape that Aro gave to the velvet recalls the Amazon rainforest, they are majestic as nature must be, but the color used, black and gray, symbolizes climate change, recalling those images of environments devastated by recent ecological disasters. The heaviness of the dark velvet leaves, in contrast with the lightness of the parachute, create an effect of drama and disquiet. The artwork suggests that despite our indifference, Nature resists and continues to dance and she reminds us that despite the dark times, we too can continue to dance. [8]

The fragility of hugs or Raíz de Luz, 2020

Necklace, untreated natural bronze color, CAD design, prototyping with a 3D printer, hand-hammered surfaces alternating with glossy areas and engraved areas 24 × 15 cm. [9]

Henry Clew's Cast, 2016

In this art piece, Aro adds brocade fabric to a sculpture by Henry Clew. Aro uses the fabric to make the male subject of the sculpture look to be holding a rope that leads to young children in the base of the sculpture. This art piece is meant to change the narrative of an extant art piece by adding to it in some impermanent way. Before the addition of the fabric, the sculpture had the young children reaching up to the man. With the addition of the fabric, it looks as though the main figure is offering a way for the children to ride up to him.[10]

Santa Sangre, 2015

In this piece, Aro uses brocade fabric to create what appears to be reddish-brown roots coming out of a door. This gives the appearance of nature coming indoors and taking over the space. This can be seen through the size of the roots in relation to the size of the room. With the positioning of the fabric piece, it also appears as though the roots are continuing to grow and spread throughout the space.[11] [12] [13] [14]

Mundo, 2016

This piece, which is made of layered felt, is a large, white sphere that is meant to represent the world falling apart. The landmasses begin to fall south and merge together.[15]

Estudio de Nubes, 2014-2015

Th artwork, which consists of fifty-six pencil drawings of clouds, which the artist uses as a way to demonstrate time and memory. Each column follows one part of the sky as it changes. The artist finds time and memory to be an integral part of her life, and associates time and memory with her experience of moving from one country to another.[16]

Ulivo, 2016

The piece consists of brocade fabric and cotton sewn together. This art piece is a sculpture in the shape of a white tree. It is meant to symbolize life and the circle of life. The roots at the bottom of the piece symbolize the tree's connection to the underworld. The high-reaching branches demonstrate the tree's connection to the heavens or the celestial sphere. This art installation piece often dominates the space it occupies. [17]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Residencies

Collections

Bibliography

References

  1. Web site: Elizabeth Aro . Latin American Art . 29 August 2021.
  2. Book: Latin American Woman Artists, Kahlo and Look Who Else. Puerto. Cecilia. 1996. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.. 0-313-28934-4. United States of America. 3.
  3. Web site: 2019-05-29 . Elizabeth Aro – nuovagalleriamorone . 2019-05-29 . en-US.
  4. Web site: Elizabeth Aro - Artists - Guidi4art. 2016-10-06. Guidi, marine accessories. en-US. 2019-05-29.
  5. Jimenez. Carlos. Winter 2019. Elizabeth Aro: Centro Cultural Rivadavia. Art Nexus. 42. 116.
  6. Frérot . Christine . Fall 1998 . Cachamai . Art Nexus . 29 . 114–115 .
  7. Book: De Leonardis, Manuela. The Blood of Women. Traces of Red on White Cloth. postmedia books. 2019. 9788874902279. 56.
  8. Web site: Elizabeth Aro-San Carpoforo . 2024-03-19 . www.elizabetharo.com.
  9. Web site: 25 May 2021 . La fragilità degli abbracci | Opere | Fragile bellezza .
  10. Web site: Elizabeth Aro-San Carpoforo . 2022-11-06 . www.elizabetharo.com.
  11. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Santa Sangre - Installation in der Moritzkirche Augsburg . YouTube.
  12. Web site: 23 December 2021 . LE SCULTURE IN TESSUTO DI ELIZABETH ARO .
  13. Web site: 18 February 2018 . Elizabeth Aro Santa Sangre 2015 .
  14. Web site: 2018 . Le Fil du Monde, 2018 .
  15. Web site: I mondi poetici di Elizabeth Aro al Filatoio di Caraglio. 27 November 2018.
  16. Web site: Elizabeth Aro. 25 November 2015.
  17. Web site: 15 August 2019 . ULIVO, 2016 .
  18. Web site: 19 March 2024 . Gagliardi and Domke Contemporary . 19 March 2024 . Gagliardi and Domke Contemporary.
  19. Web site: Gagliardi e Domke – Torino Art Galleries . 2024-03-19 . www.torinoartgalleries.it.
  20. Web site: Argentine artist Elizabeth Aro and her Atelier by Elizabeth Aro at Gagliardi e Domke Contemporary - Artland . 2024-03-19 . www.artland.com . en.
  21. Web site: Elizabeth Aro . Art Site Fest . 2024-03-19 . it-IT.
  22. Web site: Art Site Fest . 2024-03-19 . Museo Storico Reale Mutua . en.
  23. Web site: 2023-09-22 . L’importanza della natura nella propagazione del sé: Elizabeth Aro alla IX edizione di Art Site Fest . Artemorbida . 2024-03-19 . it-IT.
  24. Web site: 6 November 2022 . Memoria del presente .
  25. Web site: 20 October 2022 . Personal show Memoria del Presente, 2022 Zaion Gallery direttrice Zaira Berreta - Biella .
  26. Web site: 15 October 2022 . Memoria del presente Elizabeth Aro .
  27. Web site: 23 October 2022 . Elizabeth Aro - CV .
  28. Web site: 24 October 2022 . Trino. Al Principato di Lucedio Danza Nocturna e Figure infinite .
  29. Web site: 29 May 2022 . Elizabeth Aro: Vincerà la Bellezza (Beauty will conquer) .
  30. Web site: 2022-05-29 . Elizabeth Aro: Vincerà la Bellezza . Artemorbida . 2024-03-19 . it-IT.
  31. Web site: Elizabeth Aro-San Carpoforo . 2022-11-06 . www.elizabetharo.com.
  32. Web site: 15 September 2021 . Fiori e Fiamme .
  33. Web site: Elizabeth Aro Biography – Elizabeth Aro on artnet. www.artnet.com. 2019-05-29.
  34. Web site: 20 March 2018 . Brumas Elizabeth Aro .
  35. Web site: 6 November 2022 . Le Fil du Monde .
  36. Web site: 18 October 2019 . Le sculture in tessuto di Elizabeth Aro al Filatoio di Caraglio 26 ottobre .
  37. Web site: 1 March 2019 . Elizabeth Aro - Provisorio para siempre .
  38. Web site: Andrea Rossetti . 2018-01-08 . Finissage Elizabeth Aro, Provisorio para siempre . 2022-11-06 . exibart.com . it-IT.
  39. Web site: 6 November 2022 . Mundo and Los Otros, 2016 .
  40. Web site: Bria . Ginevra . 11 August 2015 . Elizabeth Aro. Los Otros in San Carpoforo .
  41. Web site: 26 February 2015 . Purpurroter Lebensstrom in St. Moritz .
  42. Web site: 28 February 2015 . Die Energie strömt purpurrot .
  43. Web site: 15 November 2013 . REHENES - OSTAGGI DI ELIZABETH ARO E SILVIA LEVENSON .
  44. Web site: 26 March 2014 . Rehens Ostaggi Catalogo show in Rome .
  45. Book: Olivares, Rosa . Elizabeth Aro . Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía . 2004 . 84-8026-243-5.
  46. Web site: Exhibition in Verona - Preziose Prospettive . 2024-03-19 . Kromya Art Gallery . en-US.
  47. Web site: 2023-02-26 . Sculture e gioielli nell'arte di Elizabeth Aro, in mostra a Verona . 2024-03-19 . Arte Argentina . it-IT.
  48. Web site: 24 October 2022 . Elizabeth Aro Superlab .
  49. Web site: bicoccasuperlab . 16 October 2022 . ulivi .
  50. Web site: 23 October 2022 . Curriculum Vitae .
  51. Web site: 6 April 2022 . Elizabeth Aro Open Studio .
  52. Web site: 4 April 2022 . Open Studio Cité Internationale des arts, Paris .
  53. Web site: 19 June 2022 . Dreaming in Red, 2019 .
  54. Web site: 19 June 2022 . Chateau La Napoule, White Gallery, Cannes France .
  55. Web site: 6 November 2022 . Elizabeth Aro . Art Site Fest .
  56. Web site: Gallo . Chiara . 2018-12-27 . Fino al 6.I.2019 Elizabeth Aro Filatoio di Caraglio exibart.com . 2022-11-06 . exibart.com . it-IT.
  57. Web site: Roggero . Paolo . 25 October 2018 . Elizabeth Aro: scolpire con ago e filo .
  58. Web site: 19 October 2019 . Le sculture in tessuto di Elizabeth Aro al Filatoio di Caraglio 26 ottobre .
  59. Web site: 23 April 2018 . I mondi onirici di matita e velluto di Elizabeth Aro .
  60. Web site: "Los Otros" si incontrano a Brera. Elizabeth Aro porta in scene geografie del mondo e del cuore, partendo da sud . 1 August 2015.
  61. Web site: 10 April 2017 . Elizabeth Aro. La memoria, l'equilibrio delle forme e l'altro .
  62. Web site: redazione . 2011-01-25 . C'è anche Elizabeth Aro ad Artefiera. In galleria? No, nell'Exibart-stand… exibart.com . 2022-11-06 . exibart.com . it-IT.

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