Art Basel Miami Beach | 2023

This presentation brings together the voices of three Latin American female artists whose practices are rooted in concepts related to solutions and issues raised in societies corrupted by patriarchy, colonialism, and exploitation. From three different perspectives, Tania Candiani, Aurora Pellizzi, and Cristina Camacho explore the relations between their own experiences and the impact of cultural narratives from their past and the history of their origins. Using diverse sources of inspiration like Greek mythology, dances, precolonial Mexican rituals or the relationship of women with their own bodies and fluids, these artists propose a necessary conversation about the ways the notion of the body have been meticulously shaped by the concepts implanted by a hetero-patriarchal society.

Aurora Pellizi, whose work is known for her unique approach to textiles, presents a tapestry elaborated on Ayate (precolonial weaving technology) depicting the myth of the Gorgones, the female monster that petrified ancient heroes with their sight.

Cristina Camacho’s paintings delve into the concept of the painting surface as a direct extension of her own physical body, pushing its limits to the extreme. By making precise cuts and waves, she transforms the canvas into another dimension, where the boundaries between dimensionality and sculptural experimentation blur.

Finally, Tania Canidiani’s sculpture pieces are a homage to the traditions and technologies that have resisted the long colonial and postcolonial processes of cultural erasing. Dances and rituals are sophisticated systems of communication that have succeeded in preserving important information about the relations between beings and nature.