Draft:Ariamna Contino Mendoza
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Early Life, Education, and Career[edit]
Ariamna Contino Mendoza was born in Havana, Vedado on May 19th of 1984. She grew up in one of the most centric quarters of the city, belonging to a family of artists. Her father (José Contino) was one of the founders of the Experimental Graphics Workshop of Havana, and her mother (Consuelo Mendoza), is a professor at San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts. For that reason, since she was small she was surrounded by artists, art books, she attended exhibition openings, and visited museums all the time. Observing her parents and their colleagues create their works of art was something common, as well as appreciating Matisse’s works when paging through one of the books used by her mother for her teaching purposes.[1]
She later attended the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts graduating in 2004, and went on to attend various specialized programs by NYU and the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. She also currently teaches at the San Alejandro Academy as a professor of engraving.[2] While she was at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, she learned the Fretwork technique, a basic design element of the engraving process. This technique involves layering sheets of paper to create an image, and influenced her work for years afterward. What really led her to work on paper was its poetic and symbolic nature. “Paper is a raw material, the basis – if one may say so – of any representational process. It’s instinctive and noble; you may tear it, fold it, draw on it and even assemble it. Being both fragile and sharp at the same time allows me to create a duality between delicate and dangerous.” She also states that the monochromatic nature of her work is very important, because it allows only the most prominent features of the piece to stand out.[3]
Her work is typically made of layers and layers of meticulously cut pieces of paper, and her subject matter is primarily portraits, landscapes, and small everyday objects. She makes portraits of famous people, politicians, and historic figures. By making portraits of politicians and manipulating their image, she can create work that makes a statement and the iconic images can be easily understood. Some of her pieces include a series of politician’s portraits with red paper covering the lower halves of their faces. She also created some pieces about the Cuban drug trade. These works are landscapes, made of thousands of cut strands of grass and trees in the background. The grass in the landscapes represents the complexity of the drug trade, and the paper is left white to represent cocaine.[4] She’s also heavily inspired by mass media, and she’s fascinated by “the human capacity to assimilate a certain pattern and reproduce it.”[5] This can be found in her many portraits of celebrities and in her depictions of everyday objects.
During her work she explores subjects related to economics and social problems (statistics series), with the political character (Apneas), violence and death (Arsenal), history (Romances), and religion (Imperfect god). In her most recent work she shares collaborates with Alex Hernández, another Cuban artist. They have individual careers, but share some projects as the Aesthetical militancy (statistics series).[1]
In their most recent installation, the subjects vary greatly. One of the pieces is about the connection between Cuba and the German Democratic Republic. Another is about the collection and collectors of the National Museum of Fine Art in Cuba. Other piece is about the consumption and production of alcohol in Cuba.[1]
Publications[edit]
Geometrie e colori dominano ArtBo, bilancio positivo a Bogotà
Author: Giovanni Gasparini
Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá (Oct. 23-27)
Author: Julia P. Herzberg
Grabar o grabar? Ese no es el problema
Author: Virginia Alberdi[5]
See Also[edit]
Artist website: http://ariamnacontino.com
Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/06/cuban-artists-you-should-know-humberto-diaz-havana-biennale
Galeria Habana: http://www.galerihabana.com/pdf/artistas/ariamna_contino_mendoza_english.pdf
La Acadia Galeria: http://www.galerialacacia.com/artista-cubana-ariamna-contino-acacia
Paddle 8: https://paddle8.com/work/ariamna-contino/41948-no-icon-adele
Cuban Art News: http://www.cubanartnews.org/news/in-pacific-standard-time-looking-at-a-digital-cuba/6371
Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/ariamna-contino
Interview with the artist
References[edit]
- ^ a b c interview with artist
- ^ "Galeria Habana" (PDF). http://www.galerihabana.com/pdf/artistas/ariamna_contino_mendoza_english.pdf. External link in
|website=(help) - ^ Interview with artist
- ^ "Vanity Fair".
- ^ a b "Artist Website".