reginawebRegina José Galindo
Urgent Issues / Urgente
Curator: Ruxandra Balaci
10.02 – 20.04.2010

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Co-produs de / Co-produced with: PrometeoGallery di Ida Pisani, Milan/ Lucca
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Vernisaj/ Opening: miercuri/ Wednesday, 10.02.2010, 18.30h
Performance: Object of Cult
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Premiata cu Leul de Aur pentru tanar artist in 2005 la Bienala de la Venezia, Regina José Galindo foloseste performance- ul si propriul corp ca principale instrumente in procesul artistic. Printr-un fel de re-enactment, artista se substituie celor slabi si umili, celor torturati sau oprimati, punand in scena situatii-limita. Propriul ei corp delicat, feminin este maltratat, intr-un fel de “auto-expunere” si substituire altruista la o varietate de traume impuse celorlalte fiinte umane in regimuri politice opresive. Discursul Reginei José Galindo face trimitere si la alte lucrari din zona activista si gender issues cu referiri la mituri ancestrale samanice si gesturi de exorcizare cum ar fi cele ale Anei Mendieta, Sigalit Landau, ritualuri ale rezistentei ca la Tania Bruguera sau la Teresa Margolles, cu instalatii impresionante despre moarte si marginalii societatii.

Centrata pe problematici dure ale unei umanitati asuprite, expozitia Urgent Issues prezinta o selectie a celor mai importante lucrari realizate intre anii 1999 si 2009, si va fi urmata de un catalog publicat de PrometeoGallery.

Regina José Galindo (Guatemala City, 1974) a participat la Bienala de la Venezia in 2001, 2005 si 2009. In 2005 a primit Leul de Aur pentru tanar artist. Lucrarile se afla in diverse colectii publice sau private si au o expunere prestigioasa cum ar fi PS1 New York, Le Plateau Paris, CIFO Miami, Smak Ghent, Tirana Biennale, Museo de Arte Moderna de Guatemala, TEOR/ética Costa Rica.

Ruxandra Balaci este curator si Director Artistic MNAC

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Having been awarded the Golden Lion for Best Young Artist at the Venice Biennale in 2005, Regina José Galindo uses performance and her own body as main devices in the artistic process. Through a kind of re-enactment, the artist substitutes herself to the weak and the humble, to the tortured and the oppressed, staging limit situation. Her own delicate, feminine body is mistreated, in a kind of “self-exposure” and unselfishly substituting herself to various traumas inflicted upon other human beings in oppressive political regimes. Regina José Galindo’s discourse thus relates to other works in the activist area and gender issues with reference to ancestral shamanic myths and exorcising gestures such as Ana Mendieta’s and Sigalit Landau’s, to the rituals of resistance in Tania Bruguera’s and Teresa Margolles’ work: impressive installations over death and the excluded of society.

Focusing on tough issues of an oppressed humanity, Urgent Issues presents a selection of the most important works created between 1999 and 2009 and will be followed by a catalogue edited by PrometeoGallery.

Regina José Galindo (Guatemala City, 1974) took part in the Venice Biennale in 2001, 2005 and 2009. In 2005 she was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Young Artist.  Her works are now in several public and private collections and have been exhibited in many prestigious venues, including PS1 New York, Le Plateau Paris, CIFO Miami, Smak Ghent, Tirana Biennale, Museo de Arte Moderna de Guatemala, TEOR/ética Costa Rica.

Ruxandra Balaci is a curator and Artistic Director of MNAC Bucharest

DISCLAIMER:
THE CONTENT OF THE WORKS EXHIBITED IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR AN AUDIENCE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD.

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Parteneri / MNAC Partners: BRD Groupe Societe Generale, Novotel
Sponsori / Sponsors: Murfatlar
Parteneri media / Media Partners: Igloo, Arhitectura, 24 Fun, Rfi Romania, feeder.ro, Cocor MediaChannel

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