PAULA ISOLA, Argentina
Vrzeli (Loopholes)
To delo je svetišče, sestavljeno iz majhnih keramičnih posod obilja in življenja, ki so preluknjane, ker je deklica, ki ga navdihuje, mrtva. Gre za poklon »Devici« – mumiji iz trilogije »Otroci Llullaillaca« (Children of Llullaillaco), ki se danes nahaja v Muzeju visoke gore (Museo de Alta Montaña) v Salti v Argentini.
Pred stoletji je darovala svoje mlado življenje božanskemu namenu na kraju, najbližjem Soncu, danes pa prenaša starodavno modrost ljudstev, ki so živela v Andih. Po inkovskih verovanjih so se darovani otroci ponovno združili s svojimi predniki, ki so z vrhov visokih gora bdeli nad vasmi.
Material: lesovi dreves raulí, quebracho, palo santo, arrayán, lapacho, sterling srebro, baker in vlakna chaguarja
Tehnika: rezbarjenje lesa, konstrukcija
She is a jeweller, cultural manager and curator; specialist in the production of critical texts and media dissemination of art at the National University of the Arts. She studied industrial design. She also studied drawing, graphic and photography at L’ École Supérieure d’ Arts Visuels, Switzerland, as well as painting and ceramics. In 2006, she began studying contemporary jewelry with Graciela Lescano and attended numerous seminars on specific jewelry-making techniques with different mentors. In 2015, she studied PAC program – Contemporary Artistic Practices at the Gachi Prieto Gallery. In 2022, she was a member of the pre-selection jury for the province of Buenos Aires at the 110th National Salon of Fine Arts 2022. Since 2016, she has organized the Latin American Biennials of Contemporary Jewelry with Laura Giusti, which has been held in four editions to date (labienal.ar). She is the member of the Joyeros Argentinos collective and the Caracú collective, with which she exhibits her work as a jewelry designer. She has participated in group exhibitions of art jewelry in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Instagram: @paulaisolajoyas
