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 An(other) Storyteller is an exhibition featuring the work of artists Maria Laet (Rio de Janeiro, 1982), Lizi Sánchez (Lima, 1975) and Guga Szabzon (São Paulo, 1987) curated by Lassla Esquivel and Beatriz Forti. This exhibition reflects on the notion of single stories as incomplete views of the world. Through their own perspective, the three artists open an infinite number of possibilities to tell many stories. Each story contributes to an inclusive and wider vision, in words of John Berger: "Never again shall a single story be told as though it were the only one."

You can see the VIRTUAL show in Vortic app HERE https://vortic.art/exhibitions/2080

ABOUT THE SHOW: This exhibition reflects on the notion of single stories as incomplete views of the world. Often one story overrides the popular imagery. Sociologists call this cultural hegemony, where the dominant ideology has the power to shape historical narratives and influence beliefs, even societal values through public iconography, press and other material culture manifestations. All of these expressions of memory and historical interpretation can become a one angle vision that reinforces stereotypes. As writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has discussed, the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. Single stories have the power to tell false interpretations of the actual story. It is said that history is told by the victors, but it is on us to also learn the alternative stories, to be aware of the ideas that shape how we make sense of all that surrounds us. Each story contributes to an inclusive and wider vision of the world and its history.

More about Female Voices of Latin America in VORTIC
Female Voices of Latin America ran from 8 March – 2 May 2021

PRESS:

Financial Times – “Beauty and devastation of women’s art from Latin America” 

Wallpaper* –  “Celebrating the female artists of contemporary Latin America”

ABC –  “El grito de las mujeres artistas se escuchará este 8-M desde la red”

Through their own views, as part of the exhibition An(Other) Storyteller, the three artists Maria Laet, Lizi Sánchez and Guga Szabson, open an infinite number of possibilities to tell many stories from different perspectives, in words of John Berger: "Never again shall a single story be told as though it were the only one."

Periferia Projects is a curatorial platform creating connections from Latin America and other emerging markets to the UK and Europe, developing projects with artists from emerging hubs to enhance their visibility and promote collaboration with galleries, artists and institutions. For this project, Maria Laet is presented in collaboration with Galeria 3+1 and Guga Szabzon is presented in collaboration with Galeria Superficie.

LIZI SÁNCHEZ (Lima, 1975)

For this show, Lizi Sánchez’s work highlights that each person has a different approach to narratives, concepts or objects, and can be understood with significant differences depending on the context from where they are seen. Her concern is to reveal not only one, but many stories to be told in each of her works. In Parafrases, she fractures and re-builds the popular saying “La historia se repite” (Times repeats itself). This act allows the viewer to see a re-interpretation of a phrase, in which according to the artist, history can be flipped, disrupted and entangled. Materials are also crucial in Sánchez’s work, with the use of carbon paper and rice paper, she proposes a reading that can be passed along repeatedly time after time, favouring transparency rather than opaqueness.

The ability of replicating something with carbon paper is key in her series Chocolate (Export). In these works the artist meticulously reproduces various designs engraved on Peruvian chocolate bars produced for the international market questioning notions of the authentic and the copy. The titles are also clues to read this Peruvian artist’s work, like Quechua. This artwork parts from the logo of the popular Quechua brand by Decathlon and the colour combinations of the brand’s labels, that she then breaks down, making it unreadable and recovering the word Quechua away from the brand. Finally this action allows diverse interpretations in connection with the ancient Andean language, in an attempt to revert the appropriation by the brand. Lizi Sánchez's body of work consistently signals her interest in identity, representation and its relationship with consumer culture.

GUGA SZABZON (São Paulo, 1987)

Guga Szabzon’s focus is in the process. Her work is about her interaction with the materials. The line is a crucial element in her production. Lines move up and down, not as outlines or borders, but as connections, creating relationships between objects and subjects –like in Eu, Você– nearly a perceptible dialogue between one and another. The threads activate her work and its discourse. Szabzon starts a process that is almost automatised, with gestures that materialise as drawings coming in and out of the fabric. In Azul, the iteration of lines becomes a fleet of tiny boats navigating the felt. Later on, the artist takes over, she appropriates those lines and creates her own narrative –giving voice to those threads, telling different stories. While she starts sewing, it is all about the gesture, the act of sewing is very intimate for her. Sewing is not only a technique, it is a way to connect with her past, with herself.

When Guga was little her grandmother taught her how to sew, but she did not speak Polish and her grandmother did not speak Portuguese. Therefore, sewing was their way to communicate. That is why sewing is not an action but a language for Szabzon. Each thread, each gesture becomes a clue, that all together transforms into a code. This also reveals another important feature of her work: the maps, which also connects to her history. The Brazilian artist inherited a series of maps from her grandmother, some from Poland, some other world maps. Her interest was not only on the geographies, the routes or the territory, but on the societal aspect of it. She intervenes these maps, adding and subtracting elements, repurposing them and its symbols, like in the works Meu País. She creates her own code into a set of maps, almost like a treasure hunt. Her research shapes into her interpretation of the world, a conversation between the different elements, and even games of words, like in A verdade é que ela não existe. The artist takes over and articulates her own language with her own set of maps, but also leaves it unresolved for the viewer to make their own set of stories and codes. “I use maps to talk about myself” she says. These elements become a way of understanding and evolving with her artistic practice, to define herself. The map is almost an autobiographical depiction for Guga Szabson.

Studio Visits online upon request. Available dates in March and April 2021.

The exhibition will be live on vortic.collect app for iphone and ipad from 8 March to 2 May, 2021.

EXHIBITION: https://vortic.art/exhibitions/2080

GALLERY PROFILE: https://vortic.art/galleries/periferia-projects-157

This exhibition is part of Female Voices of Latin America, a collective initiative by Vortic platform, which brings together more than 60 international commercial galleries, institutions and not for profit organisations celebrating the work of over 150 living female artists from across the region. The presentation will be the largest ever of female artists from Latin America, who are often underrepresented in the international art world. This project will launch on the 8 March 2021 to coincide with International Women’s Day and commemorate Women’s Month. Each of the participating organisations will present virtual exhibitions on the Vortic platform available to view online at vortic.art until 2 May 2021. Female Voices of Latin America promotes collaboration and facilitates the exchange of ideas between galleries from 19 different countries represented championing female artists from Latin America, while also paying tribute to artists at all stages of their careers and offering a place of discovery to support their careers.

The initiative has been curated by a selection committee formed by independent curator Kiki Mazzucchelli, Leslie Ramos (Founder, ArtEater), curator Lassla Esquivel Durand (Founder, Periferia Projects) and Alessandra Modiano (Director of Sales, Victoria Miro) invited by Elena Saraceni (Director Special Projects, Vortic).

Participating galleries include major institutions such as Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá (MAMBO) (Colombia), Museo Tamayo (Mexico) and Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC) (Costa Rica), alongside leading commercial galleries including Galeria Nara Roesler (Brazil), Casas Riegner (Colombia), Arróniz Arte Contempoáneo (Mexico) Galería Nora Fisch (Argentina), Instituto de Visión (Colombia), Espacio Minimo (Spain) Labor (Mexico) and Proyectos Ultravioleta (Guatemala).

Works on show will span from 1968 to the present day providing a comprehensive retrospective of the work of generations of female Latin American artists. Highlights will include works by established artists such as Liliana Porter (Galería Caja Negra, Spain), Mónica Mayer (MUMA, Museo de Artistas Mexicanas, Mexico) Beatriz Milhazes and Adriana Varejão (Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel, Brazil); Graciela Iturbide (Patricia Conde, Mexico) and a younger generation including Sol Calero (Crèvecœur, France), Patricia Domínguez (Gasworks, UK) LakeVerea and Cynthia Gutiérrez (Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico), Maria Laet, Lizi Sánchez, Guga Szabzon (Periferia Projects, London & Paris), Lucia Pizzani (Cecilia Brunson Projects, London) and Daniela Libertad and Fritzia Irizar (NF/Nieves Fernandez, Spain).

Female Voices of Latin America will be live on Vortic from 8 March – 2 May 2021.


Exhibitions are available to view online at vortic.art, or on the Vortic Collect app, available to download for mobile and tablet devices from the App Store.

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The full list of participating galleries and institutions of Female Voices of Latin America:

● Abra (Caracas) – (Dulce Gómez)

● A Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro) – Maria Laet, Laura Lima, Ana Linnemann, Renata Lucas,

Aleta Valente)

● Aninat Galería (Santiago) – (Teresa Aninat, Patricia Belli, Mónica Bengoa, Jacinta Besa, Fernanda López, Mariana Najmanovich, Kira Piriz, Catalina Swinburn, Manuela Viera-Gallo)

● Carmen Araujo Arte (Caracas) – (Deborah Castillo, Suwon Lee)

● Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City) – (Francisca Aninat, Marcela Armas, María Edwards, Mónica Espinosa, Luciana Lamothe)

● Barro (Buenos Aires) – (Alejandra Seeber)

● Baró Galeria (São Paulo & Madrid) – (Ana Almeida, Gabriela Monteiro)

● Bergamin & Gomide (São Paulo) – (Lenora De Barros)

● Bisagra (Lima) – Artist to be announced

● Luciana Brito Galeria (São Paulo) – (Regina Silveria)

● Cecilia Brunson Projects (London) – (Lucía Pizzani)

● Casa MA (San José) – (Marilyn Boror Bor, Victoria Cabezas, Natalia Dominguez, Claudia Gordillo, Melissa Guevara, Anel Kenjekeeva, Xenia Mejía, Abigail Reyes, Susana Sánchez Carballo, Haydeé Victoria Suescum, Sussy Vargas Alvarado)

● Casa Triângulo (São Paulo) – (Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Sandra Cinto, Vânia Mignone, Mariana Palma, Lyz Parayzo, Manuela Ribadeneira, Marcia Xavier)

● Casas Riegner (Bogotá) – (Liliana Sánchez)

● Central Galería (São Paulo) – (Gretta Sarfaty)

● Centro Cultural São Paulo (São Paulo) – (Renata Felinto, Ventura Profana, Daiara Tukano, Luana Vitra)

● Patricia Conde Galería (Mexico City) – (Graciela Iturbide)

●   Crèvecœur (Paris & Marseille) – (Sol Calero)

● Crisis Galería (Lima) – (Jimena Chávez Delion, Pierina Másquez Limo, Ana Navas)

● Delfina Foundation (London) – (Constanza Alarcón Tennen)

● Espacio Julio (Mendoza) – (Yanieb Fabre, Bianca Lee Vasquez)

● Embajada (San Juan) – (Taína Cruz, Larissa De Jesus, Glendalys Medina, Nora Maité Nieves, Livia Ortiz Ríos)

● Espacio Minimo (Madrid) – (Alicia Mihai Gazcue, Liliana Porter, Ana Tiscornia)

● Henrique Faria (New York) – (Delia Cancela, Anna Bella Geiger, Mercedes Elena González, Marta Minujín, Yeni & Nan)

● Freijo Gallery (Madrid) – (Gina Arizpe)

● Fundación Sala Mendoza (Caracas) – (Florencia Alvarado, Valentina Alvarado Matos, Costanza De Rogatis)

● Fundacion Govea-Meoz (Maracaibo) – (María Bilbao-Herrera, Lourdes Peñaranda, Elsy Zavarce)

● Galería Nora Fisch (Buenos Aires) – (Adriana Bustos, Fernanda Laguna)

● Galería La Caja Negra (Madrid) – (Liliana Porter, Regina Silveira)

● Galería de las Misiones (Uruguay) – (Mariana Villafañe)

● Gasworks (London) – (Patricia Domínguez)

● Beatriz Gil (Caracas) – (Bernadette Despujols, Clemencia Labin, Nela Ochoa, Cecilia Paredes, Liliana Porter, Ana Tiscornia)

● Green Art Gallery (Dubai) – (Ana Mazzei)

● Herlitzka + Faria (Buenos Aires) – (Elda Cerrato, Karina Peisajovich, Susana Rodríguez, Candelaria Traverso)

● Kiosko Galería (Santa Cruz) – (Alejandra Alarcón, Claudia Joskowicz, Guiomar Mesa, Raquel Schwartz)

● Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel (Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo) – (Leda Catunda, Lucia Laguna, Jac

Leirner, Beatriz Milhazes, Rivane Neuenschwander, Marina Rheingantz, Valeska Soares, Janaina Tschäpe, Adriana Varejão, Erika Verzutti)

● Kupfer (London) – (Sofía Clausse)

● Galeria Jaqueline Martins (São Paulo) – (Ana Mazzei, Regina Vater)

● Galería Luisa Strina (São Paulo) – (Panmela Castro, Fernanda Gomes, Magdalena Jitrik, Laura Lima, Ana Maria Maiolino)

● Instituto de Visión (Bogotá) – (Karen Paulina Biswell, Carolina Caycedo, Karen Lamassonne, Maria Evelia Marmolejo, Nohemí Pérez, Ana Roldan, María Isabel Rueda)

● Kinderhook & Caracas (Berlin) – (Ana Alenso, Andrea Canepa)

● Labor (Mexico City) – (Irene Kopelman)

● La Gran (Madrid) – (Ana Teresa Barboza)

● MAMBO - Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá (Bogotá) – (Rosario López)

● Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (San José) – (Emilia Azcárate, Pía Chavarría, Aimée Joaristi, Momo Magallon, Nadia Mendoza, Maya Weishof)

● MUMA, Museo de Mujeres Artistas (Museum of Women Artists) (Mexico) – (Mónica Mayer)

● Museo Tamayo (Mexico City) – (Fernanda Barreto, Pia Camil, Julieta Gil, Ángela Leyva, Rita Ponce de León)

● mor charpentier (Paris) – (Paz Errázuriz, Teresa Margolles, Nohemí Pérez, Rosângela Rennó)

● NF/NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ (Madrid) – (Fritzia Irizar, Daniela Libertad)

● Nueveochenta (Bogotá) – (Beatriz Olano)

● Peres Projects (Berlin) – (Donna Huanca, Ad Minoliti)

● Periferia Projects (London & Paris) – (Maria Laet, Lizi Sánchez, Guga Szabzon)

● PROYECTOSMONCLOVA (Mexico City) – (Verónica Gerber Bicecci, Chantal Peñalosa)

● Proyecto Paralelo (Mexico City) – (Ana Bidart, Cynthia Gutiérrez, Lake Verea)

● Proyectos Ultravioleta (Guatemala City) – (Hellen Ascoli, Regina José Galindo, Johanna Unzueta)

● PUBLIC Gallery (London) – (Vanessa da Silva)

● PROXYCO (New York) – (Lucía Vidales)

● Rolf Art (Buenos Aires) – (María José Arjona, Ananké Asseff, Vivian Galban, Adriana Lestido, Dalila Puzzovio, Silvia Rivas, Milagros de la Torre)

● Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte (Rio de Janeiro) – (Livia Flores, Gabriela Machado)

● Southern Stars (London) – (Delia Cancela)

● TJ Boulting (London) – (Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Laureana Toledo)