Alejandra Riera

Alejandra Riera (* 1965 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine artist who works primarily with the means of photography and installation . Her work has so far been shown at two Documenta exhibitions.

Life

Alejandra Riera left Argentina in 1990 at the age of 25 and has lived and worked in Paris ever since . Since 1995 she has been working on her own artistic form of combining photographs with captions, texts and videos. Riera calls this form maquettes – sans qualités , ie "models without properties". This form is not self-explanatory, individual photos and texts often seem random. Only in the serial arrangement do patterns and interpretations become apparent. In 2001 she began her artistic collaboration with Doina Petrescu , with whom she was represented at Documenta 11 in 2002 .

"The form never appears more clearly than when it dissolves."

- Alejandra Riera

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

2007: MACBA in the Frankfurter Kunstverein - selection of works from the collection of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona , Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt am Main.
2007: documenta 12 , Kassel. The work Enquête sur le / notre dehors 2004-2007 was shown .
2006: Movilities , Künstlerhaus Stuttgart .
2004–2005: THE GOVERNMENT - How do we want to be governed? , shown under different titles at MACBA , Barcelona., then at Miami Art Central, Miami , at the Wiener Secession, Vienna , and at Witte de With , Rotterdam.
2003: based upon TRUE STORIES , Witte de With , Rotterdam.
2002–2003: Forms of Organization , shown in the Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana , at the HGB Leipzig and in the art space of the University of Lüneburg .
2002: Documenta 11 , Kassel.
2000: Paris pour escale , MAM / ARC , Paris.
2000: things we don't understand . Generali Foundation, Vienna .

Web links

Alejandra Riera on kunstaspekte.de
Alejandra Riera at Photography Now, Berlin.
Materials by and about Alejandra Riera in the documenta archive

Individual evidence

↑ MACBA im Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurter Kunstverein, October 9, 2007 - January 13, 2008. Available online ( Memento from July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 18, 2008.)
^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. About the shown works by Alejandra Riera on the official d12 website: Available online ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 18, 2008)
↑ Movilities , Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, February 9 to 25 February 2006. Curated by Elke aus dem Moore . Available online (Accessed June 18, 2008)
↑ How do we want to be governed? , Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2004. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online (Retrieved May 27, 2008)
↑ How do we want to be governed? (Figure and Ground) , Miami Art Central. Curators: Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. November 29, 2004 - January 30, 2005. Catalog How Do We Want to Be Governed? Figure and Ground published by Miami Art Central, 2005.
^ THE GOVERNMENT - Heavenly Spaces of Action Vienna Secession, Vienna, February 24 - April 24, 2005. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online ( Memento of June 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved May 19, 2008.)
↑ Be what you want but stay where you are . Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. April 29 - June 19, 2005. Curated by Ruth Noack and Roger M. Buergel. Available online ( Memento of November 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved May 22, 2008.)
↑ based upon TRUE STORIES , Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, January 23 - March 30, 2003. Curated by Catherine David and Jean-Pierre Rehm. Available online ( Memento of March 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 3, 2008.)
^ Forms of Organization , Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana, November 28, 2002 - January 15, 2003. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online ( Memento from January 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 18, 2008.)
^ Forms of Organization , Gallery of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, April 11 - May 10, 2003. Available online (accessed on June 3, 2008).
^ Forms of Organization , Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, July 9th - July 24th 2003. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online (Accessed June 3, 2008)
↑ Paris pour escale , Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, December 7, 2000 - February 18, 2001. Marek Bartelik: Paris Stopover ( Memento of July 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Review in ArtForum May 2001. (Accessed June 18, 2008.)
↑ Things We Don't Understand . Generali Foundation Vienna, January 28 - April 16, 2000. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Catalog published by Generali Foundation, Vienna 2000. ISBN 3-901107-26-6 . Available online ( Memento of December 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved April 20, 2008.)

personal data
SURNAME	Riera, Alejandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentinian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buenos Aires

[1] MACBA im Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurter Kunstverein, October 9, 2007 - January 13, 2008. Available online ( Memento from July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 18, 2008.)

[2] Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. About the shown works by Alejandra Riera on the official d12 website: Available online ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 18, 2008)

[3] Movilities , Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, February 9 to 25 February 2006. Curated by Elke aus dem Moore . Available online (Accessed June 18, 2008)

[4] How do we want to be governed? , Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2004. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online (Retrieved May 27, 2008)

[5] How do we want to be governed? (Figure and Ground) , Miami Art Central. Curators: Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. November 29, 2004 - January 30, 2005. Catalog How Do We Want to Be Governed? Figure and Ground published by Miami Art Central, 2005.

[6] THE GOVERNMENT - Heavenly Spaces of Action Vienna Secession, Vienna, February 24 - April 24, 2005. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online ( Memento of June 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved May 19, 2008.)

[7] Be what you want but stay where you are . Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. April 29 - June 19, 2005. Curated by Ruth Noack and Roger M. Buergel. Available online ( Memento of November 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved May 22, 2008.)

[8] based upon TRUE STORIES , Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, January 23 - March 30, 2003. Curated by Catherine David and Jean-Pierre Rehm. Available online ( Memento of March 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 3, 2008.)

[9] Forms of Organization , Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana, November 28, 2002 - January 15, 2003. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online ( Memento from January 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 18, 2008.)

[10] Forms of Organization , Gallery of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, April 11 - May 10, 2003. Available online (accessed on June 3, 2008).

[11] Forms of Organization , Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, July 9th - July 24th 2003. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online (Accessed June 3, 2008)

[12] Paris pour escale , Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, December 7, 2000 - February 18, 2001. Marek Bartelik: Paris Stopover ( Memento of July 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Review in ArtForum May 2001. (Accessed June 18, 2008.)

[13] Things We Don't Understand . Generali Foundation Vienna, January 28 - April 16, 2000. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Catalog published by Generali Foundation, Vienna 2000. ISBN 3-901107-26-6 . Available online ( Memento of December 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved April 20, 2008.)