Ana Roldan

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Ana Roldán 2012 in Madrid in front of a projection in her exhibition Espejo Negro

Ana Roldán (* 1977 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican - Swiss artist who has lived in Switzerland since 2000 .

Life

Ana Roldán grew up in Mexico City . In the locksmith's shop and the carpentry shop of her father, a small manufacturer, she discovered her love of handicrafts and designed furniture. After training as a restaurateur, she ran a restaurant, then studied history at the Escuela Nacionál de Antropologia e Historia. She was so enthusiastic about the work of the Mexican performance artist Elvira Santamaría that she began performing as a performance artist in Mexico City in the late 1990s . In 2000 she moved to Switzerland and studied art at the Bern University of the Arts and linguistics at the University of Bern. Then she devoted herself entirely to art. In 2007 she won the studio grant from the city of Zurich for China and worked in Kunming for one year.

Ana Roldán lives in Zurich.

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Ana Roldán, Vanilla Overseas, 2016, Silk, 100 × 100 cm. (Installation view at Corner College, Zurich, Switzerland)

Ana Roldán's media are performances, sculptures, videos, collages, installations, photography and group exhibitions that she curates. Represented by galleries in Switzerland, Madrid, Mexico and Colombia, it is present in Latin America as well as in Europe. Following on from Tropicalismo Hélio Oiticicas , Roldán often uses natural materials from Latin America such as coconuts, palm trees, banana trees or jade. Much of the work oscillates between the rigor of European modernism and the softer forms of Latin American modernism, such as those found in the Mexican architect Luis Barragán , to whom Roldán makes various references. The rectangles of modernity are crooked and crooked, which Ana Roldán's work for Rio de Janeiro Colección de Especímenes de un Nuevo Mundo I reconstructs with the poor natural material bamboo. And instead of the basic colors, she uses the palette of Brazilian skin tones.

Ana Roldán, Joe, 2008, Leather, Wood, 29 × 100 × 45 cm

Roldán's repertoire includes concrete objects that become abstract, often minimalist art. She folds state flags in such a way that more complex abstract color images are created or, in the case of Mexico, which is plagued by the civil war, only a blood-red geometric shape remains of the red-white-green flag.

Another recurring motif are anthropomorphic sculptures, which she shows for the first time in 2004 with the work Joe , about which Pablo Müller writes: Two angled rolls of leather lying on top of one another are reminiscent of human limbs in their shape and materiality. The works suggest a performative quality of the sculpture. Hans Rudolf Reust says about a continuation of Joe , namely the work I thought it was impossible (2015): The separation between geometries and bodies, figuration and abstraction in the figurations that are formed from black, round fabric snakes with partially skin-colored covers is completely abolished. Like slightly schematized human bodies, they are familiar to us until, through a small change in perspective, they suddenly turn into abstract lines. Thomas Haemmerli suggests a political reading, who recalls the dismembered corpses that were present in the Mexican media during the civil war: the title I thought it was impossible (I thought it was impossible) then referred to atrocities, people themselves do - a diagnosis that applies today not only in Mexico, but also globally in a world that has fallen out of joint.

Ana Roldán, Truth, 2006, Wood, Lacquer, 105 × 56 × 36 cm

Roldán's interest in linguistics and the philosophy of language leads again and again to corresponding works. An example is the sculpture Truth from 2006, which depicts the words truth and its reflection in three dimensions . If you do not know that the word is mirrored on the center line, you cannot decipher it and, like children or illiterates, are thrown back on incomprehensible characters. In addition, the title of the work plays with the truth claim that words claim for themselves. In a site-specific installation for the headquarters of the reinsurance company Swiss Re , the terms Risk and Life become abstract chair backs. And in her multi-part bestiary , Roldán works directly with texts and describes institutions such as the foundation and figures such as the young curator and the female artist as the beasts of the art world.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2018: Physical Structures, Instituto de Visión / Frieze, London
  • 2016: No, annex14 , Zurich
  • 2015: Solo Projects: Focus Latinoamérica, with Instituto de Visión, Bogotá, Arco Madrid
  • 2015: Take Position: Bodies and Plants, annex14 , Zurich
  • 2013: Drunk, High and Exhilaration, Florian Christopher, a show room, Zurich
  • 2012: Espejo Negro, Formato Cómodo, Madrid
  • 2011: Blank Back Mirror, Kunsthaus Langenthal , Langenthal
  • 2011: Different Orders, annex14, Bern
  • 2011: Forms of contemplation, ideal forms in compositions, Badischer Kunstverein , Karlsruhe
  • 2010: Cococompositions, Dolores, Ellen de Brunije Projects, Amsterdam, curated by Karin Hasselberg
  • 2009: Words to be looked at, objects to be read, Kunsthalle Arbon
  • 2009: Picking holy words from the perfect ghost, homage to James Lee Byars , Kunstmuseum Bern
  • 2009: As "the Myth of the hole", annex14, Bern
  • 2008: Observations on Modernity and Form, Statements / "Art", Zurich art fair
  • 2008: The Actor, Art Palace, World Trade Center Beijing, China
  • 2008: Dance steps, Garash gallery, Mexico City
  • 2007: Comical, Magical, Musical, Black Box, Marks Blond Project, Bern
  • 2006: Truth, annex14, Bern
  • 2006: God is red / God is red, Amberg-Marti, Zurich
  • 2006: Fable, Espace Libre, Biel
  • 2005: Début, Marks Blond project, Bern
  • 2005: Kill the beast, Yellow Submarine - Marks Blond Project at Mark Divo , Häuser und wir, Zurich
  • 2005: The mountain and the ground, art in St. Peter and Paul, Bern
  • 2004: The letter "O", Gallery Kunstkeller, Bern
  • 2002: All is like all, Stadtgalerie, Bern
  • 2001: Silver gelatine, Gallery Kabinett, Bern

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017: Espejo negro, elefante blanco, curated by Fabiola Iza, Quarto de Maquinas, Mexico City.
  • 2017: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers, Adam and Ollman, Portland, USA.
  • 2016: New Buenos Aires, Corner College, Zurich, curated by Damian Christinger, Dimitrina Sevova, co-curated by Silvan Kälin.
  • 2015: The Lulennial: A Slight Gestuary, curated by Fabiola Iza & Chris Sharp, Mexico City.
  • 2014: Blackboard - White Page, Kantonsschule Oerlikon, Zurich, curated by Maude Châtelet and Ana Roldán.
  • 2013: LUPA, curated by Abaseh Mirvali for Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro.
  • 2012: La jeunesse est un art - Anniversary Manor Art Prize, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
  • 2012: Surplus Authors with Falke Pisano , curated by Defne Ayas and Philippe Pirotte , Witte de With, Rotterdam.
  • 2012: Popo de Paris, curated by Beatriz Lopez for Sultana Paris
  • 2011: Môtiers - Art en plein air
  • 2011: “Free Fall I” with Dieter Meier , Thomas Haemmerli , Sitki Kosemen, curated by Magda Guruli, Georgian National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2010: Distant Memories, curated by Hélène Joye-Cagnard and Catherine Kohler, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn.
  • 2010: Formal reiterations and the end of the world, with Athene Galiciadis, Garash, Mexico City.
  • 2009: Made in China, Kunstmuseum Bern
  • 2009: Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out, 798 Beijing Biennale, curated by Nicoykatiushka, Beijing.
  • 2009: The Conspiracy / The Conspiracy, with Falke Pisano Kunsthalle Bern .
  • 2008: Acting Joe, George and Mr. Seek, with Falke Pisano, waiting room, Zurich.
  • 2008: Mão Dupla / Stopover, curated by Evangelina Seiler and Sarah Zürcher , SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo.
  • 2004: Once upon a time, Kunstmuseum Thun , Thun
  • 2004: Identity, Kunstraum Baden

Awards

  • 2010: Work grant from the Canton of Zurich . for Blank Black Mirror
  • 2009: Work grant from the City of Zurich
  • 2007: Work grant from the Canton of Zurich
  • 2007: Studio grant from the City of Zurich in Kunming , China
  • 2006: Swiss Art Award
  • 2005: Swiss Art Award
  • 2003: Corti Aeschliman Foundation, scholarship

literature

  • Ana Roldan. Collection Cahier d'Artistes with an essay by Burkhard Meltzer. Pro Helvetia / Edizioni Periferia, Lucerne 2009, ISBN 978-3-907474-58-7
  • Does Switzerland exist? Management report on the contemporary Swiss art scene with an excursion to Athene Galiciadis, David Renggli and Ana Roldan. Fanni Fetzer in: Summit. Young sculpture from Switzerland and Germany, exhibition catalog, Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf.
  • Distant Memory published by Kunstverein Solothurn, with texts by Fabienne Bideaud, Hélène Joye-Cagnard, Catherine Kohler, Sylvia Mutti, Marina Porobic and Roswitha Schild, Solothurn 2010.
  • Ana Roldan. Different orders with texts by Eveline Suter and Michael Pfister . Kunsthaus Langenthal , Langenthal 2011, ISBN 978-3-905817-33-1
  • Ana Roldan. Cocompositions , 2011, Editions Ready to Print, digital publication, Issue # 11/2011
  • Blackboard - White Page , edited by Maude Châtelet and Ana Roldán, Zurich, 2014.
  • Interview by Rahel Beyerle with Ana Roldán, December 26, 2014, SIK-ISEA, Zurich, 2014.
  • Ana Roldán - Modernism in Vanilla , Hans Rudolf Reust in: Kunstbulletin 3, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Matthias Morgenhaler: "Since the crisis there has been better" , In: ' Der Bund ' from April 1, 2009, accessed on February 16, 2015
  2. ↑ Ana Roldán - Modernism in Vanilla, Hans Rudolf Reust in Art Bulletin 3/2015
  3. ^ Art grants: 14 chosen ones, Zürichsee-Zeitung of July 14, 2007
  4. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger from January 30, 2014 / Züritipp / page 37, Daniel Morgenthaler on Black Board
  5. ↑ Annex14, Roldán's Gallery in Switzerland
  6. ↑ Formato Cómodo, Roldán's gallery in Madrid
  7. ↑ Garash Galeria, Roldán gallery in Mexico
  8. ↑ Instituto de visión, Roldán gallery in Bogotá
  9. ↑ "Primitive Arrangements decorated with Gold Leaf" , installation view on Roldán's home page, accessed on February 17, 2015
  10. ↑ "White Ring Paradisiaca" , Installation with banana flower and glass table on Roldán's home page, accessed on February 17, 2015
  11. ↑ "Fabulous severity!" ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Alice Henkes im Bund from November 9, 2011, accessed February 8, 2015
  12. ↑ Installation view from Rio on Roldán's home page , accessed on February 17, 2015
  13. ↑ Video from May 11, 2015, Thomas Haemmerli explains the exhibition Take Position: Bodies and Plants , accessed on February 17, 2015
  14. ↑ Editorial ( Memento from February 21, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on February 17, 2015
  15. ↑ Michal Pfister, It smokes from the mirror. Myth, reflection, reality: is there an “esprit mexicain” in the works of Ana Roldán? P. 46ff, in: Ana Roldán. Different orders . Kunsthaus Langenthal , Langenthal 2011
  16. ↑ Art Bulletin 12/2008. In: artlog.net. July 14, 2017, accessed January 23, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Ana Roldán - The Modern in Vanilla. In: artlog.net. July 14, 2017, accessed January 23, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Video from May 11, 2015, Thomas Haemmerli explains the exhibition Take Position: Bodies and Plants , accessed on February 17, 2015
  19. ↑ Truth ( Memento from February 22, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) at annex14, accessed on February 15, 2015
  20. ↑ a b Evelin Suter, The Ocean in the Shell, page 2ff, in: Ana Roldán. Different orders . Kunsthaus Langenthal , Langenthal 2011
  21. ↑ Installation view in the main building of Swiss Re on Roldán's home page , accessed on February 17, 2015
  22. ↑ Excerpt from the bestiary on Roldán's home page , accessed on February 17, 2015
  23. ↑ Stephanie Dieckvoss: London: Ewiger Schauplatz von Kunst und Markt, NZZ from October 5, 2018 , accessed on October 12, 2018
  24. ↑ Press text No , accessed on February 16, 2015.
  25. ^ Arco, International Contemporary Art Fair , accessed February 23, 2015.
  26. ↑ annex14 ( Memento from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 16, 2015.
  27. ^ Archive of Formato Comodo , accessed on February 16, 2015
  28. ^ Ana Roldán, 'Blank Back Mirror'. In: artlog.net. July 14, 2017, accessed January 23, 2019 .
  29. ↑ Ana Roldán - Different Orders ( Memento from February 20, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on February 16, 2015
  30. ^ Ana Roldán in the Badischer Kunstverein , accessed on February 15, 2015
  31. ↑ archive of Ellen de Brunije Projects ( Memento of 2 April 2015, Internet Archive ), accessed on February 16, 2015
  32. ↑ Ana Roldán in the Kunsthalle , in: Thurgauer Zeitung of June 13, 2009, accessed on February 17, 2015
  33. ↑ Ana Roldán - As "The myth of the hole" ( Memento from February 20, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on February 16, 2015.
  34. ↑ Ana Roldán - Truth ( Memento from February 22, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on February 16, 2015
  35. ↑ Amberg & Marti show Ana Roldán, text by Cynthia Krell , accessed on February 16, 2015
  36. ^ Exhibition on the Quarto de Maquinas website. Retrieved October 28, 2018 .
  37. ↑ INSTALLATION IMAGES: I WAS A WALL, AND MY BREASTS WERE LIKE FORTRESS TOWERS - Adams and Ollman. Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
  38. ^ Corner College. In: www.corner-college.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016 .
  39. ↑ "The Lulennial: A Slight Gestuary" at Lulu (Contemporary Art Daily). In: www.contemporaryartdaily.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016 .
  40. ^ Media release Blackboard - White Page from January 10, 2014, accessed on February 16, 2015
  41. ↑ An Inside View of ArtRio from LUPA Curator Abaseh Mirvali on artsy.net, accessed on February 16, 2015
  42. ^ Archive Aargauer Kunsthaus ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 16, 2015
  43. ↑ Witte de With archive , accessed on February 16, 2015
  44. ↑ Pablo León de la Barra on Center for the Aesthetic Revolution, July 13, 2012, accessed February 16, 2015
  45. ↑ http://www.artmotiers.ch/fr/motiers-2011/galerie-photo.html?view=album&album=5619167078701945729&page=9 (link not available)
  46. ^ Artisterium ( memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 15, 2015
  47. ↑ Archive Garash Galeria
  48. ↑ Kunstmueum Bern , accessed on February 15, 2015
  49. ↑ Nicoykatiushka's flickr photos , accessed February 15, 2015
  50. ^ Archive of the Kunsthalle Bern ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 15, 2015
  51. ↑ Installation view on artdaily.com , curated by Philippe Pirotte , accessed on February 15, 2015
  52. ↑ Art Bulletin 12/2008. In: artlog.net. July 14, 2017, accessed January 24, 2019 .
  53. ↑ Jornal Mundo Lusíada of June 8, 2008, accessed February 15, 2015
  54. ^ Archiv Kunstmuseum Thun ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 15, 2015
  55. ^ "Identity" in the art space. In: artlog.net. July 14, 2017, accessed January 24, 2019 .
  56. ^ Artistic autumn harvest / award winners , in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of October 16, 2010.
  57. ^ A good year , Urs Steiner in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from October 10, 2009.
  58. ↑ Communication from the Federal Office of Culture ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 15, 2015
  59. ↑ Cahier d'Artiste series from Pro Helvetia 2009 ( memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 17, 2015
  60. ↑ Publications of the Kunstverein Solothurn , accessed on February 17, 2015
  61. ^ Publications Kunsthaus Langenthal , accessed on February 17, 2015
  62. ↑ on: www.on-curating.org , accessed on February 17, 2015
  63. ↑ Interview on SIK-ISEA , accessed on March 23, 2016
  64. ↑ Article in Art Bulletin 3/2015 , accessed on September 28, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Roldan, Ana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roldán Sánchez, Ana Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city