Sonia Abián

Sonia Abián Rose (* 1966 in Posadas ) is an Argentinian artist . Her work was shown at a documenta exhibition.

Life

Sonia Abián grew up in Argentina and began her artistic work as a painter. Action art, video works and conceptual art were added later. Her first international exhibition participation took place in 2002 at the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea. The themes of her work are often political: In the video installation The Possible Gesture (2004) Abián walks through the streets of her hometown Posadas, giving away T-shirts that are printed with empty promises by Argentine politicians. Her work Aparato Barrio (together with Carlos Piegari, also in 2004) is an analysis of the living conditions in an Argentine barrio in the form of pictures, songs and stories. Abián lives and works in Barcelona . In 2010 she was a lecturer at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg .

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

• 2003: 24/7: Wilno - Nueva York (visa para) , Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius .
• 2004: The Optimistic Mood: a foundation for action , Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland . A documentation of the work The Possible Gesture was shown .
• 2004: Ex Argentina - Steps to Escape from Work to Action - together with Carlos Piegari, Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
• 2004–2005: THE GOVERNMENT - How do we want to be governed? , shown at MACBA , Barcelona, ​​then at Miami Art Central, Miami , at the Wiener Secession, Vienna , and at Witte de With , Rotterdam.
• 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel. The work The Concentration Camp of Love (2007) was shown using watercolors by Auschwitz survivor Władysław Siwek.

Web links

• Materials by and about Abián Rose, Sonia in the documenta archive
• Sonia Abián on kunstaspekte.de
• Short résumé of Sonia Abián on aparatobarrio.org, Abián and Piegari's project for Ex Argentina (2004)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 24/7: Wilno - Nueva York (visa para) , Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, September 12 - November 2, 2003. Curated by Kestutis Kuizinas and Raimundas Malasauskas. Online (Accessed October 12, 2014.)
2. ^ The Optimistic Mood , Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland, April-June 2004. Curated by Julie Deamer, Eileen Sommerman, and Deborah Smith. Online ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 10, 2008.) 
3. ↑ Ex Argentina - Steps to escape from Work to Action . Museum Ludwig, Cologne, March 6 to May 16, 2004. Curated by Andreas Siekmann and Alice Creischer . Catalog published Walther König, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-88375-817-5 . Online (Retrieved November 10, 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 November 10, 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 the original dated June 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved November 10, 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 the original from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed October 12, 2014.) 
8. ↑ Wilhelmshöhe Castle. In: Kunstforum International , volume 187, 2007, title: documenta 12, p. 402: Sonia Abián Rose .
9. ↑ Jürgen Kiontke: Giraffe against Zionism. The Kassel Documenta presents highlights of the political arts and crafts. In: Jüdische Allgemeine, July 12, 2007 (accessed October 12, 2014).