Elizabeth Aro

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Elizabeth Aro (born 1961)^[1] is an Argentinean interdisciplinary artist from Buenos Aires.^[2] Aro uses fabric to create large scale site-specific installations and also uses photographs, drawings and videos in her exhibitions. Many of her works relate to the perception of space and how individuals define home or where they are from.^[3]

Biography[]

Aro attended the National school of Fine Arts Prilidiano Pueyrredón and the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA) where she majored in art history.^[4] Aro was based in Spain for fifteen years and now lives and works in Milan, Italy though she had been a resident artist at different galleries throughout Europe.^[4] Many of her pieces are installations that change the narrative of the original work or that change the viewer's perception of the space. For example, in one installation Aro uses fabric to change the narrative of a sculpture. In several other exhibitions she uses fabric to make it appear as though roots are going into the space thus changing the viewer's perception. Aro's artwork, the Red Net series, was used to exemplify her time as a migrant outside of Argentina and to relate and connect to other people who have lived in similar conditions to her. Aro has created many works relating to immigration and opened an exhibition in Spain that featured photographs of immigrants in the streets.^[5] Much of Aro's work is focused on one's relation to home and the affect moving around has on a person.^[6] Aro also finds breaking gender stereotypes to be important work. She wants to see a change in how women are viewed as submissive to men and she wants to break away from the cultural roles men and women often fall into.^[7]

Artworks[]

The fragility of hugs or Raíz de Luz, 2020[]

Necklace, untreated natural bronze color, CAD design, prototyping with a 3D printer, lost wax protofusion, branchage worked, assembled and articulated by hand, cassette-enclosed realization, hand-hammered surfaces alternating with glossy areas and engraved areas 24 × 15 cm. ^[8]

Dreaming in Red, 2019[]

Made of deep red velvet. The color, once a symbol of passion and femininity, and a symbol of life that takes root among bronzes and plasters. Branches stretched towards the natural light, escape from the cage, their brilliant color contrasting with the subdued atmosphere of the studio in its shades of white, grey and black. Elizabeth Aro is part of the traditionally feminine heritage of textile and sewing work. This practice, which she subverts, allows her to create monumental pieces with grace and lightness. The artist has appropriated Henry Clews' universe; the branches of the tree evoke the tentacles of his fantastic creatures, and the leaves the plant motifs of his sculptures. It's possible to discover between the foliage the words "Mirth", "Myth" and "Mystery".

Henry Clew's Cast, 2016[]

Brocade fabric stuffed and sewn to make a vine or rope, and added to a sculpture. In this art piece, Aro adds brocade fabric to a sculpture by Henry Clew. Aro uses the fabric to make the main man in the sculpture look like he is holding some kind of rope that leads down to young children that are sculpted into the base of the sculpture. This art piece is meant to change the narrative of an art piece that has already been made by adding to it in some impermanent way. For example, before the addition of the fabric the sculpture had the young children reaching up to the man. With the addition of the fabric it looks as though the main figure is offering a way for the children to ride up to him. ^[9]

Santa Sangre, 2015[]

Brocade Fabric stuffed and sewn together, done in a solo exhibition with nine other installations. In this piece Aro uses brocade fabric to create what appears to be reddish brown roots coming out of a door. This gives the appearance of nature coming indoors and taking over the space. This can be seen through the size of the roots in relation to the size of the room. With the positioning of the fabric piece it also appears as though the roots are continuing to grow and spread throughout the space.^{[3] [10]}

Mundo, 2016[]

Made of layered felt. This piece is a large, white sphere that is meant to represent the world. The pieces composition is meant to represent the world falling apart. This can be seen through the way the land masses begin to fall south and jumble together.^[11]

Estudio de Nubes, 2014-2015[]

Fifty-six pencil drawings. This art piece is a series of drawings of clouds, which the artist uses as a way to demonstrate time and memory. This is done through the way each column follows one part of the sky as it changes. The artist finds time and memory to be an integral part of her life, and associates time and memory with her experience of moving form one country to a new foreign one.^{[3] [12]}

Ulivo, 2016[]

Brocade fabric and cotton sewn together. This art piece is a sculpture in the shape of an all white tree. It is meant to symbolize life and the circle of life. The roots seen at the bottom of the piece are meant to visually symbolize the trees connection to the underworld. While the high reaching branches are meant to demonstrate its connection to the heavens or the celestial. This art installation piece often dominates the space that it is in due to its grand size.^[3]

Provvisorio per Sempre, 2013[]

Made of fabric, skillfully sewn in white brocade and hold by a wooden structure. The installation, inspired by the 1961 movie "La Notte" of Michelangelo Antonioni, refers to a state of mind in which the built of our life is emotional and intuitive, a dimension that makes us feel fragile about what we thought we knew.

Exhibitions[]

Solo exhibitions[]

• 1999 Galeria Arteara, Madrid
• 2000 Instituto de America de Santa Fe, Granada
• 2001 De la Gente y el Paisaje, Casa Rivadavia, Cadiz
• 2002 Elizabeth Aro. Spazio Erasmus Brera, Milan
• 2003 Quien te ha invitado a esta fiesta?, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami
• 2005 Espacio Uno, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
• 2012 All Fires, The Fire, Pasajist, Istambul, Turkey
• 2013 Rehenes-Ostaggi Sala Santa Rita, Rome
• 2013 La trilogia Esistenziale, Galleria Gagliardi e Domke, Turin
• 2015 Santa Sangre, Moritzkirche, Ausgburg, Germany ^[13]
• 2015 Los Otros, Ex Chiesa di San Carpoforo, Academy of Brera, Milan
• 2016 Mundo e Los Otros, Gagliardi e Domke, Turin
• 2017 Provisorio para Siempre, Galleria Canepaneri, Genoa ^{[14] [15]}
• 2018 Le Fil du Monde, Fondazione Filatoio, Caraglio ^[16]
• 2018 Brumas, Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan
• 2019 Dreaming in Red, Chateau La Napoule, Cannes^[17][3]

Group exhibitions[]

• 1991 La Escuela del Sur, el taller de Torres García y su legado
• 1997 La otra orilla, Casa de América, Madrid
• 1999 Argentinien Ursprunge und Erhe, Galerie Rahnitzgasse der landeshauptstadt Dresden
• 1999 Supermegadrops, Via Farini Milán
• 2000 Benvinguts a la sociatat del I'espectcle ACM Mataro, Barcelona
• 2000 Interart 00', Valencia
• 2000 Project Room, Territorio Domestico Curador: Fernando Castro Florez
• 2000 Domestico '00, residencia Privada, Madrid
• 2000 Ciclo de Autor: Guardando il tuo vestito, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires
• 2000 Quello che non c'e, Curator Gabi Scardi, Spazio Erasmus Brera, Milan
• 2000 Artists' Presentation #4, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami
• 2001 Contemporary Photography, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami
• 2001 Miart 2001, studio Erasmus Brera, Milan
• 2001 Kunst Koln Fair Colonia, Galeria Antoni Pinyol, Colonia
• 2001 Arco 2001, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Madrid
• 2001 Italian Connection, Kunthaus Berna Suiza
• 2002 Amantes, comisariado por Lorenzo Taiuti, Care of, Milan
• 2002 Artistas de la Galeria, escritorio de Arte Rosa Barbosa, São Paulo
• 2002 Feria de Bologna, Spazio Erasmus Brera, Milan
• 2002 I filo raccontato, Museo de Trento y Rovereto
• 2005 Generation of arts, Chiesa de San Francesco Como
• 2006 La donna oggeto Castello de Vigevano
• 2006 Take me with you, Mori Museum Japan
• 2015 Kunst/Stoff Tim Museum, Germany
• 2015 Zoom – Fotografia Italiana, Fondazione Remotti, Camogli
• 2016 Biennale Internationale, Casablanca, Marocc
• 2017 Sequela, Ex Chiesa San Mattia, Bologna, Italy
• 2019 Second Biennale of Mountados, Tynos, Greek
• 2019 BienNolo, Milan^[17][3]

Collections[]

• Galleria Arte Moderna Torino^[4]
• Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario^[4]
• Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires

Bibliography[]

• "c’è anche elizabeth aro ad artefiera. in galleria? no, nell’exibart-stand," Exibart http ://www.exibart.com/notizia.asp?IDNotizia=34312&IDCategoria=204 Retrieved 2019-5-15 2.askArt, http://www.askart.com/Search.aspx?fn=&ln=aro Retrieved 2019-5-20

• Aro, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Aro: 10 de noviembre de 2004 al 2 de enero de 2005, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2004

• Paternosto, César. The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art. University of Texas Press, 1996

• Mather, Frank Jewett. Sherman, Frederic Fairchild. Art in America, Volume 93, Issues 7-11 F.F. Sherman, 2005.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• images of Aro's work on MutualArt