The day-to-day dimension through the eyes of Ana Laura Aláez Ana Laura Aláez (Bilbao, 1964) defines herself as an 'architect of emotions' someone who transforms her experience into sculpture -even when using media that, apparently, are not necessarily artistic-, and uses sculpture as a transformation means. She claims that beauty is not found in standardization, but in difference, and asserts that art is an exercise of survival where the signs of everyday life are reread and put in favour of a more livable reality.
Image: CA2M. Ana Laura Aláez and Bea Espejo. Todos los conciertos, todas las noches, todo vacío opening
Starting on May 20, we present in the Todos los conciertos, todas las noches, todo vacío exhibition, curated by Bea Espejo and co-produced with Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, CA2M. The exhibition shows the work of the artist over the last
THE ARTIST ADDS TO THE EXHIBITION AT AZKUNA ZENTROA MORE UNPUBLISHED PIECES THAN IN THE FIRST VENUE, ALSO CREATING A DOCUMENTATION AREA THAT INTENDS TO UNVEIL PART OF HER CREATIVE PROCESSES.
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three decades and expands the study of her production, as one of the most outstanding creations in the contemporary art scene. Ana Laura Aláez is a creator formed in the particularly conflictive Basque context of the 1980s, marked by the social and economic crisis, the resurgence of violence and the absence of expectations, as well as by a particular invisibility of women in most areas, especially, the culture scene. In these circumstances, the artist has developed –through a production that combines everyday elements with others that are inherently sculptural– a critique of representation that questions the rigid stereotypes imposed by the condition of class, gender and place.
