In each chapter, MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga talks with the most remarkable artists from Latin-America and Latinxs in the US. Their conversation places the focus on a series or specific artwork which requires a close inspection and deliberate process of contemplation and exploration; delving into the ideas surrounding the creation of the works, their sources of research and inspiration, in an effort to immerse ourselves in the world of the artists.
Join Chapter #10 of MOLAA Zoom Project where MOLAA's Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga will join artist Marta Minujín from Argentina for a virtual conversation. The talk will explore her work and trajectory.
Free Online Event.
Marta Minujín is one of the emblematic figures of contemporary Argentinian art. A pioneer in the sixties in the field of happening and performance both locally and internationally, Minujín developed a prolific career in which she also tackled large installations, sculptures, paintings and works of mass participation, her undisputed hallmark. A multifaceted artist, from her beginnings she was linked to conceptual art and media art, with works that denote a strong link with the events and transformations of her time, and that account for a critical view of her social context, especially the Latin American.
Her vast production also includes works closely related to the language of Pop art, psychedelia and the hippie movement, with pieces with a clear playful imprint and not without humor. Marta Minujín's work is completely traversed by literature and philosophy, by that of her own country as well as that of the entire world. History, culture, letters and books are strong conceptual elements in her work, which she has applied in her sculptures, installations and happenings throughout her career.
Marta Minujín is a multi-disciplinary artist born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After finishing her studies at the Escuela de Bellas Artes Manuel Belgrano and the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes in 1963, she went to Paris on a fellowship to study painting, afterwards splitting her time between New York and Buenos Aires. Minujín was a pioneer in the pop art scene in Buenos Aires. She deconstructs art only to reconstruct it again, examining the mythology and symbols of both contemporary and ancient cultures. Her work utilizes the medium as the message, in order to make work not only about a static object, but about the audience’s relationship to the concepts and history surrounding it. Minujín’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach; the Museo of Arte Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires; and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, among others.