Mercedes Azpilicueta, The Late Estate Broomberg & Chanarin, Perejaume
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Mercedes Azpilicueta
Mercedes Azpilicueta (born in La Plata, Argentina in 1981) is a visual and performance artist living and working in Amsterdam and Buenos Aires. Her artistic practice brings together various characters from the past and the present, who manifest as voices, shapes, texts, traces and memories into her multi-layered works. Calling herself a “dishonest researcher”, Azpilicueta navigates through multiple references and fields of knowledge, from art history to popular music, from literature to street culture, falling in love with dissident figures and trajectories —feminist, queer, migrant, exiled individuals— who haunt her scripts, performances and videos. Yet, her work never indulges into cold reverence or archival fascination. By engaging the body with all its flaws and potentials —her own body, that of her muses and collaborators, that of the spectators, but also fantasized ones— Azpilicueta embraces its fragility as well as its capacity for resistance and care.
Most specifically known for her performance and language-based works, Mercedes Azpilicueta’s practice has evolved in the recent years into exploring the theatrical possibilities of sculpture and installation. However, the objects that she produces should not be taken for granted, as they always bear the potential of being activated in various ways. They could be translated as scores, set designs, props, mnemonic devices or records — disguised as sculptures. They often take different functions according to their context of apparition and travel merrily from a work to another. The fabrication of these objects often involves “poor”, craft-based or handmade techniques that are often associated with the domestic work of women and with subaltern knowledge, such as sewing, embroidering or dying. The materials are either recycled or natural (latex, leather, wool, silk, wax) and add another layer of stories to the objects, that of the circulation of resources and knowledge often acquired through the violent exploitation of humans and nature.
Selected Works
Potatoes, Riots, and Other Imaginaries
2021
Jacquard tapestry
Wood structure not included
Untitled
2021
Mixed media
7 elements
The Lieutenant-Nun Is Passing: An Autobiography of Katalina, Antonio, Alonso and More
2021
Jacquard tapestry (Merino wool, cotton, lurex)
Wood structure not included
The Delinquent Breeches
2021
Textile sculpture (Wool felt, merino wool, cotton, wood)
112 x 50 x 155 cm (44 3⁄32 x 19 11⁄16 x 61 1⁄32 inches)
On the Dignity of Codpieces [1]
2021
Textile sculpture (Wool felt, merino wool, cotton, acrylic yarn)
45 x 35 x 10 cm (17 23⁄32 x 13 25⁄32 x 3 15⁄16 inches)
Lady’s Dreams or Stop right there gentlemen!
2019
Jacquard Textile (wool and cotton)
157 x 600 cm (61 13⁄16 x 236 7⁄32 inches)
The Captive: Here’s a Heart for Every Fate
2019
Jacquard Textile (wool and cotton)
157 x 300 cm (61 13⁄16 x 118 1⁄8 inches)
The faux-cul
2019
Costume-sculpture (cotton, cord, jersey, elastic, side squeeze buckle, sock, wood beams)
106 x 212 x 150 cm (41 23⁄32 x 83 15⁄32 x 59 1⁄16 inches)
Bestiaire of tonguelets, Act I, scene 1, 2, 3 and 4
2019
Natural linen, two-tone natural silk, thread
296 x 140 cm (116 17⁄32 x 55 1⁄8 inches)
Soft Armour III (Micheline)
2018
Wool cloth dyed with natural dyes, handmade natural latex, thread
190 x 100 x 80 cm (74 13⁄16 x 39 3⁄8 x 31 1⁄2 inches)
La Femme-Maison
2019
Single channel video, sound
0h 02' 33''
Hommage al reverso de Natività di San Giovanni Battista, Pontormo, 1526 (I)
2019
Wool felt, red oxide and caput mortuum natural dyes, hand-made dyed eco-latex, metal chains
Artemisia Gentileschi. Giuditta che decapita Oloferne, 1620 -1621 circa, Firenze Gallerie degli Uffizi
2018
Giclée print on cotton paper
36.5 x 49 x 3 cm (14 3⁄8 x 19 9⁄32 x 1 3⁄16 inches)
Starfish & Amoeba
2020
Cotton, oak gall nuts, citric acid, ferrous sulphate, cord, thread
337 x 153 cm (132 11⁄16 x 60 1⁄4 inches)
Bacterial-dress
2020
Costume-sculpture [double brushed cotton, madder-root dyeing, onion skins, oak gall nuts, ferrous sulphate, cord, natural felt]
240 x 80 cm (94 1⁄2 x 31 1⁄2 inches)
Yegua-yeta-yuta
2018
Natural two-tone silk, stitched linen + Audio
380 x 150 cm (149 5⁄8 x 59 1⁄16 inches)
Volver a casa expandiendo la voz (Back home expanding the voice)
2018
Canvas and gauze made of cotton, linen, fiber, silk, calico, jersey, ribbon and thread
380 x 150 cm (149 5⁄8 x 59 1⁄16 inches)
Soft Armour VII (Quasimodo)
2018
Recycled leather, "hombreras", wood sticks, copper
150 x 100 x 105 cm (59 1⁄16 x 39 3⁄8 x 41 11⁄32 inches)
Soft Armour IV (Baroque Ghost)
2018
Natural handmade latex, linen dyed with natural dyes, cotton cloth, thread
165 x 40 x 40 cm (64 31⁄32 x 15 3⁄4 x 15 3⁄4 inches)
Cuerpos Pájaros (Body-Bodies)
2018
Synchronized three-channel video projection
0h 15' 00''Installation
Bestiario de Lengüitas, 2020
MUSEION – Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bolzano, Bolzano
Bestiario de Lengüitas, 2020
MUSEION – Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bolzano, Bolzano
Cuerpos Pájaros, 2018
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
11th Biennial d'Art Leandre Cristòfol, 2019
Centre d'Art la Panera, Lleida
Bestiario de Lengüitas, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid
Bestiario de Lengüitas, 2019
CentroCentro, Madrid
Post-Opera, 2019
TENT, Rotterdam
Telling Untold Stories - Positions #5, 2019
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Telling Untold Stories - Positions #5, 2019
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Performance/Documentation/Presentation, 2020
LundsKonsthall, Lund
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Mercedes Azpilicueta
Total Climate part 1: The Infinitesimal and the Mobile Jun 2 - Jul 30, 2022Nicoletti
London
Mercedes Azpilicueta
C4 May 20 - Sep 4, 2022Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Il padiglione Lichtenstein a Venezia è mobile. E Letizia Ragaglia racconta il suo museo Apr 21Artribute
Mercedes Azpilicueta
A Lasting Truth Is Change Apr 2 - Jul 24, 2022Van Abbemuseum
Eindhoven
Mercedes Azpilicueta
El alma en un hilo Mar 28Elle Decor
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Monja, soldado, macarra, icono: vida y milagros de la religiosa trans Catalina de Erauso Mar 26Babelia
Mercedes Azpilicueta, Juliana Cerqueira Leite
SPECIAL FEATURE: ARCO Madrid 2022 Mar 3Art Viewer
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Diez obras para no perderse en ARCO Feb 23 - Feb 27, 2022La Razón
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Personae. Máscaras contra la barbarie Nov 26 - Nov 13, 2022Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani
Palma de Mallorca
Mercedes Azpilicueta
IV Bienal de Performance Nov 19 - Apr 16, 2022Fundación Babilonia para las Artes
la Ciencia y la Cultura
Buenos Aires
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Prix de Rome 2021 Nov 13 - Apr 24, 2022Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
Mercedes Azpilicueta
La puntada subversiva. Tèxtil contemporani del Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Nov 6 - Mar 27, 2022Centre Grau-Garriga d’Art Tèxtil Contemporani
Barcelona
Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Mercedes Azpilicueta
SPECIAL FEATURE: FIAC 2021 Oct 30Art Viewer
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Performance: la revancha de los cuerpos Oct 24La Nación
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Mercedes Azpilicueta at Nogueras Blanchard Oct 15Art Viewer
Mercedes Azpilicueta
'Katalina, Antonio, Alonso', inspirada en la Monja Alférez Oct 14Hora América
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Simbiología. Prácticas artísticas en un planeta en emergencia Oct 6 - Apr 30, 2022Centro Cultural Kirchner
Buenos Aires
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Más Allá, El Mar Canta - Diasporic Intimacies and Labor Sep 16 - Dec 19, 2021Times Art Center
Berlin
Mercedes Azpilicueta
APERTURA MADRID GALLERY WEEKEND. Los artistas y actividades que no te puedes perder Sep 9Vanidad
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Katalina, Antonio, Alonso Sep 9 - Nov 13, 2021NoguerasBlanchard
Madrid
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Una 'Apertura' de mediana edad Sep 9El Cultural
Mercedes Azpilicueta
S_HE DEVIL Jun 8 - Jun 13, 2021MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
Rome
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Bondage of Passions May 19 - Jul 4, 2021Gasworks
London
Mercedes Azpilicueta
MERCEDES AZPILICUETA inaugura su exposición individual para Gasworks, Londres May 19Vanidad
Mercedes Azpilicueta
7 Works to Bend Time Apr 21James Madison University
Harrisonburg
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Women Painting Women: The Essential Artists to Watch Mar 8Elephant
Mercedes Azpilicueta, Wilfredo Prieto
When in Doubt, Go to a Museum Jan 26 - May 16, 2021City Museum Of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Bestiario de Lengüitas Jan 17 - Jul 3, 2021CAC Brétigny
Brétigny-sur-Orge
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Colección XVIII: Textil Oct 29 - Feb 28, 2021Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo
Madrid
Mercedes Azpilicueta
Azpilicueta, memoria a través del cuerpo Mar 15El Cultural
Exhibitions
Revelations on a shapeless sphere
FontetaJun 17 - Aug 28, 2022
For the second consecutive year, we are delighted to present a collaborative project between galleries Bombon, Galeria Joan Prats and NoguerasBlanchard. The proposal for this summer once again brings together artists from the three galleries and from different generations in an exhibition format that will be based on the exquisite corpse principle, with a text by poet Eduardo Escoffet written for the occasion.
Focusing on this act of collective exchange, during the summer of 2022, the artists invited to participate, the first of them Pere Noguera (La Bisbal del Ampurdán, Girona; 1941) , will be in charge of selecting the first group of artists, and so on in succession, until closing a cycle of exhibition proposals made up of works spanning different generations and imaginaries.
Chapter 1: Opening Saturday 25 June
Pere Noguera, Luis Gordillo, Ludovica Carbotta (Room 1)
Pere Noguera, Anna Dot, The Late Estate Broomberg & Chanarin (Room 2)
Chapter 2: Opening Saturday 16 July
Ludovica Carbotta, Muntadas, Francesco Arena (Room 1)
The Late Estate Broomberg & Chanarin, Jordi Mitjà, Rasmus Nilausen (Room 2)
Chapter 3: Opening Saturday 6 August
Francesco Arena, Victoria Civera, Perejaume (Room 1)
Ángela de la Cruz, Rasmus Nilausen, Lola Lasurt (Room 2)
Chapter 4: Opening Thursday 18 August
Perejaume, Pere Llobera, Ignacio Uriarte (Room 1)
Lola Lasurt, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Fernando Prats (Room 2)
c/ Empordà, 10, Fonteta, Girona
Jun: Friday to Sunday from 5 to 9pm
Jul and Aug: Monday to Sunday from 5 to 9pm
Katalina, Antonio, Alonso
MadridSep 09 - Nov 13, 2021
Taking the autobiography that Catalina de Erauso left in writing, in the words of Verónica Rossi, Azpilicueta carries out “an exercise in historiographical imagination that gives another twist to the succession of stories that construct the past”, weaving a work from memories, archives and imaginaries, rethinking history and breathing new life into dissident figures and trajectories of colonial history.
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Estar a la lluna
FontetaAug 07 - Sep 26, 2021
We’re delighted to present the second chapter of the joint project by Bombon, Galeria Joan Prats and NoguerasBlanchard, taking place in Fonteta, a small village in the Empordà region from June to September.
The exhibition, conceived in two chapters, brings together artists from three different generations. The proposal begins with a concept from the Empordà Parar la fresca (to take in fresh air) described by Josep Pla in the book Las Horas (The Hours), 1953.
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