
My visual rearrangements draw upon the paradoxical bond between architecture –a language of construction par excellence-with that of destruction and dislocation. In rearranging various materials I seek a potential poetics – a kind of cartography of social oblivion –that is simultaneously exposing but also recovering scattered fragments of an unrealized utopian project.
Traducido del inglés
Mis composiciones visuales recurren a la paradójica unión entre la arquitectura (un lenguaje de construcción por excelencia) con la destrucción y la dislocación. Al reconfigurar estos diferentes materiales busco una potencial poética, una especie de cartografía del olvido, que simultáneamente revela y también recobra fragmentos desperdigados de un proyecto utópico frustrado.
Selected Biographical Information
Education / Training
- 1983: Escuela de Grabado de Montevideo CGM, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- 1981: Taller de Artes Plásticas Guillermo Fernández. Montevideo, Uruguay.
- 1977: Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad de la República. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Prizes / Fellowships
- 2004: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, New York, USA.
- 2000: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA.
- 1986: Beca Paul Cezanne, Ministerio de Asuntos Extranjeros de Francia.
- 1986: XXXIV Salón Municipal de Montevideo. Montevideo, Uruguay.
- 1986: Premio honorario, II Bienal de la Habana, Habana, Cuba.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2013: “Obra reciente”, Nora Fisch Galeria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2013: “El estado de las cosas”, Museo Gurvich, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- 2013: “Paradoxes”, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, USA.
- 2012: “Other Impertinences”, Alejandra von Hartz, Miami, USA.
- 2012: “Time Again Time”, Point of Contact, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Group Exhibitions
- 2012: “Esa Vara. Modernity and emplacement”, MADC, San Jose, Costa Rica.
- 2007: “The Disappeared”, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA.
- 2006: IX Bienal de la Habana, “Dinamicas de la cultura urbana”, Havana, Cuba.
- 2005: “The Disappeared”, The North Dakota Museum of Fine Art, North Dakota. USA.
- 2002: III Bienal de Lima, Uruguayan representative, Lima, Peru.
Publications
- Bernard, Catherine. Fractures, Report on the State of Things. Catalog of exhibition.
- El estado de las cosas. Museo Gurvich, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2013.
- Rangel, Gabriela Low News.catalogue of exhibition Sin Aviso, 2005 CCE, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Peluffo, Gabriel. Anna Tiscornia. III Bienal de Lima. Catalogue of Exhibition. Peru, 2002.
- Rangel, Gabriela Ana Tiscornia (interview) Arte al Día International, #140 2012.
Collections
- Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Juan Manuel Blanes Montevideo, Uruguay.
- The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Chicago, USA.
- Teor/etica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
- Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile.
Links
Ana Tiscornia / Other impertinences
- Ana Tiscornia, “Situation”, 2007, Cardboard and paper tape, Dimensions variable. Artist’s studio. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “Situation #2”, 2007, Cardboard, wood, paint, newspaper and paper tape, 10 x 20 x 11 in. Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “The House in the Square”, 2003, Mixed media on paper, 23 x 16 in. Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “Green Wall Paper”, 2007, Mixed media on paper, 19 x 13 in. Allegra Ravizza Art Project, Milan. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “The Fact of the Matter”, 2011, Cardboard, paper, paint and fabric on chair head, 14 x 15 x 13 in. Galería El Paseo, Uruguay. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “The Fact of the Matter III”, 2011, Cardboard, paint, paper and wood, Dimensions variable. Artist’s studio. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “To Be Precise”, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 72 in. Artist’s studio. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “The Green Line”, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 72 in. Sayago & Pardon Collection. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “To Be Precise 2”, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 68 x 66 in. Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “En Breve”, 2013, Cardboard, paint, paper, and plastic mesh, 54 x 20 x 3 in. Nora Fisch Gallery, Buenos Aires. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “Fourth and Final Step”, 2012, Cardboard, paint, paper, and plastic mesh, 120 x 84 x 4 in. Jorge Merez Collection, Miami. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “Three Days”, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, cardboard, wood, paint and fabric, 38 x 95 x 13 in. Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “Deshabitaciones 3”, 2013, Acrylic on canvas, cardboard, paint, plastic mesh and paper, 39 x 73 x 4 in. Nora Fisch Gallery. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “On the Edge”, 2013, Acrylic on canvas, cardboard, paint, plastic mesh and paper, 36 x 52 in. Galería El Paseo, Uruguay. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
- Ana Tiscornia, “Following the Steps”, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, cardboard, paint, plastic mesh and paper, 44 x 98 x 6 in. Alejandra von Hartz Gallery.