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Abstraction in Action Tatiana Stropp https://abstractioninaction.com/artists/tatiana-stropp/

Translated from Spanish

Color is a prominent aspect in these works. To value and explore different tones, opacity and transparency, the artist uses the technique of glazing. The clutters of ink are soft, mixed with aluminum, and creating effects of opacity and ambience light reflections on the surface of the painting. Tatiana Stropp’s work invites to observe and discover a universe of tonalities, formed by apparently easy streaks, which maintain a complexity of reflections.

El color es un aspecto notable en estas obras. Para valorar y explorar los diferentes tonos, la opacidad y la transparencia, la artista utiliza la técnica de veladura. Las camadas de tinta son tenues, proporcionando su mezcla en el aluminio, creando efectos de opacidad y de reflejos de la luz ambiente en la propia superficie de la pintura. Las obras de Tatiana Stropp invitan a observar y a descubrir un universo de tonalidades, formado por pinceladas aparentemente sencillas, pero que conservan una complejidad de reflejos.

Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

2000-2004: Escuela de Música y Bellas Artes de Paraná, 4 años, licenciatura en pintura, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
2004-2005: Escuela de Música y Bellas Artes de Paraná, 2 años, posgrado en Historia de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

Prizes / Fellowships

2013: Indicación, Prêmio Investidor Profissional de Arte – PIPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2012: Indicación, Prêmio Investidor Profissional de Arte – PIPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2008: Prêmio Aquisição, Fundação Rômulo Maiorana, Arte Pará 27ª edición, Belém, Brazil.
2008: Comentarios sobre pintura, Proyecto Beca Produción, Fundação Cultural de Curitiba. 2ª edición, Curitiba, Brazil.

Solo Exhibitions

2013: Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
2012: Galería Vertente, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
2007: Galería Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
2007: Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
2005: Sala Adalice Araujo, Universidad de Tuiuti, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

Group Exhibitions

2013: ARCO Madrid, Galería Ybakatu Espaço de Arte 32ª edición, Madrid, Spain.
2013: “Colección MON, Adquisiciones 2011/2012”, Museo Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
2012: ARCO Madrid, Galería Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, n° 31, Madrid, Spain.
2012: Galería Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, SP Arte, Feria Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, 8ª edición, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011: Galería Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, SP Arte, Feria Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, 7ª edición, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011: ARCO Madrid, Galería Ybakatu Espaço de Arte 30ª edición, Madrid, Spain.
2011: “Estado da Arte: 40 anos de Arte Contemporánea en Paraná (1970-2010)”, Curators Artur Freitas y María José Justino, Oscar Niemeyer Museo, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
2010: “Também, Memorial de Curitiba”, Fundación Cultural de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
2010: “Novos Encontros com o Acervo, Musa, Museo de Arte da UFPR”, Universidad del Estado de Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
2009: 27ª Edición Arte Pará, Prêmio Adquisición, Fundación Rômulo Maiorana Belem, PA, Brazil.

Collections

Fundación Rômulo Maiorana, Belém, Brazil.
MON – Museo Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil.
MusA – Museo de Arte da UFPR, Universidad del Estado de Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.

Links

: Tatiana Stropp, “06.08”, 2013, Oil on aluminum, 150 x 220 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “12.08”, 2013, Oil on aluminum, 150 x 220 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “03.06”, 2013, Oil on aluminum, 135 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “28.11”, 2012, Oil on aluminum, 74 x 125 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “10.07”, 2012, Oil on aluminum, 57 x 125 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “06.06”, 2012, Oil on aluminum, 43 x 125 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “29.05”, 2012, Oil on aluminum, 35 x 62 cm.

: Tatiana Stropp, “21.05”, 2012, Oil on aluminum, 52 x 200 cm.

: Tatiana Stropp, “09.05”, 2012, Oil on aluminum, 135 x 120 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “03.11”, 2011, Oil on aluminum, 170 x 150 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “22.10”, 2011, Oil on aluminum, 170 x 150 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “23.03”, 2011, Oil on aluminum, 64 x 60 cm.

: Tatiana Stropp, “26.10”, 2009, Oil on aluminum, 60 x 125 cm.

: Tatiana Stropp, “18.06”, 2009, Oil on aluminum, 42 x 49 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Tatiana Stropp, “23.02”, 2008, Oil on aluminum, 54 x 51 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

Artists

October 9, 2013 Claudio Álvarez https://abstractioninaction.com/artists/claudio-alvarez/

Translated from Spanish

I believe that my creative process, can be compared in some aspects, to that of a scientific researcher, in the way that their investigation allows new discoveries to be included to their repertoire. The work I have been developing through my career, starting in the ‘80s, when I lived in Brazil, consists of this repertoire.

When I am prompted, like now, to think about my artistic production, I think that I would have to divide it in different lines of enquiry that intertwine or fuse together in the production of different works.

I think that I could divide it into different groupings. That which explores the possibilities of form in its temporal and spatial relationships, including in this group the strictly kinetic works, from the beginning of my career, such as the series Geometrías Inestables (Unstable Geometries), 2012, comprised by structures connected to each other by threads that deform with movement. Another one, which has light and movement as principal elements, included, for example in some works presented in the exhibition Apariencias (Appearances), in 2010. Finally, the group of works that explores the overlapping between the real and the virtual, inspiring reflection on what we really see. In this group of works I utilized optical resources with lenses and mirrors, to create virtual spaces, in works such as Instalación para viaje (Installation for Traveling), Colector de imágenes (Image Collector), and La fuente de la sala al lado (The Fountain at the Hall to the Side).

To conclude, I consider the possibility of altering conscience through the perception as leitmotif in my work. It is the conscience of perception itself what plays a role in the conception of many of my works. It is also through perception that the interaction with the viewer is possible. The viewer also discovers something similar to what caused the work to be.

I like to think that my works have the virtue of stimulating the senses, provoking reflection and of awakening in the observer a renewed way to see the world.

Creo que mi proceso creativo, en algunos aspectos, puede compararse al de un investigador científico, en la medida que su investigación avanza nuevos descubrimientos se suman a su repertorio. El trabajo que vengo desarrollando a lo largo de mi carrera, iniciada en la década de 80, ya viviendo en Brasil, consiste en la aplicación de este repertorio.

Cuando soy inducido a pensar sobre mi producción artística, como ahora, veo que habría que dividirla en varias líneas de investigación que se entrecruzan o se funden en la elaboración de diversas obras.

Pienso que podría separarla en varios conjuntos. Aquel que explora las posibilidades de la forma en su relación espacial y temporal, incluyendo en este grupo mis trabajos estrictamente cinéticos, del inicio de mi carrera, así como la serie Geometrías Inestables de 2012, compuesta por estructuras conectadas entre sí por hilos, que se deforman por el movimiento. Otro, que tiene la luz y el movimiento como elementos principales, que están incluidos, por ejemplo, en algunos trabajos presentados en la exposición Apariencias en 2010. Por último, el grupo de trabajos que explora la transposición entre lo real y lo virtual, suscitando la reflexión sobre lo que realmente vemos. En este conjunto de trabajos se utilizaron recursos ópticos con lentes y espejos para crear espacios virtuales, tal como en las obras: Instalación para viaje, Colector de imágenes y La fuente de la sala al lado.

Para terminar, considero la posibilidad de alterar la conciencia a través de la percepción como el hilo conductor de mi trabajo. Es la conciencia de la propia percepción que entra en juego en la construcción de muchos de mis trabajos y también es por la percepción que se da la interacción con el observador. Él también descubre algo similar a lo que originó la obra.

Me gusta pensar que mis trabajos poseen la virtud de estimular la sensibilidad, provocar la reflexión y despertar en el observador una forma renovada de ver el mundo.

Selected Biographical Information

Solo Exhibitions

2010: “Aparências”, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil.
2010: “O Estado da Arte”, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil.
2011: “Aparências”, SESC Paço da Liberdade, Curitiba, Brazil.

Group Exhibitions

2013: “Stand Ybakatu”, SP Arte, Feira Internacional de Arte, Pavilhão da Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil.
2013: ARCO Feira Internacional de Arte, Madrid, Spain.
2012-2013: “Aqui e Lá Ybakatu Espaço de Arte“, Curitiba, Brazil.
2012: “Stand Ybakatu”, SP Arte, Feira Internacional de Arte, Pavilhão da Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil.
2012: ARCO Feira Internacional de Arte, Madrid, Spain.
2012: “PR BR, Produção da Imagem Simbólica do Paraná na Cultura Visual Brasileira”, Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba, Brazil.

Collections

Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil.

: Claudio Álvarez, “Instalação-viagem- Interior-01”, 2008 / 2011, Edition of 5. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Instalação-viagem”, 2008 / 2011, Edition of 5. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Instalação-viagem- Interior-02”, 2008 / 2011, Edition of 5. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Instalação-viagem- Interior-03”, 2008 / 2011, Edition of 5. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Instalação-viagem- Interior-05”, 2008 / 2011, Edition of 5. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Aracnídeo”, 1998, Carbon steel, lead and cotton yarn, 160 x 160 x 170 cm. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Gravidade Zero” (Detail), 2011, Edition of 3’5, Duratrans print in light box, 50 x 75 cm. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Fugaz” (detail), 2012, Edition 5/5, Stainless steel and acrylic, 175 x 19 x 17 cm. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Fugaz”, 2012, Edition 5/5, Stainless steel and acrylic, 175 x 19 x 17 cm. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “O Chafariz da Sala ao Lado” (detail), 2012, Wood, aluminum, laminated plastic, LEDs, water pump and mirror, 163 x 44.5 x 29 cm. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “O Chafariz da Sala ao Lado”, 2012, Wood, aluminum, laminated plastic, LEDs, water pump and mirror, 163 x 44.5 x 29 cm. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Mole”, 2012, Edition 1/5, Stainless steel and cotton yarn, 70 x 200 x 34 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Transitório”, 2012, Edition 1/5, Stainless steel and cotton yarn, 70 x 200 x 34 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Gravidade Zero”, 2011, Edition of 3’5, Duratrans print in light box, 50 x 75 cm. Private Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “s’título”, 2007, Carbon steel, mobile disk and reflector, 90 x 130 x 320 cm. Tuca Nissel Collection. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Mercurio”, 2009, Carbon steel, electric motor, and reflector, 275 x 70 x 70 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Vento de Éter”, 1994, Carbon steel and magnets150 x 70 x 50 cm. Location: MON Curitiba / PR / Brazil. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

: Claudio Álvarez, “Coletor de Imagem”, 2008, Carbon steel, wood, mirror, reflector and photo, 170 x 210 x 70cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Ybakatu Espaço de arte

Artists

October 4, 2013