Translated from Spanish
My pleasure for handmade and handcraft work has allowed me to delve into the technique of collage, with which I work since several years ago. This technique lets me construct compositions of movement and color through diverse cut outs. Thanks to an introspective work I can bring order to the chaos of the small cut outs—a more joyful order.
The amount of images to cut out is infinite, and they vary in their colors and textures. The shapes in which they can be cut out are infinite, such as circles, rectangles, squares, strips, rhombuses, or irregular geometric forms. Their layout in the surface of the work is unlimited; plot, pattern, repetition, overlap; diagonals, horizontally, vertically.
Mi gusto por el trabajo manual y artesanal, me ha llevado a profundizar en la técnica del collage, con la cual trabajo hace varios años. Esta técnica me permite construir, a través de distintos recortes, composiciones de movimiento y color. A través de un trabajo introspectivo puedo llevar orden al caos de los pequeños recortes, un orden más alegre.
Es infinita la cantidad de imágenes para recortar, que varían en sus colores o texturas. Ilimitadas las formas en que se pueden recortar como círculos, cuadrados, tiras, rombos o formas geométricas irregulares. Ilimitada es su disposición en el plano de la obra, trama, patrón, repetición, superposición, diagonales, horizontales, verticales.
Selected Biographical Information
Education / Training
- Studied painting with Roberto Fernández, Roberto Scafidi, Juan Doffo and Paula Socolovsky.
Prizes / Fellowships
- 2008: Salón Nacional de Pintura Fundación Banco de la Nación Argentina, mención honorífica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2008: Fundación Williams de Arte Joven, mención honorífica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2015: “Magic Jungle”, Now Contemporary Art, Miami, USA.
- 2012: “Fragments of Expression”, Now Contemporary Art, Miami, USA.
- 2010: “Variaciones Geométricas”, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2008: “Ordenador Serial”, Espacio de Arte Filadelfia ESEADE, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Group Exhibitions
- 2013: “Timeless Matter”, Now Contemporary Art, Miami, USA.
- 2013: “Before the Alarm”, Sayago & Pardon Latin American Art Collection, Bank of America Gallery, Three Stages, Folsom Lake College, Folsom, California, USA.
- 2011: “Wonderstuck”, Praxis Internacional Art, New York, USA.
- 2010: “Super Cluster”, Praxis Internacional Art, Miami, USA.
- 2010: “Palais de Glace”, Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2009: “Palais de Glace”, Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2008: “Femenino”, Mil100 Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2006: “IMAGO Espacio de Arte”, Premio Argentino de Artes Visuales Fundación OSDE, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Publications
- “Before the Alarm: Selections from the Sayago & Pardon Latin American Art Collection,” 2013.
- Magdalena Murua “Fragments of Expression”, Now Contemporary Art, 2012.
Collections
- Sayago & Pardon, CA, USA
Links
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- Magdalena Murua, “Batman II” (Detail), 2013, Collage on canvas, 120 x 120 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Batman II”, 2007, Collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Vacíos II”, 2008, Collage and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Constelaciones”, 2009, Collage on canvas, 120 x 120 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “La caída del hombre murciélago”, 2010, Collage on canvas, 120 x 120 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Círculos vacíos II” (Detail), 2010, Collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Una noche estrellada”, 2010, Collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Una noche estrellada”, 2010, Collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Paloma”, 2010, Collage on canvas, 140 x 140 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “El Verbo” (Detail), 2011, Collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “El Verbo”, 2011, Collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Ecléctico IV”, 2011, Collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Luz”, 2011, Collage on canvas, 120 x 120 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “El justiciero del far west” (Detail), 2012, Collage on canvas, 140 x 140 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
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- Magdalena Murua, “Mi nombre”, 2013, Collage on canvas, 140 x 140 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
