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Francisca Benitez | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
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Francisca Benítez (born 1974) is a Chilean multidisciplinary visual and performance artist. Originally trained as an architect, her art practice explores relations between the logic of public spaces, the politics of community, and the mediation of language. She works in multiple mediums including drawing, video, photography, sculpture, performance and music.
The New York Times in a review by Gia Kourlas stated "Benítez's work is thematically connected by the exploration and delineation of boundaries, both social or spatial."[1]
She has exhibited and performed internationally at venues such as Storefront for Art and Architecture,[2][3] the Whitney Museum[4] the Havana Biennial,[5] the Jeu de Paume.[6] and the Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art.[7]
Since 2017, she has been a member of the Stop Shopping Choir, an anti-capitalist direct action performance group.[8]
Artistic Practice
[edit]Early works were "documentary-essays in video and photography about ephemeral architectures — temporary occupations of public space created by people and communities as means of survival or ritual use".[9]
An example of early work was "Property Lines" (2008-2009), a performance work that consisted of the temporary occupation of 76 property lines by the artist on the streets of New York City, documented by creating graphite rubbings of the demarcations embedded in the sidewalks of the city.[10][11]
She has worked with Deaf culture and sign language - inspired by her deaf father's life experiences as well as her direct engagement with problems that deaf communities face in gaining access to their languages. This body of work has often has taken the form of collaborative workshops involving art institutions and the local deaf culture to highlight the narrative and spatial qualities of sign languages[12] [13][14]
Many later works address questions around political and local territorial systems that shape the use and control of water as a resource; often engaging the small rural town of Pichingal located in the commune of Molina, Chile where she grew up as a child.
In 2022 she with her family founded La Vieja Escuela as a rual arts center devoted to reconizing the value of the arts, communal knowledge and working efforts of locals and farmers in the area of Pichingal, Chile.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
[edit]- Riego, Die Ecke Santiago, Chile (2022)
- Cuerpos Comunicantes, Die Ecke Barcelona, Spain (2019)
- NEW NOW: Francisca Benítez, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT, US (2017)
- Poemas Concretos, Die Ecke, Santiago, Chile (2016)
- Canto Visual, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile (2013)
- Oro Dulce, Die Ecke, Santiago, Chile (2011)
- Francisca Benítez: 3 Videos, Die Ecke Barcelona, Spain (2010)
- Eigentumsgrenze, Nada.Lokal, Vienna, Austria (2009)
- Prótesis del Nuevo Exodo, Die Ecke, Santiago, Chile (2007)
- The making of Golden Warriors, Medianoche, New York, US (2006)
Selected Group Exhibitions
[edit]- In Support, The Kitchen, New York, US (2022)
- Soulèvements, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (2016)
- much wider than a line, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US (2016)
- Soliloquy in Signs, Pier 54, New York, US (2014)
- Thinking and Speaking, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden (2013)
- The Street Files, El Museo del Barrio, New York, US (2011)
External links
[edit]- Communicating Bodies, Terremoto Magazine, 2019
References
[edit]- ^ Kourlas, Gia (2015-07-16). "Review: The Soundless Gestures of Francisca Benitez's Dance on the High Line". The New York Times.
- ^ "Cabaret Series:The Public is in Bits and Bubbles". Storefront for Art and Architecture.
- ^ "Cabaret Series: On the Ground". Storefront for Art and Architecture.
- ^ "Readings Under the Cohoba". Whitney Museum.
- ^ "12th Havana Biennial – "Between The Idea And Experience" – Program Announced". Biennial Foundation. 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Uprisings, 2015". Jeu de Paume Paris.
- ^ "Field Work". Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art.
- ^ "The Stop Shopping Choir".
- ^ Benítez, Francisca. "Communicating Bodies". Terremoto, Issue 15.
- ^ Benítez, Francisca. "Communicating Bodies". Terremoto, Issue 15.
- ^ Benítez, Francisca. "Property Lines". FranciscaBenitez.org.
- ^ "Vimeo". November 2019.
- ^ "Son en Señas".
- ^ "Canto Visual".