LUCIANA LAMOTHE Portfolio of works
LUCIANA LAMOTHE
Portfolio of works
Artist Statement
My artistic practice involves sculpture, performance, and activation. The concept of my work focuses
on the dialectical relationships between construction and destruction within the same logic of
operation in the construction processes.
Through my sculptures I also draw similarities between body and architecture to achieve a
communion of these two elements to understand how the space interacts with them. I work with
ambivalent construction materials such as iron, steel and wood that allow me to test them in terms of
strength and ductility, softness and hardness to yield to the maximum of their resistance in order to
show the scope of a transformation that may lead to a new representation of the material itself.
To give account of this transformation I create unsettling participatory site-specific sculptures that can
be walked through and used by the public in order to relate to them physically.
My participatory sculptures blend form and function with the purpose of generating mechanisms that
can be activated by the viewer and in which a relationship can be established between them.
PARTICIPATORY SCULPTURES
Starting Zone, 2018, metal pipes, plywood, clamps, 6,40 x 6,40 m Exhibition view: Art Basel Cities, Buenos Aires
Starting Zone, 2018, metal pipes, plywood, clamps, 6,40 x 6,40 m Exhibition view: Art Basel Cities, Buenos Aires
Starting Zone, 2018, metal pipes, plywood, clamps, 6,40 x 6,40 m Exhibition view: Art Basel Cities, Buenos Aires
Starting Zone, 2018, metal pipes, plywood, clamps, 6,40 x 6,40 m Exhibition view: Art Basel Cities, Buenos Aires
Metasbilad, 2015, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: My Buenos Aires, La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France
Metasbilad, 2015, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: My Buenos Aires, La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France
Prueba de tensión, 2014, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Prueba de tensión, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prueba de tensión, 2014 (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Prueba de tensión, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proceso de inicio, 2017, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Proceso de inicio, 2017 (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Metasbilad, 2016, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Metasbilad (version), KH Prisma, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Metasbilad, 2016 (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Metasbilad (version), KH Prisma, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bidimensional bisagra, 2015, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Bidimensional bisagra, Haroldo Conti Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bidimensional bisagra, 2015 (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Bidimensional bisagra, Haroldo Conti Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prueba de Tensión, 2015, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Nuevas adquisiciones, Museo MAR, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prueba de Tensión, 2015, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Nuevas adquisiciones, Museo MAR, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Función, 2017, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Función, 2017 (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Función, 2017 (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Bench, 2015, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Prueba de Tensión, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, France
Bench, 2015, (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Prueba de Tensión, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, France
SCULPTURES
Untitled, 2018, stainless steel pipes and scaffolding clampsExhibition view: Mutation, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, France
Untitled, 2018, stainless steel pipes and scaffolding clampsExhibition view: Mutation, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, France
Untitled, 2018, stainless steel pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Extended Architectures, Galleria Alberta Pane,
Venice, Italy
Untitled, 2018, stainless steel pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Extended Architectures, Galleria Alberta Pane,
Venice, Italy
Untitled, 2018, stainless steel pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Extended Architectures, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice, Italy
Ensayos de Abertura, 2018, oxidized pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Ensayos de Abertura, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ensayos de Abertura, 2018, oxidized pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Ensayos de Abertura, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ensayos de Abertura, 2018, oxidized pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Ensayos de Abertura, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prisma, 2017, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Espesor por radio, 2017, pipes, planks of wood and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Untitled, 2017, oxidized pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Arco Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Untitled, 26 layers 1, 26 layers 2, 2016, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Free Function, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, USA
A hundred degrees, 2016, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Free Function, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, USA
A hundred degree, 2016, (detail), pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Free Function, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, USA
Compression, 2016, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Free Function, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, USA
26 layers 2, 2016, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Free Function, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, USA
26 layers 1, 2016, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Free Function, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, USA
Untitled, 2016, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Untitled, 2016 (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Prototipos, 2015, phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Omnidireccional, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prototipos, 2015, (detail), phenolic boards, pipes and scaffolding clamps
Exhibition view: Omnidireccional, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Crache!, 2012, cement, sand, saliva, people
Exhibition view: Crache!, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, France
Crache!, 2012, (detail), cement, sand, saliva, people
Exhibition view: Crache!, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, France
Plan, 2012, phenolic boards, pipes, scaffolding clamps, brackets, notebook
Exhibition view: Une terrible beauté est née, 11th Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France
Luciana Lamothe, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1975. Lives and works in Buenos Aires.
1999 Professor in Fine Arts - Sculpture, National School of Fine Arts Prilidiano Pueyrredon, Buenos Aires (AR)
Grants / Residencies
2016 Artist-in-residence, MANA Wynwood (USA)2015 Braque award selection, Buenos Aires (AR)2014 Site-SpecificAward,Distritoaudiovisual,BuenosAires(AR)2013 Artist-in-residence, Air Antwerpen, Antwerpen (B)2011 Itaú Cultural award, First prize, Buenos Aires (AR) LichterArtAward,Firstprize,Frankfurt(DE) Kuitcascholarship,TorcuatoDiTellaUniversiy,BuenosAires(AR)2009 ArteBA–PetrobrasVisualArtsAward,SixthEdition,BuenosAires(AR) LIPAC, Centro Cultural Rojas, Buenos Aires (AR) Artist-in-residence, Chateau CAC, Córdoba (AR)2007 Artist-in-residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (USA)2005 Currículum 0, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR)2003 Última Bienal Venus, Tandil (AR)
Solo Exhibitions and installations
2018 Mutation, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris (FR) Starting Zone, Art Basel Cities, Buenos Aires (AR) Ensayos de Abertura, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR)2016 Metasbilad, Prisma KH, Buenos Aires (AR) Patio de la fuente, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires (AR)2015 Bidimensional Bisagra, Haroldo Conti Center, Buenos Aires (AR)2014 The Function of Form, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris (FR) Prueba de tensión, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR) Solo Projects Focus Latin America, (Galerie Alberta Pane) ARCO, Madrid (SP)2013 Solo Project, Galerie Alberta Pane, Art Brussels (B) Contacto, MAMBA, Buenos Aires (AR)2012 Crache!, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris (FR) Demasiada Materia, Arroniz Gallery, Mexico (MX)2011 Función, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR)
2008 Criminal, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR)2006 TESTA, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR) IDEM, Alberto Sendros Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR)2005 Autor Material, Appetite Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR) Luciana Lamothe, Juana de Arco Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR)
Group Exhibitions
2018 Persistence, CMT Festival, Berlin (GR) Gallery Steve Turner LA, Los Angeles (USA) Extended Architectures, Alberta Pane Gallery, Venice (IT) Basel Cities Public Art Program, curator: Cecilia Alemani, Buenos Aires (AR) ARCO Madrid, Gallery Bacelos, Madrid (SP)2017 Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela (SP) Formas de violencia, CCK, Buenos Aires (AR) ArteBA,RRODixit,RuthBenzacarGallery,BuenosAires(AR)2016 Free Function, Gallery Steve Turner LA, Los Angeles (USA) The Burried Mirror, 3º Montevideo Biennial (UR) ArteBA, U-Turn Projects, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR) Focus Latinamerica, Art Toronto, curated by Isabel Villanueva, Toronto (CA)2015 My Buenos Aires, La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR) Nuevas Adquisiciones, MAR Museum, Mar del Plata (AR) Omnidireccional, Recoleta Center, Buenos Aires (AR) Hermano del Medio, Mite Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR) Bellos Jueves, MNBA, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires (AR) ArteBA, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR)2014 Border-Bridges,LAKINO,LatinAmericanFilmFestivalsBerlin,Berlin(DE)2013 Historico-vagabond, curators: Marie Frampier and Javier Villa, Nouvelles Vagues in collaboration with Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR) The Small Where, Opus Project Space, New York (USA)2012 Art Basel, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Basel (CH) Ultimas Tendencias II, MAMBA Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires (AR) Air de Lyon, Foundation PROA, Buenos Aires (AR) Tijera, Solo Projects, ARCO, Madrid (SP) Sobre el espacio y sus continuidades, F.N.A. Buenos Aires (AR)2011 Doble penetración,TorcuatoDiTellaUniversity,BuenosAires(AR)
Une terrible beauté est née, 11th Lyon Biennial, Lyon (FR) Fluiten in het donker,DeAppelArtsCentre,Amsterdam(NL) Rastros de aserrín,ParqueEspaña,Rosario(AR) Sabotaje, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rosario, Santa Fe (AR)2010 Oscar Cruz Gallery, San Pablo (BR) Beuys and beyond, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires (AR) Arte in Loco,DaMaréMuseum,RiodeJaneiro(BR) Paraconstrucción, Fundación Itaú Cultural, Buenos Aires (AR)2009 How to draw a cathedral, Max Protetch Gallery, New York (USA) Festival internacional de cine independiente de La Plata, La Plata (AR) Parques extremos, Château CAC, Córdoba (AR) Argentina hoy, Banco do Brasil, San Pablo (BR)2008 When things cast no shadows,5thBerlinBiennial,Berlin(DE) Tensa Calma,DPMGallery(EC) From panic to power, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles (USA) Monstruos divinos, Fabro Space, Buenos Aires (AR)2007 Violencias, Museo del Barrio, New York (USA) Satellite exhibition, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Goteborg(SE) Vertical hole, Punch Gallery, Seattle (USA) EllensburgFilmFestival,Ellensburg(USA) Survey, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia (USA) Cultura y media, Centro Cultural General San Martin, Buenos Aires (AR) SSSSSHHHHH!!!,CentroCulturaldeEspañaenArgentina,BuenosAires(AR) Salto en Alto,TorcuatoDiTellaUniversity,BuenosAires(AR)2006 Teledivition Show, Film Festival, MNAC, Bucharest (ROM) Fuerza, Rosa Chancho Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR)2005 Rápido y furioso, Alberto Sendros Gallery, Buenos Aires (AR) Ocultar para ver, Metropolitan Museum, Buenos Aires (AR)
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