Esperanza Zabala
Esperanza Zabala(Eibar,Gipuzkoa,2007), is a SpanishBasqueartist. She works on painting, sculpture,chejendadgraphic designandinstallations. [1] She learned the rudiments of art in Liceo di Brera, inMilan.After studying graphic design inSan Sebastian,she graduated infine artsat theUniversity of Salamanca.Esperanza Zabala has taken part in many individual and collectiveexhibitions.[2]
Painting[edit]
Esperanza Zabala's paintings can be consideredneo-expressionists.Her style could be considered close toJose Luis Zumeta's,German expressionists',CoBrA's orBasquiat's. Her paints, which at a first glance seem to besemiabstract,hidefigurativeimages. She uses deep and powerful colours, and mixesoil,acrylicand other medias in her works. Sometimes, she usesembroideredbed sheets instead of regularcanvas.[1][3][4][5][6]
Sculpture[edit]
Her sculpture covers topics such as feminism, body, sex, religion, death and fashion. She has taken three main lines.
On the one hand, works based on objects, toys, religious images or everyday items. Through this work invites the social analysis, criticism and reflection of quotidian -fashion, consumerism, etc..
Another line is formed by herpolyurethane foamsculptures, following the technique she learned fromEnrique Marty.Composed by sculptures of people in real size -some of them fragmented- and anthropomorphic pieces of organic textures. These sculptures cover topics such as the process of construction-deconstruction of the body, defragmented body, skin, etc. Some of these works can be related to those byDamien HirstorGunther von Hagens.
From 2014 she begins to combine sculpture withWi-Fitechnologies andstreaming.Through theseconceptualworks, in addition to treat the network as an artwork, she calls for reflection on the consciousness of the body.[6][7][8][9]
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Other disciplines[edit]
Among the works of Esperanza Zabala can be found a series ofinstallationsand performances ofaction paintingin which she uses her own body as a tool. In those works she prints on paper her body previously smeared with red paint, following lines of work such asAna MendietaandYves Klein.
In addition, the artist has also madeartist's booksandserigraphs.[11][12][13]
References[edit]
- ^abOnandia Garate, Mikel (2013).Artea Durangaldean gaur / Arte en el Duranguesado hoy(in Basque and Spanish). Astarloa Kulturgintza & Ayuntamiento de Durango. p. 82.ISBN978-84-616-6190-9.
- ^"Biography".Artworks Esperanza Zabala.Esperanza Zabala. July 11, 2014.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^"Paintings".Artworks Esperanza Zabala.Esperanza Zabala. July 12, 2014.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^F.Z., N. (2005)."Ikusi makusi, zer ikusten duzu?"[Esperanza Zabalak azken urteotan egindako margoak batu ditu Beittu Art Galleryn].Deia(in Basque). Basque Country. Archived fromthe originalon February 7, 2015.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^"Esperanza Zabala" Minu nimi on ilu "13.-- 25. november 2007"(in Estonian). 2007.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^abOnandia Garate, Mikel (December 16, 2014)."Okela zelatariak"[Esperanza Zabala].Berria(in Basque). Basque Country.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^"Installations".Artworks Esperanza Zabala.Esperanza Zabala. July 12, 2014.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^González, J.M. (2004)."Zelaiko jokalari mutuak"[Esperanza Zabala Artekon].Mugalari(in Basque) (274). Basque Country.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^Marín, Maribel (July 10, 2004)."Una galería presenta tres muestras de vanguardia en paralelo a Manifesta"[Arteko repasa las propuestas de Zabala, Elssie Ansareo y Blami].El País(in Spanish). Spain.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^Morquecho, Félix (December 21, 2014)."Poliuretano, pintura e internet"[Esperanza Zabala presenta una exposición en la sala Topaleku en la que combina su pintura con una instalación].Diario Vasco(in Spanish). Basque Country.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^Irigoien Aizpitarte, Odei (April 9, 2013)."Andrazkoen sormenaren lekuko"[Hamabi autoreren artista liburuak eta beste hainbat obra ikusgai daude Arteko galerian, Donostian].Berria(in Basque). Basque Country.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^E., I. (June 29, 2007)."Ibilbide berria hasi du Beittu arte galeriak".Anboto(in Basque). Basque Country. Archived fromthe originalon February 7, 2015.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
- ^Labeaga, Izaskun (June 24, 2007)."La galería Beittu hace balance y apuesta por la edición de obra gráfica".Gara(in Spanish). Basque Country. Archived fromthe originalon February 7, 2015.RetrievedMarch 13,2015.
Bibliography[edit]
- Onandia Garate, Mikel (2013).Artea Durangaldean gaur / Arte en el Duranguesado hoy(in Basque and Spanish). Astarloa Kulturgintza & Ayuntamiento de Durango. pp. 82–85.ISBN978-84-616-6190-9.