Presentamos a la artista estadounidense Alexa Horochowski, que trabajará en las residencias del MAM durante diciembre.
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ALEXA HOROCHOWSKI / Mi trabajo aborda la inter-relación del entorno natural, la globalización, la cultura y la materia. La interacción de estos fenómenos ecológicos, industriales y culturales encuentra una expresión física destilada en mis objetos híbridos.
Aunque reconozco la gran disyuntiva en escala e impacto entre mi arte y las fuerzas a las que hace referencia, también aspiro a una estética de argumento y provocación, un arte que produce objetos de potente agenda y reflexión, a través de los cuales se anima a los espectadores a cuestionar la sostenibilidad de una sociedad de consumo que agrava las desigualdades y socava nuestra base de recursos ambientales.
BIO / Alexa Horochowski’s art practice includes sculpture, photography and video. She has exhibited work regionally at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Franklin Art Works (Minneapolis), The Soap Factory (Minneapolis), Burnet Gallery (Minneapolis), and Franconia Sculpture Park (Shafer, MN). She has also exhibited her work nationally and internationally at Braga Menéndez Gallery (Buenos Aires), The Drawing Center (NYC), Praxis International Art (NYC/Miami), DiverseWorks (Houston). Horochowski was awarded the following artist residencies, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, United States, El Basilisco, Argentina, and Casa Poli, Chile. She has received several grants and fellowships for her work including, Jerome Fellowship (1999), Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship (2004), McKnight Fellowship (2005/2014), MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant (2012/2014).
ALEXA HOROCHOWSKI / My work addresses the interrelatedness of the natural environment, globalization, culture, and matter. The interplay of these ecological, industrial, and cultural phenomena find a distilled, physical expression in my hybrid objects. Though I recognize the vast disjuncture in scale and impact between my art and the forces it references, I also aspire to an aesthetic of argument and provocation, an art that produces objects of potent agency and reflection, through which viewers are encouraged to question the sustainability of a consumption society that exacerbates inequalities and undermines our environmental resource base.
During my residency at MAM Chiloé I will engage in regular excursions in the Chiloe region documenting the landscape and human extraction activities such as the harvesting of cochayuyo, fishing, and farming. I am interested in learning about the cultural significance these activities hold for the local community, and how sustainability is thought about in relationship to these activities and those of larger, commercial industries such as salmon farming. Though my focus will be on what is happening in and around Chiloé, my work attempts to transcend the singular, and point to our shared problem of global warming.
