Adriana Minoliti

Adriana Minoliti was born in 1980, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

My practice is the result of my interest in the eroticism and geometry manifested through painting and installation. My recent work has largely referenced the human body and gender conditions; abstract and geometrical representations of bodies are made with diverse materials such as paint, sand, plaster, wood, fake fruits and shampoo, and more traditional oil paints.

 

A more inclusive vision of sexuality can change and improve the way we live. This has been made apparent through the contributions of Feminists and queer theoreticians. This is also a space where I locate dialogues that are informative for my work. I play with gender pictorially, mixing spiritual values, historical appreciations, esthetics and styles.

 

I am interested in the anthropological importance of decoration as a process and in its application in objects, and I play with this by challenging fixed ideas and unconscious meaning. How does a mind sense the materialities and shapes of things? Why do we make decisions in one way and not in another? Is there a place where these dualisms are simultaneously possible? I convert everyday materials into something new, as in Manzanas [Apples] where geometric forms adorn fake plastic fruits.

 

My work as a painter engages a diversity of formats and media, from easel painting and installation, to the organization of cultural projects and results of the relationships between artists. I have participated actively with artist collectives like as Kiosko De Artistas, and in projects of col-leagues, clinical workshops and research meetings. I co-founded PintorAs [Female Painters], a project that includes 20 women artists from Argentina.

 

As a curator, I organized the exhibitions Rework and Figuras [Figures], as a way to collectively investigate answers to questions of deep personal interest.