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Peasant family (based on August Sander)
Ayelén Coccoz
Fundación Itaú Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
In a time when conceptualism has become so prevalent, the Jury decided to grant the First Prize to a work that shows a combination of suggesting image, professionalism and technical excellence, as well as a vindication of the value of artistic education. Certain melancholic atmosphere undoubtedly refers to the memory of the photographic portrait at the end of the XIX century and the beginning of the XX century. The artist presents her work as a whole, being the restored bank an inherent part of its display. First Itaú Cultural Visual Arts Award 2013-2014. Source: Itaú Cultural Visual Arts Award 2013-2014 catalogue
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- Title: Peasant family (based on August Sander)
- Creator: Ayelén Coccoz
- Date Created: 2013
- Date Published: 2014
- Physical Dimensions: 125 x 48 x 21 cm
- Original Language: Español
- Provenance: Itaú Visual Arts Award Collection
- Type: installation
- Publisher: Itaú Foundation Argentina
- Medium: basrelief of polymer clay, pastel, graphite and recycled wood bench
- Bio: Ayelén Coccoz is a visual artist. Her sculptural work, based on traditional handcraft skills, is deeply rooted in literature, photography and film. She currently explores usually hidden aspects of creative processes through sculptural work, and also through collaborative projects involving other artists and general public. She did her studies at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón, at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, Germany, and at the Artist Program of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. She received support from Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Fondo Metropolitano de Cultura, and Mecenazgo program. Among other acknowledgments, she was awarded the first prize Itaú Artes Visuales 2014, a special mention by the jury at the National Salon 2019, and her work was acquired by the Dresden State Collection of Contemporary Art, through the program Förderankauf der Kulturstiftung Sachsen 2019. Her work has taken part in numerous national and international exhibitions. She lives and works in Buenos Aires and Dresden.
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