Mercedes Azpilicueta
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.This richly detailed artwork displays a vibrant, fantastical scene. The composition features a striking contrast between the central figures and the chaotic, dreamlike background. Prominent visual elements include the intricately patterned shapes, the vivid colors, and the juxtaposition of realistic and surreal details. The subject matter depicts a grand procession or ceremonial event, with numerous human figures and mythical creatures. The artist's distinctive style blends elements of surrealism, symbolism, and folk art, creating a captivating and imaginative visual narrative. This work likely reflects the artist's unique perspective on historical or cultural themes. ...
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Mercedes Azpilicueta
1981, ArgentinianMercedes Azpilicueta’s artistic practice stands in defiance against rigid, linear historical narratives by foregrounding dissident and dissonant voices. Azpilicueta labels herself a ‘dishonest researcher’ and creates performative and sculptural installations formed in conversation with myths and legends found in libraries and archives and taking inspiration from Neo-Baroque art history, speculative and fictional Latin literature and contemporary popular culture. Azpilicueta’s approach involves focusing on specific figures from history to uncover and vocalise buried perspectives, often shedding light on South America’s queer and migrant communities and the legacy of its colonial past. Formally and conceptually, Azpilicueta’s practice embraces anachronisms. She couples industrialised production techniques with craft-based, inherited techniques, for example, traditional weaving with combining contemporary textile development technologies, to create pieces that are both inherently tied to specific histories but also implanted with contemporary cultural references. ...